Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2026 / No comments / hammer films , heather sears , herbert lom , horror , monster , music , sixties , terence fisher , thorley walters
HEATHER SEARS CROONS HAMMER'S 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA'
HEATHER SEARS CROONS HAMMER'S 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA'
Heather Sears in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 Both Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom have played similar types of villains, ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/14/2026 / No comments / body count , maría elena arpón , maria perschy , monster , paul naschy , rosanna yanni , science-fiction , seventies , spanish , spanish horror
MARÍA ELENA APRÓN DYING FOR 'HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE'
MARÍA ELENA APRÓN DYING FOR 'HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE'
María Elena Arpón in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE/ EL JOROBADO DE LA MORGUE Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 From Dracula to The Werewolf, Paul Naschy p...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/23/2025 / No comments / andré morell , creature feature , douglas hickox , eugène lourié , fifties , gene evans , jack macgowran , john turner , leigh madison , maurice kaufmann , monster , willis h. o'brien
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'
Title: BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER Year: 1959 Rating: **** The British creature-feature BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER is said to be England's an...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2025 / No comments / bill travers , british , creature feature , eugène lourié , martin benson , maurice kaufmann , monster , sixties , william sylvester
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'
Title: GORGO Year: 1961 Rating: *** While GORGO seems like an unapologetic GODZILLA ripoff, director Eugène Lourié had already made BEAST FR...
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 / 10/18/2025 / No comments / creature , edgar barrier , fifties , fred f. sears , jeff morrow , louis merrill , mara corday , monster , morris ankrum , robert shayne
MARA CORDAY AND JEFF MORROW GROUNDING 'THE GIANT CLAW'
MARA CORDAY AND JEFF MORROW GROUNDING 'THE GIANT CLAW'
Title: THE GIANT CLAW Translated: ATTACK OF THE GIANT CLAW Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 The first half's one of those paranoid thrillers wh...
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 / 3/31/2025 / No comments / akira takarada , godzilla franchise , keiko sawai , kumi mizuno , monster , nick adams , science-fiction , showa era , sixties
KUMI MIZUNO IN GODZILLA VS 'INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER'
KUMI MIZUNO IN GODZILLA VS 'INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER'
Title: INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER Year: 1965 Rating: ****1/2 Ironic that American actor Nick Adams, who did a horrible job dubbing the de...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/30/2025 / No comments / adventure , akiko wakabayashi , fantasy , franchise , godzilla , ishirô honda , monster , science-fiction , showa era , sixties , yuriko hoshi
YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS 'GHIDORAH: THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER'
YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS 'GHIDORAH: THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER'
Title: Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster Year: 1964 Rating: **** It's ironic that Japanese bombshell Akiko Wakabayashi would soon be th...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/29/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , akira takarada , fantasy , franchise , godzilla , ishirô honda , japanese , monster , science-fiction , showa era , sixties , yuriko hoshi
YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA'
YURIKO HOSHI UNCOVERS ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA'
Title: MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA Year: 1964 Rating: ****1/2 Japanese actress Yuriko Hoshi is one of the best Toho starlets, appeared in both GODZI...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/28/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , franchise , godzilla , heisei era , megumi odaka , monster , nineties , science-fiction
MEGUMI ODAKA IN 'GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH'
MEGUMI ODAKA IN 'GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH'
Title: GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH Year: 1992 Rating: ***1/2 The previous installment GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH , the first s...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/24/2025 / No comments / akihiko hirata , akira takarada , fifties , franchise , godzilla , ishirô honda , japanese , momoko kōchi , monster , showa era , takashi shimura
DIRECTOR ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'GOJIRA' AKA THE ORIGINAL 'GODZILLA'
DIRECTOR ISHIRÔ HONDA'S 'GOJIRA' AKA THE ORIGINAL 'GODZILLA'
Title: GORJIRA/GODZILLA Year: 1954 Rating: ****1/2 Ironically, the original grainy black-and-white GODZILLA, that spawned countless colorful...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/04/2024 / No comments / 2024 , action , adventure , dan stevens , fantasy , godzilla , king kong , monster , new , rebecca hall
STOMPING THROUGH 'GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE'
STOMPING THROUGH 'GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE'
From GODZILLA X KING KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE Year: 2024 Rating: B — One of the worst things about these new GODZILLA and KING KONG or GODZILLA ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2024 / No comments / beach , body count , cult , elaine dupont , horror , monster , sixties , sue casey , walker edmiston
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM 'THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER'
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM 'THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER'
Title: THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER Year: 1965 Camp Value: *** One of those b-movies that's so extremely/noticeably low budget it...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2023 / No comments / asa maynor , creature , cult , fifties , hike , horror , indie , monster , thriller
ASA MAYNOR IN THE LOW BUDGET CREATURE FEATURE 'MAN BEAST'
ASA MAYNOR IN THE LOW BUDGET CREATURE FEATURE 'MAN BEAST'
Asa Maynor in MAN BEAST Year: 1956 Rating: **1/2 Cherub-cheeked, full-lipped cutie Asa Maynor (billed as Virginia Maynor) had a career booke...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/05/2023 / No comments / body count , british , claire gordon , creature feature , horror , jess conrad , kim tracy , margo johns , michael gough , monster , rupert osborne , steven berkoff , vanda godsell , waveney lee
MICHAEL GOUGH CONTROLS 'KONGA' FEATURING CLAIRE GORDON
MICHAEL GOUGH CONTROLS 'KONGA' FEATURING CLAIRE GORDON
Title: KONGA Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 A movie that finally proves dumb things can sound smart when spoken in an English accent as Michael ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/11/2023 / No comments / action , ann dusenberry , body count , donna wilkes , franchise , horror , jaws , lorraine gary , monster , murray hamilton , roy scheider , sequel , seventies , shark , suspense , thriller
ROY SCHEIDER FOR MORE A MORE THRILLER THAN CHILLER 'JAWS 2'
ROY SCHEIDER FOR MORE A MORE THRILLER THAN CHILLER 'JAWS 2'
Title: JAWS 2 Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Grading on the dorsal curve of the Steven Spielberg classic, this sequel feels like a would-be pilo...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/08/2021 / No comments / creature feature , japanese , monster , sixties
ARCHIVE REVIEW OF THE CLASSIC JAPANESE MONSTER 'GAMERA'
ARCHIVE REVIEW OF THE CLASSIC JAPANESE MONSTER 'GAMERA'
Year: 1965 Rating: ***1/2 There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard to find the actual source: the real thi...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2021 / No comments / action , brian glover , cult , david naughton , david schofield , eighties , england , griffin dunne , horror , jenny agutter , john landis , john woodvine , lila kaye , michael carter , monster , thriller , werewolf
JOHN LANDIS UNLEASHES 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'
JOHN LANDIS UNLEASHES 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'
Title: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Year: 1981 Rating: ***** Shame there were such bland DVD covers after years that finally made AN AMERI...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , creature , fifties , forrest tucker , hammer films , maureen connell , monster , peter cushing , thriller , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS HAMMER'S THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN'
VAL GUEST DIRECTS HAMMER'S THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN'
If only it were only this exciting Year: 1956 Rates: *** When Hammer's thriller director Val Guest made a creature feature, it was the k...
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MICHAEL CAINE IN 'SOLO FOR SPARROW' STARRING GLYN HOUSTON
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