Artificial intelligence has been present in science-fiction for many years now coming from writers like Isaac Asimov to Brian Aldiss to Phillip K. Dick and are present not only in literature, but […]
Mind in the Machine – Transcendence (2014)
Unbalanced? Maybe. – She Devil (1957)
The modest little production that this movie is, looks much bigger and better than it should be, due in part to the way it was filmed by director Kurt Neumann. Released by […]
Short Films – ABE (2013)
The film opens with a woman strapped down on a gurney and things are not looking good. And when the robot ABE slices a butterfly in half, you know that it is […]
The Slowly Walking Dead – Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Jan comes home to see her grandmother and along the way the chauffeur runs over a man seemingly without a care in the world. Why? It was a zombie. Jan of course […]
The Sins of the Father… – The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Anyone with the moniker of Jekyll would most likely never have an easy time of it in this world. It brings to mind the image of a man gone mad, that of […]
Not Her Fault – Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
The opening scene of this movie is horrific, and not because it is a horror film. It is simply shoddy acting, and that is being kind. Also, without the viewer knowing it, […]
Did That Just Happen? – House of the Damned (1963)
House of the Damned is a slick little horror/suspense film that runs along smoothly until it is let down by its very own ending. Up until that moment when all is made […]
Happy Birthday to Lon Chaney!
Today is the birthday of a man who defined horror for many years, and still does to this very day. Without him, horror would be a much poorer genre. On a related […]
Who Does Not Enjoy a Good Murder? – Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Sometimes there is just not enough crime. In fact, Edmond Bancroft played by Michael Gough, just finds that most of it is pretty bland and boring. If he is to write more […]
More Like Mediocrity – Messiah of Evil (1973)
Messiah of Evil is a strange and surreal film and even though it is a horror film, it is not scary or frightening in any way, more than likely due to the […]
The Telltale Mind 