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Written by James M. Tate / 7/13/2026 / No comments / 2001 , adventure , body count , bruce a. young , dinosaur , franchise , john diehl , michael jeter , sam neill , trevor morgan , william h. macy , zeroes

SAM NEILL RETURNING AS ALAN GRANT FOR 'JURASSIC PARK III'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCOcfRY_3HJ65n64Yc629qbSxVkakCu8JMqyjYA6XXKDyxDANGHfMVSEEt0WJcc8Wtw_ZkJ5vL_SjfrKtgaor6YWtnDphns6bRDIluB3ZixHkh5sR635PVwXriOi3qaj0dMjXVWnMAgNMN8TY6NYVQVMlUAq1NyhnY0qAXlhwn-64es8CKbBsWZQsHsLB/s1562/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-13%20at%201.33.46%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCOcfRY_3HJ65n64Yc629qbSxVkakCu8JMqyjYA6XXKDyxDANGHfMVSEEt0WJcc8Wtw_ZkJ5vL_SjfrKtgaor6YWtnDphns6bRDIluB3ZixHkh5sR635PVwXriOi3qaj0dMjXVWnMAgNMN8TY6NYVQVMlUAq1NyhnY0qAXlhwn-64es8CKbBsWZQsHsLB/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-13%20at%201.33.46%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Neill in JURASSIC PARK III Year: 2001 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Everyone remembers that Jeff Goldblum was the scene-stealing comic relief (who could also be pretty serious) in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster comeback JURASSIC PARK... <br><br>But he didn't fare so well in the complicated sequel, because when involving Michael Crichton's dinosaurs being brought back to dangerous life, you need the befitting fedora-wearing dinosaur expert...</p><p><span></span></p>

2001, adventure, body count, bruce a. young, dinosaur, franchise, john diehl, michael jeter, sam neill, trevor morgan, william h. macy, zeroes

SAM NEILL RETURNING AS ALAN GRANT FOR 'JURASSIC PARK III'

Sam Neill in JURASSIC PARK III Year: 2001 Rating: ***1/2 Everyone remembers that Jeff Goldblum was the scene-stealing comic relief (who coul...

MEGUMI ODAKA & ANNA NAKAGAWA 'GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPIwJc7iib8-MX-g4dt8esbVAAXPHJPT7xNVApP5fbwHwdBujH8mlycQ6IOv1EdhzNA-j2P3dHDpCoHatRw1qdhKhCKryJHA1EATnjvvp80WiFiAxRagKjSFnMnacHOfc1dQ2f8c5PhSOuG06BHAjeQidaSNiTsJb8SfSJXatOp1awp8lPsjuX1XNYet/s1130/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.54.02%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUPIwJc7iib8-MX-g4dt8esbVAAXPHJPT7xNVApP5fbwHwdBujH8mlycQ6IOv1EdhzNA-j2P3dHDpCoHatRw1qdhKhCKryJHA1EATnjvvp80WiFiAxRagKjSFnMnacHOfc1dQ2f8c5PhSOuG06BHAjeQidaSNiTsJb8SfSJXatOp1awp8lPsjuX1XNYet/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-03-22%20at%2011.54.02%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title; GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH Year: 1991 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Before Toho's comeback <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2023/07/toho-goes-speilbergian-for-godzilla.html">GODZILLA MINUS ONE</a>, which was an all-out tribute to American filmmaker Steven Spielberg's JAWS, the late 1980's/1990's Godzilla franchise was paying him tribute as well...<br><br>In GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA: THE BATTLE FOR EARTH it's an Indiana Jones inspired archeologist, and before that GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH uses time-travel straight from BACK TO THE FUTURE where a group of 23rd Century envoys wind up in modern day Japan, including gorgeous Anna Nakagawa as Emmy... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

action, anna nakagawa, dinosaur, franchise, godzilla, heisei era, japanese, megumi odaka, nineties, robert scott field, science-fiction, time travel, world war II

MEGUMI ODAKA & ANNA NAKAGAWA 'GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH'

Title; GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH Year: 1991 Rating: **** Before Toho's comeback GODZILLA MINUS ONE , which was an all-out tribute to Am...

STEVE MCQUEEN IN THE ORIGINAL LEGENDARY CLASSIC 'THE BLOB'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsuFtjyrWUVDH7BhgL91grP10vXlJaXxuVMxP4IeDSO1TIxBtMheS6LufjkHwTCWNYIhzIhNS2XyREviZUuIYjTD5iosFimWgM5QDDy9bSgFUWUwo544ORY6gdr5VU266k40GwerMeDwmWGRliB8_dJLC_nvNodRJPAHCuTMsv6edsq-TrLKJZn_ywBUc/s1309/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-05%20at%209.31.48%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsuFtjyrWUVDH7BhgL91grP10vXlJaXxuVMxP4IeDSO1TIxBtMheS6LufjkHwTCWNYIhzIhNS2XyREviZUuIYjTD5iosFimWgM5QDDy9bSgFUWUwo544ORY6gdr5VU266k40GwerMeDwmWGRliB8_dJLC_nvNodRJPAHCuTMsv6edsq-TrLKJZn_ywBUc/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-05%20at%209.31.48%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Steve McQueen in THE BLOB Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>During
 the prelude of an eclectic and highly successful career, Steve McQueen,
 billed as Steven McQueen as a guy named Steve, has never played a 
character so untrusted, underrated or downright frustratingly 
unappreciated...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He knows what everyone, including his best girl, has 
strong, stubborn doubts about. And we're not only supposed to believe 
that the rugged-looking, world-weary McQueen is a teenager but that he'd
 actually get taunted, goaded and borderline bullied by bunch 
of small town car-jerks who look as if <i>they'd</i> follow <i>him</i>...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, cult, dinosaur, exploitation, fifties, horror, irvin s. yeaworth jr., jack harris, james congdon, jazz score, lee meriwether, robert fields, robert lansing, sixties, steve mcqueen, suspense, thriller

STEVE MCQUEEN IN THE ORIGINAL LEGENDARY CLASSIC 'THE BLOB'

Steve McQueen in THE BLOB Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 During the prelude of an eclectic and highly successful career, Steve McQueen, billed ...

PULPY SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2<br></u></td></tr>
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Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, what's here is a kind of laidback hangout sequel centering more on that land's PEOPLE, and is basically a Fantasy version of FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE as an assorted, eclectic group just kind of traipses around rugged terrain for most of the picture...<br>
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The action comes in halfway through for our main heroes Patrick Wayne and Sarah Douglas, a one-dimensional yet dependably stalwart journeyman and a quirky British photographer, along with a plump, likeable middle-aged English bloke (Thorley Walters) and a funny pilot (Shane Brimmer): the latter staying back at camp randomly shooting pterodactyl, waiting for his group to return...<br>

action, adventure, amicus, dana gillespie, david prowse, dinosaur, doug mcclure, fantasy, patrick wayne, richard leparmentier, sarah douglas, sequel, seventies, shane brimmer

PULPY SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT T...

PRODUCER WILLIAM ALLAND PRESENTS 'THE LAND UNKNOWN'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year of Capture and Release: 1957</u></td></tr>
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Thinking it would be on par with the aesthetic value of BLACK LAGOON and
 REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, producer William Alland's topnotch director, 
Jack Arnold, who also shot TARANTULA, wanted nothing to do with this
 cheapie that, in the rudimentary stages, was supposed to be colorized 
with semi-big stars attached...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Paperback-Approach Poster Art</u></td></tr>
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But with a nice matte as a primal mileau, it's enough to convince both an audience and a small group of 
Arctic dwelling researchers, with their military-trained employees 
including a magazine-handsome helicopter pilot in future FBI 
television-show regular William Reynolds...<br>
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Along for the ride is his everyman mechanic; a 
pretty blond ingenue; and, conveniently enough, a leading man who's more
 an expert on prehistoric history than the snowy region surrounding this
 strange and UNKNOWN tropical enigma, partially based on a true story about a mass of warm 
water discovered strangely in the middle of the frozen Antarctic — and the very same location 
for that year's b-creature THE DEADLY MANTIS... Indeed, producer Alland was a busy man in 1957...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>LAND Score: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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The warm water's explained quickly, derived from a volcano, and the 
Dino-land follows, a hell-hot purgatory the characters are trapped in. 
The helicopter <i>can</i> start but without taking flight – this following a 
quick, eerie sighting: the swoop of a pterodactyl starts the ball 
rolling, or rather, the helicopter falling...<br>
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Then, within this extremely hot and humid valley, resembling the 
wide-shot background of any Tarzan film, the foursome's hunted by 
various dinosaurs: The good ones look wonderfully fake, like a 
water-creature hybrid of The Loch Ness Monster and the aquatic man-eating dino in
 KING KONG. And especially the T-Rex, with a mouth that opens wide and 
awkward, like a large parade float or a Halloween mask giving enough 
room for the person to breath...<br>
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For it is, like GODZILLA, a man-suited 
beast instead of the larger budgeted stop-motion. And on the other side 
of the coin are the lame, cheap Dinosaurs that are, ironically, the
 most realistic — in fact, they <i>are</i> real: Gila Monsters (or 
Iguanas) superimposed to look giant in the fashion of, say, Bert I. 
Gordon. But enlarged rats, ants and humans work better since they become
 an immense version of a normal size we're already familiar with...<br>

action, adventure, creature, cult, dinosaur, fifties, science-fiction, shirley patterson, william alland, william reynolds

PRODUCER WILLIAM ALLAND PRESENTS 'THE LAND UNKNOWN'

Year of Capture and Release: 1957 Thinking it would be on par with the aesthetic value of BLACK LAGOON and REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, pro...

ROBERT ARMSTRONG RETURNS IN 'SON OF KONG' WITH HELEN MACK

action, adventure, classic, creature, dinosaur, ernest schoedsack, fantasy, helen mack, king kong, merian cooper, monster, robert armstrong, sequel, thirties

ROBERT ARMSTRONG RETURNS IN 'SON OF KONG' WITH HELEN MACK

Artwork for SON OF KONG Year of Release and Capture: 1933 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Skull Island… But why return t...

SEQUEL TO 'JURASSIC WORLD' ALSO KNOWN AS 'FALLEN KINGDOM'

action, adventure, bryce dallas howard, chris pratt, dinosaur, jeff goldblum, new, science-fiction, sequel, ted levine

SEQUEL TO 'JURASSIC WORLD' ALSO KNOWN AS 'FALLEN KINGDOM'

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2018 The fact that the dinosaurs are the most beloved aspect of the JURASSIC PARK series (or anything combining humans ...

JACK H. HARRIS & IRVIN S. YEAWORTH JR. PRESENT 'DINOSAURUS!'

creature, dinosaur, irvin s. yeaworth jr., jack h. harris, sixties

JACK H. HARRIS & IRVIN S. YEAWORTH JR. PRESENT 'DINOSAURUS!'

DINOSAURUS battles a tractor in this obscure cult flick from 1960 Every cult sleeper phenom is eventually considered a classic; even tho...

THE VALLEY OF GWANGI

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMLaHPAmrQEtq7JnQwJR-jiiWVcijQQXJp14DyoieyeuqriwhLSALA9QVOEYCQVDhOMdhL-VRuGzf8IFnhgbDatV1bZtpiLIheRCEdNheuRm5ce9sG5AWvib1DmF5BqrHPazGkrxx9Fo/s1600/gwangi7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505843812654901842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMLaHPAmrQEtq7JnQwJR-jiiWVcijQQXJp14DyoieyeuqriwhLSALA9QVOEYCQVDhOMdhL-VRuGzf8IFnhgbDatV1bZtpiLIheRCEdNheuRm5ce9sG5AWvib1DmF5BqrHPazGkrxx9Fo/s200/gwangi7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span> THE VALLEY OF GWANGI<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">year: </span>1969<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> James Franciscus<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">effects: </span>Ray Harryhausen<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ****1/2<br />
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This late sixties "Rexploitation" is Ray Harryhausen's best special effects film. The deliciously paced plot involves cowboys driven to find their "pot of gold" with a freak miniature horse led to the title valley where dwells a giant blue dinosaur named Gwangi, a prehistoric beast that isn't very friendly. Sure the last twenty minutes rips off "King Kong", the film Ray watched as a kid, causing him to follow in the footsteps of his mentor, Willis O'Brien (who conceptualized this film in the forties)... but that's like a son having his father's voice.

creature, dinosaur, james francsiscus, ray harryhausen, sixties, stop-motion, western