Do you like monster movies? How about films about outcasts? Perhaps cold war thrillers are more your bag or maybe it’s a fun caper film that hits you in the sweet spot. If any of those genres intrigue you then Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a must-see because not only is it…
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) – Review
In 1764 France a creature that would be later called “The Beast of Gévaudan” terrorized the populace for several years, racking up over a hundred kills and even more injuries, until King Louis XV sent two professional wolf-hunters to take care of the problem.
From Hell It Came (1957) – Review
Do you remember when the tree grabbed that kid out of his bedroom in Poltergeist? Or how about the poor girl getting raped by the forest in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead? As genres go “The Killer Plant Movie” is a rather small subset of horror films – with a few notable films like Little Shop…
Colossal (2016)- Review
Giant monsters raging across an Asian city is certainly nothing new, Godzilla has been it doing for over sixty years now, but in Nacho Vigalondo’s genre-busting film Colossal things get a little weird as he manages not only to make an original kaiju film but one that is also a romantic comedy, albeit on that…
Latitude Zero (1969) – Review
Toho Studios may mostly be known for their Godzilla and other kaiju movies but in the late 60s they created a little gem called Latitude Zero, where an altruistic Nemo type does battle with his nefarious evil counterpoint, and his monstrous creations, and to capture some of that good ole American box office Toho wasn’t…