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…
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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…
The Silent Masterpieces of Fritz Lang (1919-1929)
When one looks at the more than five decades of films that make up the career of Fritz Lang it’s hard to think of any other filmmaker who has accomplished so much and influenced so many, becoming a legend in his home Weimar Germany and then later in Hollywood, and though when the name “Fritz…
Ray Harryhausen: The Titan of Special Effects
Today with but a few keystrokes on a computer you can conjurer up anything that the mind could possibly imagine yet many of these modern creations pale in comparison to the practical special effects orchestrated decades earlier by a talented group of effects artists who pioneered the field of special effects, and the king of…