Some movies defy logic. Others defy physics. And then there’s The Adventures of Hercules, which loads logic and physics into a giant paper-mâché boulder and hurls it into space while Lou Ferrigno flexes at the camera.
Tag: campy
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) – Review
Some movies are classics because they’re brilliant. Others are classics because they’re accidents. And then there’s The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, a film so dedicated to proving “science has gone too far” that it basically becomes a PSA for never letting your boyfriend operate on you in a basement. It’s a Frankenstein riff, a medical…
Reptilicus (1961) – Review
Oh, Reptilicus, where do we even begin? Imagine if someone took a Godzilla movie, stripped away any semblance of quality, and then sprinkled it with just enough 1960s charm to make it hilariously bad. This is the movie that dares to ask the question, “What if a giant rubber dragon, fresh from a 50% off…
Black Tight Killers (1966) – Review
If you want proof that the 1960s were a weird and wonderful time, look no further than Yasuharu Hasebe’s Black Tight Killers, a dazzling slice of Japanese cinema that oozes with the stylish excesses of that era. This film is a fever dream of pop art visuals, jarring violence and quirky humour, all set against…
The Spirit (1987) – Review
The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner and first appeared in comics way back in 1940 despite remaining a somewhat popular character for decades he never reached the heights of say Batman or Superman and thus his road into other mediums never quite took.