Never trust a comet – it’s as simple as that – if they aren’t blinding people ala Day of the Triffids they’re turning the population into red dust or mutants vis-à-vis Night of the Comet, but in James Ward Byrkit’s directorial debut the nature and effects of the comet are of a more subtle and…
Tag: science fiction
Latitude Zero (1969) – Review
Toho Studios may mostly be known for their Godzilla and other kaiju movies but in the late 60s they created a little gem called Latitude Zero, where an altruistic Nemo type does battle with his nefarious evil counterpoint, and his monstrous creations, and to capture some of that good ole American box office Toho wasn’t…
Chopping Mall (1986) – Review
The 80s were a wondrous time because long before there was Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram if teens wanted to hang out they’d actually have to do it in person, and the most popular place for kids to meet was at the local mall. Now, movie-wise kids were being murdered left right and center by machete-wielding…
Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review
I had some serious issues with Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel Prometheus, as it seemed to be a film that just randomly threw in mythology and then never bothered to explain anything – maybe Scott had hopes that we would all be patient enough to wait for the sequel to the prequel – but then he…
Son of Godzilla (1967) – Review
This eighth entry in the Godzilla series took the light comedic tone of the previous films and then drove it straight into kiddietown. Son of Godzilla introduced the adorably annoying spawn of Godzilla whose slapstick antics would cement the direction the Shōwa period of Godzilla films was going and which it would not recover from…