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 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 | Nov 14, 2024 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The sequel to The Meg, alluded to in this post, was a disappointment, like so many sequels. I first presented this post in 2021. Okay, just to clarify, The Meg is a borderline Guilty Pleasure by virtue of its so-so reviews (one reviewer said, “…neither good enough, or...
by mike | Nov 7, 2024 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Uncategorized |
Are they going to make an eighth Tremors movie? Who knows? This post first ran in 2021. That title is a double entendre, don’t you know? In the first place, the giant worm-things known as graboids are back on the small screen in Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020), the...
by mike | Aug 5, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monsters, Movies, Uncategorized |
Oh yeah, this is a golden oldie, to be sure. The 1985 horror flick, Silver Bullet, is based on a 1983 novella by Stephen King titled, Cycle of the Werewolf. King wrote the screenplay for the film, which did not resonate with most critics. Who cares? I’ve always...
by mike | Feb 26, 2024 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Of the all the numerous 1950s sci-fi/horror/“big bug” movies, Tarantula (1955) stands out as one of the best. Its director, Jack Arnold, was among the leading filmmakers of the era, with hits such as It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon...
