The 80s were a golden era of television where every hero had a tragic past, every villain had a ridiculous plan, and every government agency had way too much money to spend on experimental aircraft. Enter Airwolf, the feature-length pilot that launched one of the most gloriously over-the-top TV shows of the decade. This isn’t…
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The Hearse (1980) – Review
Some movies slip through the cracks of horror history—not quite cult classics, not quite forgotten relics, but instead hovering in that strange purgatory where genre fans know of them without necessarily having seen them. The Hearse, directed by George Bowers, is exactly that sort of film.
Twisters (2024) – Review
Let’s face it: when the original Twister blew into theatres in 1996, we got a very unique disaster movie. It gave us flying cows, exploding tractors, and Bill Paxton’s intense weather-channel eyes. Fast forward nearly 30 years, and 2024’s Twisters spun its way onto the screen with a bigger budget, smarter storms, and a level…
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) – Review
If 1950s sci-fi had a Hall of Fame for outlandishly campy classics, The Brain from Planet Arous would undoubtedly have its own exhibit—complete with a glowing prop brain, John Agar’s intense stare, and a dramatic voiceover declaring, “I am Gor, from the planet Arous!”
The Airport Franchise (1970 -1979) Four Classic Disaster Movies
It was in the 1970s that we saw the true beginning of the disaster movie genre because while films of catastrophic destruction had been around since almost the beginning of the medium itself it was during this period that the genre literally exploded, where Irwin Allen became known as the “Master of Disaster” but it…