The Vincent Price classic House of Wax was responsible for kicking off the 3D boom of the 1950s, making Warner Brothers a whole lot of money, so it’s not surprising that Columbia Picture would try and get some of that Box Office cheddar for themselves. This brings us to 1954’s The Mad Magician a film…
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War-Gods of the Deep (1965) – Review
Thanks to filmmaker Roger Corman, actor Vincent Price became almost synonymous with American author Edgar Allan Poe – starring in several successful films based on Poe’s works – but it was this connection that American International Pictures hoped to capitalize on when they produced City Under the Sea,
Return of the Fly (1959) – Review
With the Return of the Fly, 20th Century Fox had the unenviable task of following a groundbreaking entry in science fiction horror film that had captured pathos and horror in a new way, unfortunately, it was with a sequel that tried and failed to capture the same level of suspense, depth, and innovation that made…
The Fly (1958) – Review
As the 1950s were drawing to a close a science fiction entry would explode on the screen and bring the world one of cinema’s most disturbing creations, in a movie that wasn’t so much about “mad science” as it was “Oh my god, that is so gross” science. That film would be director Kurt Neumann’s…
Tower of London (1939) – Review
In the early 1500s, William Shakespeare wrote the most notable drama depicting the rise of King Richard III, a vile character who usurped the thrown and murdered children, but quite a while after Shakespeare penned his version Universal Pictures offered their own take when they paired Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff to depict this classic…