Like many of the Universal Monster films, their 1932 The Invisible Man had a very definitive and fatal ending for the title character, who was shot dead in the snow by the police, but with the success of Son of Frankenstein the studio execs quickly looked around to see what other titles could be mined…
Tag: science fiction
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) – Review
If you can’t trust a murderous lab assistant named Igor, who can you trust? While Bela Lugosi returns as the troublesome Igor, The Ghost of Frankenstein marks the first time The Wolf Man star Lon Chaney Jr. would step in to fill those over-sized shoes of the Monster, and it is also at this point…
Warlords of Atlantis (1978) – Review
Atlantis is the mythical island which supposedly sank beneath the waves thousands of years ago and it hasn’t stopped making trouble since, from the writings of Plato to the screenplays of Hollywood this fabled landmass has provided a great backdrop to some quite entertaining tales, also not so entertaining ones, and today we will be…
Monster from Green Hell (1957) – Review
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…
The Colossus of New York (1958) – Review
The sight of a colossal robot threatening the local populace is not a unique idea in the world of science fiction, Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still being a prime example of this subject matter, but in 1958 producer William Alland tapped director Eugène Lourié to helm a science fiction film that dealt…