Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2026 / No comments / adventure , allison hayes , billy barty , bruno vesota , dick miller , dorothy neumann , fantasy , fifties , horror , mel welles , pamela duncan , richard devon , richard garland , roger corman , val dufour
PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'
PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'
Pamela Duncan in THE UNDEAD Year: 1957 Rating: **** The same year that Pamela Duncan and Richard Garland starred in Roger Corman' s limp...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/29/2026 / No comments / adventure , ahna capri , bolo yeung , bruce lee , jim kelly , john saxon , karate , robert clouse , seventies , spy
BRUCE LEE IN 'ENTER THE DRAGON' WITH JOHN SAXON & JIM KELLY
BRUCE LEE IN 'ENTER THE DRAGON' WITH JOHN SAXON & JIM KELLY
Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRAGON Year: 1973 Rates: ***** By the time Bruce Lee, starring in his first and last American produced motion picture...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/06/2026 / No comments / adventure , college , comedy , dan monohan , eighties , james b. sikking , jeff east , jennifer runyon , john hillerman , julia montgomery , stephen furst , tim matheson
JENNIFER RUNYON AND TIM MATHESON ARE GOING 'UP THE CREEK'
JENNIFER RUNYON AND TIM MATHESON ARE GOING 'UP THE CREEK'
Jennifer Runyon in UP THE CREEK Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 A year following this neglected outdoor comedy, Tim Matheson would ask Chevy Chase...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/08/2026 / No comments / action , adventure , anna maria mauri , luis induni , mercedes molina , paul naschy , pepa ferrer , seventies , silvia solar , spanish horror , verónica miriel , werewolf
MERCEDES MOLINA & PAUL NASCHY 'NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST'
MERCEDES MOLINA & PAUL NASCHY 'NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST'
Title: NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST/La maldición de la bestia Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 In the 1975 exploitation/horror EXORCISM , tall beauty...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/03/2026 / No comments / adventure , alberto de mendoza , body count , christopher lee , faith clift , helga liné , julio peña , peter cushing , science-fiction , seventies , silvia tortosa , spanish horror , telly savalas , train
PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE RIDING 'HORROR EXPRESS'
PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE RIDING 'HORROR EXPRESS'
Helga Liné painted into HORROR EXPRESS/PÁNICO EN EL TRANSIBERIANO Year: 1972 Rating: **** In-between the original THE THING FROM ANOTHER WOR...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , charles halton , cult , ernest schoedsack , forties , horror , janice logan , science-fiction , thomas coley
ERNEST SCHOEDSACK SHRINKS 'DR. CYCLOPS' WITH ALBERT DEKKER
ERNEST SCHOEDSACK SHRINKS 'DR. CYCLOPS' WITH ALBERT DEKKER
Title: DR. CYCLOPS Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack Year: 1940 Rating: ***1/2 Merian C. Cooper, the executive producer and co-director of KING...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/02/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , beverly adams , david prowse , diana dors , irwin allen , jazz-score , judy geeson , kenneth cope , patrick cargill , peter vaughan , sixties , spy , vince edwards
VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
Vince Edwards and Judy Geeson in HAMMERHEAD Year: 1968 Rating: **1/2 Irwin Allen's production HAMMERHEAD is yet another James Bond clone...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , british , fifties , janet leigh , john justin , jungle , liam redmond , roland vulver , terence young , victor mature
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'SAFARI' WITH VICTOR MATURE & JANET LEIGH
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'SAFARI' WITH VICTOR MATURE & JANET LEIGH
Title: SAFARI Year: 1956 Rating: *** In 1956, future James Bond franchise director Terence Young had Victor Mature playing a charming kind o...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/24/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , british , christopher lee , cornel wilde , fifties , george marshall , jungle , leo genn , ron randell
CORNEL WILDE, DONNA REED & CHRISTOPHER LEE 'BEYOND MOMBASA'
CORNEL WILDE, DONNA REED & CHRISTOPHER LEE 'BEYOND MOMBASA'
Title: BEYOND MOMBASA Year: 1956 Rating: *** The same year and basically the same plot-line of Terence Young's SAFARI ,, where a scound...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/22/2025 / No comments / adventure , anita ekberg , bonar colleano , british , eddie byrne , eunice gayson , fifties , patrick mcgoohan , terence young , victor mature
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON
Title: ZARAK Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 Future James Bond directing icon Terence Young made the Arabic Adventure ZARAK so full of bright 1950...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/21/2025 / No comments / adventure , creature feature , eugène lourié , fifties , horror , kenneth tobey , lee van cleef , monster , paula raymond , science-fiction
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ'S PRE-GODZILLA 'THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ'S PRE-GODZILLA 'THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'
Year: 1953 Rating: **1/2 Eugène Lourié's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS was what actually inspired Japan's year-later GODZILLA... oth...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/16/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , carlos múzquiz , carlos rivas , fifties , mara corday , monster , richard denning , roberto contreras , willis h. o'brien
MARA CORDAY AND RICHARD DENNING IN 'THE BLACK SCORPION'
MARA CORDAY AND RICHARD DENNING IN 'THE BLACK SCORPION'
Mara Corday in THE BLACK SCORPION Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 Certainly an inspiration for the 11th hour sculpture transition in BEETLEJUICE a...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/08/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , bobby hall , eugene persson , exploitation , joan lora , june kenney , lilyan chauvin , robert reed , sixties , thriller , troy patterson , walter brooke , wilton graff
JUNE KENNEY WITH JOAN LORA AND ROBERT REED IN 'BLOODLUST!'
JUNE KENNEY WITH JOAN LORA AND ROBERT REED IN 'BLOODLUST!'
Title: BLOODLUST! Year: 1961 Rating: *** Novelist Richard Connell's THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME has been adapted countless times... about a ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/04/2025 / No comments / adventure , airplane , fifties , george barrows , harmon stevens , horror , jackie coogan , paula hill , robert knapp , science-fiction , tandra quinn
TANDRA QUINN WITH PAULA HILL IN 'MESA OF LOST WOMEN'
TANDRA QUINN WITH PAULA HILL IN 'MESA OF LOST WOMEN'
Tandra Quinn in MESA OF LOST WOMAN Year: 1953 Rating: **1/2 Camp Value: ***1/2 Sometimes really, really bad, really, really low-budget movie...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2025 / No comments / adventure , crime , john kramer , karate , lindsay bloom , mary woronov , pat anderson , rhonda hopkins , roger corman , seventies , tara strohmeier , vic diaz
LINDSAY BLOOM AND PAT ANDERSON ARE 'COVER GIRL MODELS'
LINDSAY BLOOM AND PAT ANDERSON ARE 'COVER GIRL MODELS'
Title: COVER GIRL MODELS Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 Before Roger and wife Julie Corman's full-fledged New World production SUMMER SCHOOL ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/26/2025 / No comments / adventure , allan arkush , claudia jennings , david carradine , david mclean , exploitation , post-apocalyptic , richard lynch , roger corman , seventies , will walker , william smithers
DAVID CARRADINE WITH CLAUDIA JENNINGS IN 'DEATHSPORT'
DAVID CARRADINE WITH CLAUDIA JENNINGS IN 'DEATHSPORT'
Title: DEATHSPORT Year: 1978 Rating: **1/2 Grade: C— In the Roger Corman production DEATHSPORT, featuring a matte-painting used in the Corm...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/11/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , bill catching , burt reynolds , christian nyby , danielle aubry , kieu chinh , sixties , spy , vic diaz , vietnam
BURT REYNOLDS SPYING THROUGH SAIGON FOR 'OPERATION C.I.A.'
BURT REYNOLDS SPYING THROUGH SAIGON FOR 'OPERATION C.I.A.'
Burt Reynolds in OPERATION C.I.A. Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 Although Burt Reynolds detested OPERATION CIA, his first starring turn fresh fro...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2025 / No comments / adaptation , adventure , catherine schell , comedy , elke sommer , graham stark , lionel jeffries , lynne frederick , peter sellers , seventies , stuart wilson , time-period
PETER SELLERS AND LYNNE FREDERICK IN 'THE PRISONER OF ZENDA'
PETER SELLERS AND LYNNE FREDERICK IN 'THE PRISONER OF ZENDA'
Lynne Frederick in THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Year: 1979 Rating: ** While it had been decades since the two Golden Age adaptations of the literar...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/27/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , bill mckinney , brian dennehy , chris mulkey , david caruso , eighties , franchise , jack starrett , michael talbott , richard crenna , sylvester stallone , vietnam
TED KOTCHEFF DIRECTS SYLVESTER STALLONE IN 'FIRST BLOOD'
TED KOTCHEFF DIRECTS SYLVESTER STALLONE IN 'FIRST BLOOD'
Title: FIRST BLOOD Year: 1982 Rating: ****1/2 When rural sheriff Brian Dennehy drives ragged drifter Sylvester Stallone from one side of a o...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/16/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , constance forslund , eighties , fred ward , gene hackman , harold sylvester , patrick swayze , reb brown , robert stack , ted kotcheff , tim thomerson , vietnam , war , wings hauser
GENE HACKMAN COMMANDS TED KOTCHEFF'S 'UNCOMMON VALOR'
GENE HACKMAN COMMANDS TED KOTCHEFF'S 'UNCOMMON VALOR'
Randall Tex Cobb & Kelly Junkerman in UNCOMMON VALOR Year: 1983 Rating: **** Recently, three important people connected to 1983's UN...
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JOHN BROMFIELD, EVE MILLER & ROSEMARY STACK 'THE BIG BLUFF'
John Bromfield, Rosemary Stack and Max Palmer in THE BIG BLUFF Year: 1955 Rates: ***1/2 In the 1956 crime thriller HOT CARS , b-movie actor ...