MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Edward G. Robinson Jr. was originally in this movie but was fired by the producers after his arrest for writing a bad check for $138 to the Laguna Beach Garage. Director and writer Curt Siodmak had already written The Ape, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and I Walked With a Zombie before making this […]
Tales from the Crypt S1 E5: Lover Come Hack to Me (1989)
Directed by Tom Holland and written by Steven Dodd and Michael McDowell (Beetlejuice, Thinner), “Lover Come Hack to Me” is based on the story “Lover, Come Hack to Me!” Haunt of Fear #19. That was written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein with art by George Evans, colors by Marie Severin and lettering by Jim […]
Talking Black Gunn on Making Tarantino: The Podcast
I was excited to discuss Black Gunn, a 1972 Jim Brown film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis, who of course made Corruption, which is not a women’s picture. This episode has so much movie talk and discussion of just how much Jim Brown means as the first black action hero, Hartford-Davis’ incredibly scummy UK history working with the […]
LIONSGATE STEELBOOK 4K ULTRA HD AND BLU RAY RELEASE: The Wicker Man (1973)
The Lionsgate steelbook release of The Wicker Man is gorgeous. Just look at that illustrated package and then marvel at what’s inside it: the final cut of the film in time for its fiftieth anniversary, reborn in 4K. Plus there are exclusives like “Revisiting the Locations of The Wicker Man,” “The Wicker Man at 50,” the […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: The Brain Machine (1972)
James Best, before he taught Tarantino and chased the Dukes. Gerald McRaney, before he was a Simon and was with Delta Burke. An ESP experiment gone wrong and well, a lot of talking. That said, it’s very 1972 and looks every bit as dated as you’d imagine, so I saw that as a very relaxing […]
Spagvemberfest 2023 and Arrow Video Savage Guns box set: Wrath of the Wind (1970)
The plan? Wealthy landowner Don Antonio (Fernando Rey) wanted Marcos (Terence Hill) and Jacobo (Mario Pardo) to put a stop to the revolutionaries that threaten his profits. Marcos will kill anyone for money and easily does his job before he figures out that he did wrong. What helps is that he gets interested in a […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Bloodtide (1982)
When you see the names Brian Trenchard-Smith and Nico Mastorakis listed as producers, you know that you’re probably getting into something good. Also known as Demon Island, this film was directed by Richard Jeffries, who is probably better known for the films that he’s written like Scarecrows and Cold Creek Manor. He’s only directed one other film, the […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Battle of the Worlds (1961)
Known in Italy as l Pianeta degli uomini spenti (The Planet of Extinct Men), this was directed by Anthony Dawson, who is better known everywhere other than America as Antonio Margheriti. Dr. Fred Steele (Umberto Orsini, The Antichrist) and Eve Barnett (Maya Brent in her only acting role) are looking forward to leaving the island that […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Attack of the Monsters (1969)
Attack of the Monsters is really Gamera vs. Guiron. That’s the name it was given by American International Television. That’s so weird to me as there are a bunch of other Gamera movies and you’d think that this series would have some popularity, you know? At this stage in the Gamera series, the special effects are […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: The Atomic Brain (1963)
Also known as Monstrosity, this is one of the first movies where decay is given as the reason for the diminished intelligence of zombies. It also features plenty of people better known for other things, like narrator Bradford Dillman, Commerical pitchman Frank Gerstle and Marjorie Eaton, who played the original Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back before the special […]
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