Disaster films and science fiction are two genres that go well together, like ham and eggs one with a little more destruction, and this is because if a particular disaster isn’t something as simple as a towering building on fire or a rogue wave swamping an ocean liner, then it would be up to scientists…
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Werewolf of London (1935) – Review
When one thinks of Universal Pictures and werewolves images of Lon Chaney Jr. stalking Evelyn Ankers through the dark European woods is probably what first comes to mind and with that particular werewolf becoming one of the star players in the Universal Monsters franchise that is quite reasonable, but years before Jack Pierce was gluing…
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) – Review
The idea group of explorers entering a strange land only to discover that it’s inhabited by some sort of monster is as old as the genre itself, with RKO’s 1933 classic King Kong being the standard-bearer for such a story, but in 1954 Universal Pictures decided to add a final star in their line-up of…
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – Review
It’s hard to believe that at one point in time a sequel to a successful feature film was not a foregone conclusion – hell, these days some franchises refuse to die – yet long before it was fashionable Universal Pictures kicked this concept into overdrive with their series of Gothic horror movies and created what…
Cherry 2000 (1987) – Review
There have been many dystopian movies released over the years, with Mad Max rip-offs being a genre all unto themselves, but in 1987 Orion Pictures released a rather odd little entry in this post-apocalyptic wasteland of cinema in the form of Cherry 2000, a film that brought a little more sex and a lot less…