So I started watching The Gorilla (1939) on Amazon Prime. It was indeed completely a knock-off of Mary Roberts Rinehart’s The Bat, and Cat and the Canary, and just like Shh! The… Read Article →

I’m sure we could field half a dozen nominees just among ourselves. However, when I think of the most boring ’50s or ’50s-esque sci-fi film, the title that looms above the others… Read Article →

And there are movies that just OWN IT.

So while the Shrew and Gila Monster posters were clearly artistic choices–if odd ones–here the odd framing of the art really call attention to itself. It’s mystifying, in fact. Unless you’ve seen… Read Article →

I was ruminating yesterday on why the painted poster art for The Killer Shrews didn’t exploit the actually kind of cool look (especially if artistically reinterpreted) of the shrews. I guess it… Read Article →

Last Friday’s Watch Party subject was The Killer Shrews, and needless to say it provided a very good time. I find the poster a little weird. Giant Claw, there’s a movie where… Read Article →

Man, Vincent Price was creepy as heck as Michael Jackson. Might as well stick with this week’s theme. Can’t believe Halloween is only two months and change from now. Anyway, Happy Friday,… Read Article →

Another cultural artifact that will pass with our generation is the work of Basil Gogos. Man, that’s such great stuff. If you’re looking for somewhat to put on your Christmas wish list,… Read Article →

Cullen pointed out that Vincent Price played an actual vampire–and thus the only ‘real’ monster he ever played, although Phibes seemed bordering on the undead–in Monster Club, a late, 1980 Amicus anthology… Read Article →