Spy Smasher Returns (1942, 1966)
Created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck, Spy Smasher was introduced in Whiz Comics #2 and was the second most popular Fawcett Comics hero behind Captain Marvel. Alan Armstrong was a millonaire inventor who decided to use his intelligence to protect America during the war. By the 50s, there was no need for that, […]
Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen (1968)
Directed by “Monsieur Cannibal” Ruggero Deodato under the name of Roger Rockfeller, this is a movie that even its director admits that he “didn’t give a shit about the film.” Deodato went on to claim that the producer and star of this film, Nicola Mauro Parenti, was “too stiff, a dog of an actor; I […]
Zagor kara bela (1975)
Created by editor and writer Sergio Bonelli and artist Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book hero Zagor is even more popular outside its home country, especially in Croatia, Serbia and Turkey, where two unauthorized movies — 1970s Zagor, this movie and its same year sequel Zagor: Kara Korsanin Hazineleri — were made. Zagor is a costumed hero but instead […]
Circle of Fear episode 18: “Legion of Demons”
Directed by Paul Stanley, who had more than 110 directing credits, and written by Anthony Lawrence (who created The Phoenix and The Sixth Sense) and Richard Matheson, is all about Betty (Shirley Knight, Paul Blart’s mom), whose friend Janet (Kathryn Hays, As the World Turns) has invited to leave small town life behind and enjoy the big city. Except […]
Dr. Strange (1978)
Stan Lee said of his experience with the 70s live action Marvel films, particularly Dr. Strange, “I probably had the most input into that one. I’ve become good friends with the writer/producer Phil DeGuere. I was pleased with Dr. Strange and The Incredible Hulk. I think that Dr. Strange would have done much better than it […]
The Amazing Bulk (2012)
$6,000 to shoot the movie. Five days to make it. $8,000 for music and effects, many of which came directly from stock photo websites. And a movie that goes from live action on green screen to literally stock video running on top of itself, as a purple blobby man runs through green fields and past […]
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