I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve either walked out of a movie at the theater or turned one off on TV. I can endure almost anything. I came awfully close recently, though, when watching Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962). If not for my commitment to this website, I would…

Since the original Japanese poster for Gorath (1962) features a giant walrus monster, I expected it to appear at some point in the movie. However, unless I slipped into a coma while watching it recently on Comet TV, I never saw it. I mention this with the risk of loss of any credibility whatsoever, because…

The physical characteristics of a 1960s low-budget American horror movie are distinct, but similar characteristics of a 1960s low budget Euro-horror film are usually masked by unique style and exotic locations; they somehow just don’t feel as cheap. There are exceptions to every rule, though, and The Embalmer (1965) is one in this instance. The…

When I posted on Facebook that I was watching Death Curse of Tartu (1966), I received comments like, “I irrationally love this movie” and “an interesting flick that’s more entertaining than it should be.” I don’t know that I can be as enthusiastic about it; however, there is something oddly fascinating about this bargain basement…

Creature of Destruction (1967) reminds me an awful lot of a movie released two years earlier, The Beach Girls & the Monster. This is funny, because it’s actually a remake of the 1956 film, The She Creature. I’ve seen the former; the primary difference is that, in its twist ending, we learn the monster is…

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) opens with credits you don’t often see in an “old” movie: a Star Wars-type crawl in which the words roll up toward the top of the screen and become smaller before fading away. Considering the blockbuster film it evokes, this movie is no epic space opera; however, it takes some…

The problem with invisible man movies, as I’ve said before, is that no one seems to take advantage of the power invisibility potentially provides. Be honest, if no one could see you, would you simply play pranks on your friends, or would you at least consider using it in some way to make financial gain?…

It’s been on my watch-list forever and I can’t count the number of times I’ve recorded it on TCM, but then never watched it. Why did Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) prove so elusive to me for so long? Now that I’ve seen it, prompted by the recent death of Carol Lynley on September 3,…