Monster of the Day

The second film Roger Corman produced was his first monster movie, Monster From the Ocean Floor in 1954. By 1955, he realized it would be cheaper to direct some films himself than to hire someone else to do it. He directed without credit some of Beast with a Million Eyes (the first film he…

I could never sum up the importance of Roger Corman to B-Movies. Perhaps no one can. Mr. Corman, who has just passed away at the age of 98, was a towering figure for over half a century, arguably as important to American B-movies as Stan Lee was to American comic books. And not just…

Probably my favorite subtitle. Happy Friday Eve!

I mean...it could use a skeleton, but it's still pretty great.

Ah, the glory days. Make a crappy movie, but have a great poster.

The '80s was the last gasp, really, of the beautiful painted movie posters, especially for horror movies. That's because modest flicks like this actually could still play in the theaters, and because the burgeoning video rental market allowed for the artwork to be used to real effect. Another little cultural niche that's basically lost…

Happy Friday! Watch something stupid this weekend. I'll try to cover you if you join the Kast.gg Watch Party tonight. Past that, how about also watching a classic this weekend?    

So Chad had a copy of a fun romantic / comic / murder mystery called Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe. I think I might have read the novel when I was a teen. The lead couple is lovably obnoxious fast food magnate George Segal (who pulls off that tightrope really well)…

The greatest giant spider in movie history. So here's my recent Robot Holocaust story. I have my packages shipped to my friends Holly & Paul's house (where we hold Basement Fest) because they are there all day to collect them so they don't get stolen or rained / snowed on. So pre-Basement Fest I…

"MOOOONNN-TAGGGG!" So I stayed all through Tuesday, the day I usually fly back. Chad R hung around, and Sandy's friend Mike spent much of the day with us too. Sandy wanted to show Mike Wizard of Gore, because of course he did. It's certainly weird for a HG Lewis gore flick. And although I'm…