Before Peter Jackson re-invented Middle Earth when it came to cinematic dragons the only ones that readily came to mind would have been such examples as the animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty and that of the live-action Disney/Paramount fantasy epic Dragonslayer, which had Phil Tippet’s amazing go-motion technique to bring the dragon Vermithrax Pejorative to…
Tag: monster movie
The Last Dinosaur (1977) – Review
When one thinks of Rankin/Bass Productions images of rampaging dinosaurs don’t readily leap to mind as that studio was mostly known for putting out such animated holiday classics as Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Santa Clause is Comin’ to Town, yet in 1967 they stepped out of their comfort zone and teamed up with Toho…
Howling: Reborn (2011) – Review
This eighth entry in the Howling franchise was considered a reboot by Anchor Bay Entertainment but as this particular horror series had little to no continuity between entries I’m not sure what they thought they were actually trying to reboot, then again, after the previous producer did his best to run the franchise off a…
Howling VI: Freaks (1991) – Review
What would a Howling movie be like if it combined elements from Tod Browning’s Freaks, Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and a dash of the 1970s Incredible Hulk television show for good measure? For those interested, this supposition was answered in the 1991 direct-to-video movie Howling IV: Freaks where in this sixth entry in the franchise we…
Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) – Review
I’ve seen horror franchises go off the rails before but never so quickly and so spectacularly as The Howling movies, the series began with Joe Dante’s original in 1981 where a news reporter found herself trapped in a colony of werewolves but as strange as that sounds the sequel, Howling II: Your Sister is a…