Joan Collins plays a real estate agent looking to sell swampland to suckers and pass it off as an area that is on the rise. Like the old saying goes, there is […]
One Small Island, An… – Empire of the Ants (1977)
To Succeed, He Will Need… – The Magic Sword (1962)
Though it was primarily made for children, Bert I. Gordon’s The Magic Sword has enough in it for the grownups to enjoy too. The movie features everything you could ever want in […]
Think Twice Before You Cheat – Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Size-changing films were nothing new in the 1950’s, most of them done by a man named Bert I. Gordon. This film, directed by Nathan H. Juran and written by Mark Hanna, follows […]
Dance the Night Away in the… – Village of the Giants (1965)
By 1965 there was one question that perplexed movie-goers to no end and that was what would happen if there was a film that crossed The Nutty Professor with themes of exploitation […]
Poor Tom Finds Himself… – Tormented (1960)
Bert I. Gordon and frequent collaborator George Worthing Yates bring to life a story of a man named Tom who is getting married. A simple enough tale, that is until his ex-girlfriend […]
From Beneath the Earth Comes… – The Black Scorpion (1957)
Surprisingly, The Black Scorpion is not a giant creature-feature directed by Bert I. Gordon, though like many of its kind, does indeed take place in Mexico. The setting should be the last […]
When Scientists Attack! – King Dinosaur (1955)
During the 1950s, if you had a movie that required something to be literally blown out of proportion, the man to call upon would be Bert I. Gordon. The prolific director of […]
Singular Focus – The Cyclops (1957)
If you think that this movie seems overly familiar, you would be right. Not because the film is a remake or anything of that sort, merely because there is nothing original about […]
I Compell You to Watch This Film – The Witching (1972)
Remember Orson Welles? He starred as Charles Foster Kane in one of the greatest movies of all time, Citizen Kane. He also happened to have a hand in writing it and directed […]
He Just Wants to be Left Alone – War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
In the follow-up to The Amazing Colossal Man, Colonel Manning has survived despite being hit with a couple of bazooka shells and falling over a dam into the waters below. He should […]
