by mike | Sep 15, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last year, when I learned that the Jurassic Park/World franchise would continue with a seventh film, Jurassic World Rebirth, I broke into the Snoopy Dance. I’ve always been a sucker for dinosaur movies, although to be honest, I had to wonder where the series would go...
by mike | Jun 23, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last Friday, in addition to it being the Summer Solstice, Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, Jaws, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its 1975 release. Naturally, I had to watch the awesome movie for the…let’s see, 783rd time, give or take. I never get tired of what...
by mike | May 26, 2025 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
At this stage of my life it’s nice to discover a new Guilty Pleasure, and the 2009 comedy/horror movie, Infestation, fits the bill. My usual parameters—box office and reviews—don’t actually apply here, because I’m not even sure it had a box office, and the only...
by mike | May 19, 2025 | Holocaust, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Women |
The late actress, Ingrid Pitt, gained a great deal of notoriety while starring in a number of 1970s horror films from Britain’s Hammer Film Productions and other studios. But no fictional movie could match the unthinkable, real-life horror she experienced as a child....
by mike | Apr 14, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If you’re an aficionado of old movies and TV shows, you’ll likely recognize most or all of the following names. Jack Palance; Martin Landau; Cameron Mitchell; Neville Brand; Sue Ann Langdon; Ralph Meeker; Larry Storch; David Caruso. What is the link? All eight of them...
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...