When it comes to alien visitations the Earth must have a huge “Kick Me” sign posted on its backside because even peaceful aliens like Klaatu from The Day the Earth Stood Still brought along threats of violence when he stopped by for a visit, but in 1956 special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen took up the…
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The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) – Review
In the subgenre of “Weird West” we have been treated to some truly fun stuff ranging from Billy the Kid Versus Dracula to Cowboys and Aliens but in the late 50s a film dealing with cowboys versus dinosaurs was released and credited as being “From an idea by Willis O’Brien” the man who created the…
Mysterious Island (1961) – Review
When it came to adapting fantastical pieces of literature into cinematic achievements the team of producer Charles Schneer and legendary visual effects man Ray Harryhausen had proven to be very successful and with their previous two collaborations, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, having done rather well in the fantasy…
The Valley of Gwangi (1969) – Review
When stop-motion effects artist Ray Harryhausen is attached to a film where the basic premise is “Cowboys vs Dinosaurs” one has to ask “What more could you possibly want?” The result of such a concept was the 1969 movie The Valley of Gwangi, a film based on a concept that Harryhausen’s mentor Willis O’Brien, the…
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) – Review
Hammer Films may mostly be known for their horror pictures, with the likes of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing battling it out across the screen for years and years, but they did branch out from horror from time to time and one key example of this would be their “Cave Girl” series, which featured scantily-clad…