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 […]
To Succeed, He Will Need… – The Magic Sword (1962)
An Island of… – She Demons (1958)
There are some things that one can add to a horror or science-fiction movie that will almost always automatically make it worth watching. Staples one could call them and She Demon from […]
Who is the Man and Who the Monster? – The Monster Maker (1944)
There are many films about mad scientists doing mad things to normally innocent people, but there are few that take it as far as The Monster Maker does. In it, J.Carrol Naish, […]
Shoot on Sight – The Green Slime (1968)
Made in 1968, The Green Slime is Japanese production made under the MGM banner that does not feature any Japanese actors whatsoever. It is a little bit strange to be sure, but […]
Before and… – After (2012)
After from 2012 is a strange beast of a film. There are a number of genres all mixed up into one under the science-fiction banner and while many may find it off-putting, […]
Some Thoughts Are Dangerous – Listening (2014)
While it seems at first as if you might be in for a science-fiction treat, Listening tends to feature the genre and its aspects secondary to the character study going on between […]
Mystery and Love Upon… – The Phantom Planet (1961)
Watching The Phantom Planet is like watching an extended episode of Lost in Space or Star Trek or even more specifically, it gives you that same feeling of fun and excitement that […]
Not Here to Party – Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Teenagers from Outer Space is the vision of one man, namely Tom Graeff who wrote, directed, produced, did the music and just about everything else you can imagine with this film. While […]
Out to Conquer… – They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Famously shot on a budget of nothing and with nothing but talent behind the camera and on the screen, They Came From Beyond Space turned out to be not all that bad. […]
She Was the Very… – Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Betsy Jones-Moreland stars as Evelyn Gern, the sole-surviving member of the fairer sex in Last Woman on Earth, also referred to as The Last Woman on Earth, a post-apocalyptic thriller directed by […]
The Telltale Mind 