Category Archives: 1990
All the “War of the Worlds” Films
I recently had the pleasure of listening to the original 1938 radio play of War of the Worlds, and watching the classic 1953 film, and I was thinking wouldn’t it be cool to pull together all the film adaptations in one place? I found seven feature-length films and a short-lived TV series. Here you go:Continue reading “All the “War of the Worlds” Films”
Worse Than Manos? Exploring the Lowest Rated Horror Movies
So, I’ll cop to enjoying–actually enjoying–watching horribly made, low-budget, inept, misconceived, and altogether stupid horror movies. It’s the main reason I’m a terrible at reviewing movies–I can always suspend disbelief and see the good in even the silliest films. So, trolling through the IMDB for some new material to get into, I started to keep tabsContinue reading “Worse Than Manos? Exploring the Lowest Rated Horror Movies”
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
This post on Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor is the first of a series of posts looking at the lower-rated sci-fi and horror films of 1990. I’ll have more to say about them as a group as I digest more of them, but the debut film here (chosen moreorless randomly) is a nice way for a low-budgetContinue reading “Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor”
Playgirls and the Vampire: My Gateway Drug to Forgotten Horror
Now here’s a classic film, we should see more of: 1960’s The Playgirls and the Vampire, is an early Italian exploitation/horror gem that is notable mainly for showing several attractive young Italian women running in terror through a castle in their see-through nighties. Blogger B2 claims it was the first Italian horror film to mix horror and nudity.Continue reading “Playgirls and the Vampire: My Gateway Drug to Forgotten Horror”
Link Dump: Mid-Late October
It’s time for another good-sized roundup of good movie reviews from the tweeps. Love how you folks are keeping exploitation and B-movies in circulation. With a good-sized H/T to Cultural Gutter, I saw this interesting post on TV criticism vs. TV recapping, among other things. I liked it because it gives voice to what I’m tryingContinue reading “Link Dump: Mid-Late October”