Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” has inspired many adaptations. Yet, none have come close to capturing that premise as a certain episode of a long-running television did back in the late 70s, one that featured Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, because if you were to imagine a “Most Dangerous Game” you’d…
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Charlie’s Angels: Angel Hunt (1979) – Review
When Richard Connell penned “The Most Dangerous Game” back in 1924 I doubt the idea that his short story would become an often-used trope in film and television had ever crossed his mind — especially considering the fact that film was a new medium at the time of publishing and television was decades away —…
Lost in Space: Hunter’s Moon (1967) – Review
If you spend enough time “lost in space” as the Robinson family were – three full seasons – it’s not surprising that they’d run into one of the oldest story tropes in fiction and that would be adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” In this third-season episode of Lost in Space,…
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) – Review
Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” may be one of the most influential stories ever written, inspiring and influencing countless movies and television shows from Bill Bixby being hunted by a rich asshat in an episode of The Incredible Hulk to Jean Claude Van Damme being hunted by a group of rich asshats…
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) – Review
What can you bring to the seventh film in a franchise that fans haven’t seen before? This was the problem facing the producers of the latest Tremors movie, a series that had been direct-to-video since practically the beginning, and their solution was “Let’s try and rip-off The Most Dangerous Game only instead of unsuspecting humans…