Posts By: Ken Begg

Empire of the Ants is fine, but it has its problems. One is personal; I’ve gone on record many times about how I generally don’t like side stories in my sci-fi films,… Read Article →

Bert I Gordon last made a movie with monsters in 1965, and that one, Village of the Giants, wasn’t really a monster movie. After that we branched out in different genres. And… Read Article →

Sorry about the late post. Frankly, I overslept a little this morning and didn’t have time to post before I left to work. The reason I overslept is that I *gasp* not… Read Article →

Although Mr. Gordon’s work in the 1960s often involved the macabre, he was definitely straying from his giant monster work of the 1950s. The ‘60s saw a kiddie film, a ghost story,… Read Article →

Following 1960, Bert I Gordon slowed down production a bit. He seems to have spent a hunk of the next couple of years, for instance, trying to break into syndicated TV.  In… Read Article →

After the frenzy of releasing six special effects-driven movies in two years, Bert I Gordon actually took a year off. In 1960 his work returned to the screen, via the kiddie movie… Read Article →

Bert I Gordon wrapped up his streak of six films released in two years with 1958’s The Spider (aka Earth vs the Spider, as it was known to us young TV viewers… Read Article →

Mr BIG returned to form with his one sequel, War of the Colossal Beast, sort of a mash-up of Amazing Colossal Man and The Cyclops. There’s a really good remastered copy on… Read Article →