Irwin Allen may have been known as The Master of Disaster, giving the world such theatrical classics as The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, but he was also a powerful force on television with such great shows as Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Land of the Giants, and…
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The Maze (1953) – Review
The 1950s 3D craze produced some very fun offerings, Vincent Price’s House of Wax being one of the best entries, but one that is often overlooked came out the same year as that Price classic, William Cameron Menzies’ The Maze.
Magic Crystal (1986) – Review
A lot of weird movies came out of the 80s but a martial arts action comedy featuring Cynthia Rothrock and a glowing green space rock has to be one of the weirder entries. Today we will be looking at the Magic Crystal, a film that take us on journey from Hong Kong to Greece and…
The Bat Woman (1968) – Review
By 1968 the Adam West-led Batman television series was already coming to a close, with Batmania fading as fast as it had exploded, but down in Mexico director René Cardona decided to bring to life his own version of “The Caped Crusader” only this offering would have a bit of a twist and some nice…
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) – Review
First of all, one has to admit that the original Lawnmower Man was no cinematic masterpiece – not to mention a terrible adaptation of the source material – but the dodgy CGI and an even dodgier grasp of science that plagued that film is nothing compared to the cinematic disaster that is Lawnmower Man 2….