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Gorgo DVD

Wait til Mama comes home Director Eugene Lourie, working in the field created by Cooper and Schoedsack for King Kong, created the template for the modern giant monster movie in the 1950s, and then went on to become one of … Continue reading

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A Taste of Blood DVD

H. G. Lewis’ Vampire With a running time of nearly two hours, this is Herschell Gordon Lewis’ longest feature. He also considers the film to be his lone stab at some kind of mainstream film, shot in Eastmancolor with production … Continue reading

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The Fly/Return of the Fly DVD

Feel the buzz It’s a film that begins memorably with the sound of a huge hydraulic press coming down on a man’s head, flattening it to nothing. But the blood spilling over the machinery has never been so red as … Continue reading

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Barn of the Blood Llama

No Fernando, no Lorenzo, but plenty of other llamas Well, if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it fifty times: they make the weirdest movies in Texas. From Larry Buchanan (Mars Needs Women, The Naked Witch) to Tobe Hooper (The … Continue reading

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Kronos DVD

Giant robot gyros from space This prime example of 1950s science fiction has been much overshadowed in intervening decades by more expensive productions like Forbidden Planet. This is unfortunate, as in some ways KronosĀ (1957) was ahead of its time, and … Continue reading

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Godzilla 2000

Return of the King It’s been 15 years since a real Godzilla movie has been released to U.S. theaters. Sony picked up North American (plus a few other territories) rights for a cool million, so they figure on recouping on … Continue reading

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My Son the Vampire DVD

Old Mother Riley meets Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi had seen better days. In the early 1930s, he was in all his glory, cruising on his amazing triumph in Dracula, both on the stage and screen. He threw lavish parties, smoked … Continue reading

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Hollow Man

Don’t get sleepy! I used to consider H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man to be more fantasy than science fiction, especially since Wells’ villain attained his state via injection. Now I read that biomedical engineers at the University of Texas have … Continue reading

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The Awful Dr. Orlof DVD

Jesus saves Released as part of Image Entertainment’s “Euroshock” series, this DVD presents one of Spanish director Jess Franco’s earliest, most accessible features. Franco had directed several musical comedies in Spain, but yearned for meatier work. A voracious film fan, … Continue reading

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Frankenstein Stalks

Rock Ransacks R-kives! Canny Creator Cannibalizes Cache for Current Concoction When we last left David “The Rock” Nelson, he was throwing a rubber insect at unwilling participants and videotaping the results (see Devil Ant). This time, Nelson revisits his old … Continue reading

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