Category: Movie Discussions
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The Monolith Monsters (1957)
From time immemorial the Earth has been bombarded by objects from outer space, bits and pieces of the universe piercing our atmosphere in an invasion that never ends. Meteors, the shooting stars on which so many earthly wishes have been born – of the thousands that plummet toward us, the greater part are destroyed in…
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Assignment Terror (1970)
Note: Originally posted on March 9, 2020. Do not ask how or why; simply enjoy Assignment Terror (1970.) I did… immensely. The set-up is incredibly fun, even if the result doesn’t take full advantage of it. Just think, an alien from a dying universe resurrects the classic monsters in order to seize control of the…
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
When I got to the point in this review that I was going to reference actor Larry Vincent, I was going to say, “…and in the role of John Carradine, Larry Vincent.” Such is the nature of his minimal part in The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, a groundskeeper with a wild look in his eye and…
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Eegah (1962)
Inspiration comes from the strangest places and, oftentimes, when under pressure. To think that had Arch Hall’s movie, The Choppers (1961), not needed a second feature to go with it for a distribution deal, and had Richard Kiel not turned down Hall’s idea for that second feature, Eegah! might never have been made! It was…
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Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory (1961)
Its title, Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory, does the movie no service, other than to place butts in car seats at the drive-in when it was released in 1961 (on a double bill with Corridors of Blood.) As David Del Valle notes in his commentary with actor Curt Lowens on the recent Severin Blu-ray release,…
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StageFright (1987)
Known by several names, including Deliria and Bloody Bird, I watched StageFright: Aquarius (1987) on a terrific DVD edition from Blue Underground. The movie is significant for several reasons, all of which participants in the various bonus features, as well as authors of books I used to research, tend to agree. First, it was the…
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The Keep (1983)
When I recently watched The Keep (1983), the biggest shock I felt was when Ian McKellan first appeared. “Oh, my gosh!” I thought. “He looks the same as he does now! How old is he?” I soon learned that he was wearing old-age makeup and when an evil force later touches him with a red,…
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New Year’s Evil (1980)
For a movie that reeks of the 1980s, New Year’s Evil (1980) doesn’t feel very authentic. Punk rock fans of disc jockey, Diane Sullivan (Roz Kelly), flood into a New Year’s Eve party that’s airing live over the airwaves, an act that in and of itself seems more commercial than I perceive punk rockers would…
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Christmas Evil (1980)
While it’s hard to imagine Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out) being made without the success of Halloween (1978), it was supposedly written before Halloween was released. At some point in the 1970s, director Lewis Jackson smoked a little weed and had a vision of Santa Claus holding a knife. This became the basis…
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4D Man (1959)
The fundamental requirement for enjoying an atomic age horror/sci-fi film is suspension of disbelief. It’s not usually difficult for me to not only accept, but to also embrace, ridiculous scientific actions and nonsensical reactions. However, every once in a while, I see a movie that strikes me as so silly, I can’t see beyond them.…
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