To put it in the best possible terms, The Killer Shrews is not a very good movie. Not every film turns out to be a winner and it can safely be said […]
Not So Killer – The Killer Shrews (1959)
Living Amongst… – Monsters (2010)
It was said before, but there are only so many things you can do in a giant monster movie, at least with the monsters that is. What you can do to differentiate […]
Beginning of the End – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
Of late, there have been a number of movie franchises that have decided to split their films up. Some of the reasons are simply financial as more movies equal more dollars and […]
Swan Song – Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
The final installment of Hammer’s Frankenstein series of films finds VIctor alive and well, having survived the fire of the last picture, and taking up residence in a mental institution which is […]
A Family That’s Mad Together, Stays Together – Paranoiac (1963)
Once in awhile, Hammer goes along and releases a small little gem of a film amongst all of their big monster movies, this time being Paranoiac starring Oliver Reed. It is a […]
Carmilla Returns! – Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Lust for a Vampire is the second movie to fall under the Karnstein Trilogy banner, and while it is usually billed as a sequel, it is a loose one as it features […]
Cheating Death – The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Peter Cushing returns as the good Baron Frankenstein, directly following the events of the first film. Surprisingly, and luckily, Frankenstein escapes the gallows and sets up a medical practice in another country. […]
Transformations – Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
In 1960, Hammer would try their hand at adapting the tale called Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and the result would be The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll with Paul Massie starring […]
Try Not To Interrupt… – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula is interesting for one notable thing, which is not the actors, though Cushing and Lee are excellent, nor the direction by Alan Gibson which was pretty good, […]
More Than Woman – The Reptile (1966)
It was not too often that Hammer would dip into its bag of practical effects for a movie, more often than not relying upon the psychological or a set of fangs to […]
