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Monster from Green Hell (1957) – Review

Posted on May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 by Mike Brooks

When it comes to science fiction there is nothing more dangerous than space exploration, especially in the 1950s, but with the film Monster from Green Hell, we get a different wrinkle, one where the simple “planning” on going into space results in a terrifying encounter with a deadly menace, and this a threat not found…

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The Bees (1978) – Review

Posted on February 10, 2023August 17, 2026 by Mike Brooks

If any genre cried out for the hands of legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman it has to be that of the killer bee movie, a genre that was notorious for its low-budget offerings as being made on the cheap was a hallmark of both this particular subgenre of eco-horror and Roger Corman himself, and so…

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Empire of the Ants (1977) – Review

Posted on December 27, 2022February 15, 2026 by Mike Brooks

In what would be the fourth adaptation of an H.G. Wells story, having already made three films loosely based on the novel “Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth,” producer Bert I. Gordon would tackle the short story “Empire of the Ants” in another “In name only” adaptation, and that’s if we’re…

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Earth vs. the Spider (1958) – Review

Posted on December 16, 2022December 14, 2022 by Mike Brooks

If you need a giant monster on a small budget look no further than B-movie master Bert I. Gordon, a man who brought colossal entertainment to the big screen on almost non-existent budgets, with such films as The Cyclops and Attack of the Puppet People, but with Earth vs. the Giant Spider he brought a…

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The Cyclops (1957) – Review

Posted on December 2, 2022July 28, 2026 by Mike Brooks

In Greek mythology the cyclops were known for creating Zeus’s thunderbolt, giving Odysseus a hard time and even helping overthrow the Titans, but the film we will be looking at today has absolutely nothing to those events or Greek mythology in general, instead, writer/producer/director Bert I. Gordon delivered a low-budget atomic age monster movie, making…

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