After producing numerous Godzilla films, Toho decided to try something a little different and different it was with the release of Mothra – a movie influenced more from fantasy than it was […]
From Infant Island Comes… – Mothra (1961)
When Radiation and Nature Collide – Octaman (1971)
All the Octaman wants to do is live in his lake and raise his kids in peace. Of course, that is easier said than done though and one of them is captured […]
Introducing the One, the Only… – Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Mighty Joe Young is the story of a girl and her gorilla and a friendship that would survive despite the hardships they would endure. Those times would see them leaving their jungle […]
Opening the Tomb Triggers the… – Pharaoh’s Curse (1957)
Unlike many mummy movies, Pharaoh’s Curse tries to do something different and for that alone, this is worth watching. There is a mummy present of course, but it is of the inanimate […]
Beware of False Idols – Sabaka (1954)
There is nothing exceptional about Sabaka or even all that good, though to be fair, there is nothing all that bad either. Everything is simply all right, down the middle and okay […]
Deep in the Heart of Mexico is… – The White Orchid (1954)
William Lundigan and Peggie Castle star in the 1954 feature film The White Orchid, an adventure movie that starts off spinning its wheels a little, yet finishes strongly. As far as movies […]
Feared Above All Else, She Was… – Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Queen of the Amazons finds a woman played by Patricia Morison who has headed out to the jungle in India to find her husband no matter what it takes. What is plainly […]
In Search of Redemption, They Find… – Nabonga (1944)
Nabonga is another Poverty Row picture that you would naturally think stars a gorilla who would be named as such and there is, though for the most part, he is simply referred […]
Unknowingly, She Became the… – Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
If you completely skip over the credits to this film, you would think that Universal had released it. It looks and feels like a Universal monster movie and it even features Lon […]
Deep in the Jungle is… – White Pongo (1945)
For sheer entertainment value, which is subjective of course, White Pongo delivers on every level. Special effects might get better and more complex as the years go by, but a man in […]
The Telltale Mind 