Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion Recap!
Every November we tackle a Mill Creek box of fifty movies. We started with the Chilling Classics set in 2018 and also did the Pure Terror one last year. You can grab the Sci-Fi Invasion set for $11 on Amazon, which is a great price for a ton of strange films. As a matter of […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: The Wasp Woman (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally posted this review on January 11, 2020. Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this movie was originally a double feature with Beast from Haunted Cave. When it was released to TV two years later, a new prologue was added by director Jack Hill to add to its running time. The musical […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990)
Editor’s Note: This review previous ran on May 14, 2020. Writer and director Damian Lee also did Ski School, which I assume preps you for making science fiction action movies starring two of Arnold’s pals, Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Sven-Ole Thorsen. Plus, best of all — no, actually best doesn’t apply here — Jim […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: ROTOR (1987)
A little Terminator, some Judge Dredd, some RoboCop — throw them all together and you get ROTOR, which really means Robotic Officer of the Tactical Operations Research/Reserve Unit. Far from defunind the police, this future cop is the dream of Captain J.B. Coldyron, a scientist who runs the police robotics lab. He also manages a ranch, because, well, I […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: The Giant of Marathon (1959)
Directed by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, Night of the Demon), this film also has a credit for Mario Bava as directing it. That’s because a few days before it was due to play theaters, major scenes had to be reshot when the editor discovered that several extras were smoking cigarettes on […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: The Bat (1959)
The 1959 version of The Bat is the fourth version* of the story, all based on the 1908 novel The Circular Staircase. This played a double bill with the Hammer version of The Mummy. Agnes Moorehead plays Cornelia Van Gorder, a mystery author who gets involved with a bank president and his physical (Vincent Price) who are […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion:The Girl from Rio (1969)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Phil Bailey is a long time photographer and film writer, who doesn’t actually hate everything, but has no fear of being a contrarian. Follow at Twitter at @stroke_midnight or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/philbaileyphoto Sumuru, the femme villain bent on world domination, originally created for a BBC radio serial by Fu Manchu creator and […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: Evil Brain from Outer Space (1965)
Editor’s Note: This review previously ran on November 15, 2019, as part of our Mill Creek Pure Terror Month tribute. About the Author: Paul Andolina is one of my favorite people to talk movies with. If you like his stuff, check out his site Wrestling with Film. Evil Brain from Outer Space is a science fiction […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: The Manster (1959)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cat A. Waller has this bio on his website and who am I to dispute it? “My full name is Rock Benjamin Armstrong. Seriously. I hate my real name so please call me “Arby (R.B.? Arby? Get it?), “Cat” or “Cat A. Waller” if you’d rather be formal. I live in Santa […]
Mill Creek Sci-Fi Invasion: Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Editor’s Note: This review previously ran as part of our Mill Creek Pure Terror tribute month on November, 25 2019. It’s hard to believe this forgotten—and to be honest, not very good—62-minute Roger Corman quickie shot in 1958 for a mere $68,000 over the course of seven days wound up in WGA arbitration, but it […]
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