Usually, when a scientist decides to start experimenting on animals with strange formulas, it leads to all sorts of nasty business. At least that seems to be the case in cinema. Those […]
When Nice Guys Do Wrong – Tarantula (1955)
Villain Becomes Hero – Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera vs. Barugon, the second movie of the franchise continues right off of the first film but is also the start of a series that finds the prehistoric turtle facing off against […]
What Monsters? – The Monolith Monsters (1957)
The Monolith Monsters is not a giant monster movie per se, and is a bit of a cheat by naming it so. The ‘threat’ of said film does feature monstrous attributes and […]
Godzilla, I Think Not – Giant Monster Gamera (1965)
There are a lot of giant monsters in the film world, and having gone through a renaissance of late, there are more than ever. Pacific Rim, Monsters, Super 8 and Cloverfield with […]
Deep In the Earth Are… – The Mole People (1956)
In 1956, Universal decided to try a little something different and put out a film about an underground race of monsters. True to the Universal twist though, the monsters in question turn […]
London Is In A Bit Of Trouble – Gorgo (1961)
Gorgo from 1961 is your standard giant monster creature-feature that the studios had been dishing out for quite some time, before and after. The great thing about this movie is that, in […]
Not King Kong, But… – Konga (1961)
Poor Konga. He only wanted to play in the jungle with his friends, eat bananas and other yummy fruits and just have a good time. He never expected botanist and scientist Charles […]
All Hail Caesar! – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Ape shall not kill ape. It is the golden rule by which the society founded by Caesar lives upon. No matter what, apes try to hold themselves above the pettiness of man, […]
The Future? – The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Giant Behemoth is a documentary directed by Eugène Lourié and Douglas Hickox and released in 1959. It looks at the effects of nuclear testing and the disposal of waste on the […]
There Is Always a Cost – The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
If you like women in prison films then you will most likely be disappointed in this one as it is not like those you classically associate with the genre. Yes, there are […]
The Telltale Mind 