Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension

Warning: Poster may only be 92% accurate as to scale of film.

One thing I've noticed is that although movie posters for cheapie monster movies are notorious for exaggerating the monsters to make them look more amazing, AIP didn't bother with that for Paul Blaisdell monsters. They presented them more or less as they appeared in the films, because, you know, they were actually amazing already.

Man, posters used to be nice. At least when you got a Corman film there was payoff.

I couldn't find a foreign poster for this, but hey, the American poster was very nice. I'd say it's better than the film, but again, Corman films are deceptively good. Sure, if you compare it Forbidden Planet, it's not a great movie. However, if you compare it to other sci-fi cheapies from the '50s,…

Last night I checked off another Ghibli film, having seen The Secret World of Arrietty in a theater. Oddly, it's based on English author's Mary Norton's 1952 book The Borrowers, about very small people who live under humanity's noses and "borrow" things from them. Taking a thimble to use as a bucket, that sort…

Roger Corman left the director's chair after the WWI aerial warfare flick Von Richthofen and Brown in 1971. Starting New World Pictures, he segued into producing full time, figuring he could make more money that way. The cliche in Hollywood is that everyone wants to direct. Well, Corman directed 50 plus films, and apparently…