by mike | Mar 24, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Women |
If you watch old movies, especially from the 1940s and ’50s, you see things that, while uncomfortable by today’s standards, were typical of the era. For one thing: smoking. So many characters puffing their brains out, be it on an airplane, in a restaurant, or even in...
by mike | Mar 17, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
As a New York City kid growing up in the 1950s I watched a lot of that era’s science fiction/horror flicks, mostly on WOR Channel 9’s “Million Dollar Movie.” (Given the miniscule budgets of these films, maybe it should’ve been called “Thousand Dollar Movie.”) Giant...
by mike | Mar 6, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This is shaping up to be a great franchise. I first presented this post in 2022. The story contained within the remarkable 2018 horror film, A Quiet Place, began on “Day 89” and went forward from there. So when A Quiet Place: Part II (2020) opens on “Day 1” we are...
by mike | Mar 3, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I suppose that, given its lurid title, the 1957 sci-fi/horror flick, Attack of the Crab Monsters, could have been presented as a “Guilty Pleasure.” But surprise, the film garnered some decent reviews, and it grossed a million bucks on a paltry $70,000 budget. (These...
by mike | Feb 10, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
If you watched the Super Bowl, you saw the trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth, the seventh film in the ever-popular, money-making franchise. Though a stand-alone story, it is considered a sequel to Jurassic World Dominion (2022). It has an all-new ensemble cast,...
by mike | Feb 3, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2011 science fiction/thriller/coming of age film, Super 8, has a great pedigree. It was written and directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The winner of numerous awards, it did well at the box office and won the praise of many critics. Not bad...
