“Universal International unleashes another mammoth insect upon 1950’s America. Peter Gunn is on hand to handle the situation.” The 1950’s were, in almost every way, the zenith of American pop culture. You’d… Read Article →
Who’s a good boy!
“Exxxcellent.”
Following his cameo appearance in Irwin Allen’s craptastic The Story of Mankind (1957)—one of dozens of that movie’s ‘star’ turns—Peter Lorre became part of Allen’s stock company. We already examined Lorre’s negligible… Read Article →
Time to party down this week.
An interesting cross-cultural experiment. Toho made 3 of these, and I’ve always found it sort of weird that no one ever did a box DVD release here. Seems like something that would… Read Article →
Winner of the Bachelorette: Queen of Outer Space Edition.
“A 17 year old girl thinks her step-father is trying to kill her and her mother.” All in all, not a bad flick. Not terrific, but a workable suspenser. The plot is… Read Article →
Ancient Chinese secret, huh?
Boy, on paper this should be fabulous. Just the fact that it co-stars Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre in their respective primes, in a film that features the two together onscreen for… Read Article →