In movies, the effect of a meteorite hitting the Earth will most likely consist of one or two things: either we will see widespread catastrophic damage — tidal waves sweeping across major cities — or, if the meteorite in question is of a smaller scale, it will have undoubtedly brought an alien threat from outer…
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Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015) – Review
The Scooby gang is no novice when it comes to science fiction, as they’ve encountered actual aliens in Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders and battled computer simulations in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, but for Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness, our plucky heroes leave the safety of Earth and venture off into space in one of…
The Blob (1958) – Review
The 1950s were certainly the glory days when it came to monster movies and science fiction — two great tastes that taste great together — and if atomic testing wasn’t awakening creatures like Godzilla and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, then mad scientists were creating Monsters on Campus and giant Tarantulas, but in 1958, a…
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy (2014) – Review
The Scooby gang has encountered the likes of Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy and Frankenstein’s monster on multiple occasions, but with Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, we get a movie that is more of a clear homage to the Universal Monster movies of the 30s and 40s than we’ve ever seen before, and then to add a little…
The Addams Family (2019) – Review
“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky, The Addams Family!” and with these opening lyrics to the 1960s classic television sitcom, viewers were perfectly set up to what they were going to experience over the following thirty minutes of that original show, which mostly involved “normal” people encountering the delightful…