In 1999 an Italian animation company released one of the most bizarre attempts at cashing in on the success of James Cameron’s Titanic with a bizarre retelling of the classic tale only with a giant octopus and no tragedy whatsoever, five years later and these filmmakers were at it again with a whole new and…
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The Legend of the Titanic (1999) – Review
When James Cameron’s Titanic broke box office records it kicked off a whole slew of Titanic films and documentaries about the world’s most famous ship, some good some not-so-good, but of all the entries that followed the success of Cameron’s movie only one of them had a giant octopus being tricked into lobbing an iceberg…
When Worlds Collide (1951) – Review
The disaster movie has been a staple of cinema for quite some time, with RKO’s 1933 disaster epic Deluge being one of the earliest examples of a genre that is still going on strong today, but in 1951 legendary movie producer George Pal put his stamp on the genre with his film When Worlds Collide,…
Goliath Awaits (1981) – Review
There are many movies about ocean-going disasters, from depictions of the sinking of the legendary Titanic to Irwin Allen’s disaster classic The Poseidon Adventure, but in 1981 a made-for-television production tried to make a “Prime Time Event” about an ocean liner that was sunk during WWII and the surprising events surrounding the wreck’s discovery in…
The Night the World Exploded (1957) – Review
Disaster films and science fiction are two genres that go well together, like ham and eggs one with a little more destruction, and this is because if a particular disaster isn’t something as simple as a towering building on fire or a rogue wave swamping an ocean liner, then it would be up to scientists…