With the success of the fantasy film Sorceress it’s no surprise that Roger Corman would strike while the irons were hot and begin to churn out more of the barbarian/fantasy genre films. This time New World Pictures heads to Argentina where you could find skilled labour at low-budget prices and even better when you could…
Category: Reviews
The Moon Men: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Originally titled by Burroughs as Under the Red Flag the second chapter of the Moon Trilogy was later re-titled The Moon Men with few key and drastic alterations.
Meteor (1979) – Review
For cinephiles, the 70s was the heyday of the disaster movie beginning in 1972 with Irwin Allen’s excellent film The Poseidon Adventure and ending with today’s feature, the less-than-stellar outing from American International Picture in an attempt to blend the Cold War political thriller with the elements of your standard disaster movie, and for that,…
“It’s not Christmas if I haven’t watched…”
Christmas is a time that means many things to many people; buying presents, decorating a tree, drinking eggnog, singing carols – oh and of course peace on Earth and goodwill to all men – but for me, it isn’t truly Christmas unless I’ve made it through my checklist of must-watch Christmas shows.
NIGHTMARES! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller – Book Review
At some point in our childhood most of us have found ourselves cowering under the covers because we knew something was lurking in the dark corners of our bedroom. Is that shadow on the wall just from the tree outside the window or is it something far more nefarious? Could that dark lump by the…