The 1950s was the peak era for cinema’s exploration of extraterrestrial threats and one of the greatest threats depicted in sci-fi movies would be the robot, and while the likes of Gort from 20th Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still may be the most notable example of this, Allied Artists did their best…
Tag: science fiction
The Man from Planet X (1951) – Review
Alien visitors were the meat and potatoes of science fiction cinema throughout the 40s and 50s, but they were rarely of the peace-loving variety. They often spearheaded a massive alien invasion and blew up national monuments. Still, in 1951 United Artists released an entry in which the herald of such an invasion was a little…
The Fly II (1989) – Review
In 1986 David Cronenberg helmed one of the all-time great horror remakes, unfortunately for us, Cronenberg wasn’t interested in tackling a sequel, so instead of us getting another intelligent adult horror film the people over at Fox gave us a generic teenage monster movie that had none of the thematic elements of the original.
The Fly (1986) – Review
When you think of the term “Body Horror” one filmmaker leaps readily to mind, David Cronenberg. While he’d been dabbling in that arena since his directorial debut with Shivers, which came out way back in 1975, it was in 1986 that he helmed his crowning achievement in this field of horror with his remake of…
Curse of the Fly (1965) – Review
If 20th Century Fox’s Return of the Fly was a sequel that didn’t need to exist – the ending of the original movie didn’t exactly lend itself to a follow-up – then the existence of a third installment is even more baffling. But Hollywood has never been known for letting a nickel escape their coffers…