There have been many screen adaptations of the works of legendary horror writer Stephen King, some that have resulted in great movies like The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me but we’ve also had to suffer through the likes of Dreamcatcher and The Dark Tower, but in 1987 the world was treated to a film…
Tag: science fiction
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) – Review
The 1930s and 1940s produced many fun serials, bringing us such entertaining offerings as Flash Gordon to Captain Marvel to the screen, but while the serial format died off long ago director Kerry Conran took that pulp feel and added in a dash of Hayu Miyazaki, not to mention a whole lot of inspiration from…
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) – Review
What can you do if your science fiction film doesn’t quite have the budget to pull off a proper alien invasion? Easy, just shift the tone into the arena of comedy so that the audience is laughing “with you” instead of at the cheesy special effects on display. This is exactly what happened with Edward…
Lords of the Deep (1989) – Review
The year was 1989 and we were flooded with a lot of underwater movies, all hoping to catch the summer box office prize, unfortunately, legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman was late to the party with his film Lords of the Deep so this entry never even made it out of the kiddie pool.
Leviathan (1989) – Review
Directed by George P. Cosmatos, this film takes viewers on an underwater adventure that attempted to combine the creature-feature thrills of John Carpenter’s Thing with that of claustrophobic tension of Ridley Scott’s Alien, in an underwater horror entry that, despite its viscous sea monsters who relentlessly stalk our valiant heroes, the true victim of this…