Monthly Archives: August 2000

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

Posted in Movie, Review, Uncategorized, VHS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted in DVD, Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dinosaurus! DVD

It’s CUUUUTE!! Producer Jack Harris and director Irvin Yeaworth teamed for only a few sci-fi pictures, but those few are well remembered. After their classic The Blob, and the interesting 4-D Man, they moved on to this more traditional tale … Continue reading

Posted in DVD, Review | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in DVD, Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fargo DVD

How many Paul Bunyan statues are there? A staple of the work of American pulp fiction writers is the doomed character: your everyday everyman, thrown into a set of circumstances either by his own flawed machinations, or merely by the … Continue reading

Posted in DVD, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bless the Child

Touched by a psycho Chuck Russell has paid his psychotronic dues, so I’m tempted to give the guy some slack here. He produced Hell Night, directed the fine remake of The Blob and the respectable sequel Nightmare on Elm Street … Continue reading

Posted in Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Gruesome Twosome DVD

Flip your wig As old as the gothic novel itself is the cliche of the demented relative who is kept hidden from the outside world, usually locked up in a tower room or basement dungeon. Almost as old is the … Continue reading

Posted in DVD, Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cave of the Living Dead DVD

Spelunking for vampires A “Butchers Film release” this German weird menace horror, originally titled The Curse of the Green Eyes, was imported to Britain and America by producer Richard Gordon. He released it to theaters and drive-ins as part of … Continue reading

Posted in DVD, Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Movie, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment