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It Came from Beneath the Sea *** (1955, Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 2442

Director Robert Gordon’s 1955 horror monster movie features an enormous octopus, or more properly actually a ‘sexopus’, whose job description is to cause havoc, chaos and destruction. It rises from out of the primordial Mindanao Deep […]

May, 01

The Ipcress File ***** (1965, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 2418

Director Sidney J Furie’s modishly stylish 1965 spy thriller The Ipcress File showcases Michael Caine, who gives one of his most famous, iconic Sixties performances as bespectacled Cockney secret agent Harry Palmer. It was immensely […]

Apr, 22

Re-Animator *** (1985, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, David Gale, Barbara Crampton) – Classic Movie Review 2338

‘Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders… And Another One In A Dish On His Desk.’ Co-writer/director Stuart Gordon’s rousing, campy 1985 action horror comedy Re-Animator is based on an H P Lovecraft […]

Mar, 30

Superman *** (1948, Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 2244

The Daily Planet’s meek newsman Clark Kent gets into baggy tights, turns into the flying mighty Man of Steel, Superman, and battles with the scary Spider Lady in directors Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr’s […]

Mar, 07

Frankenstein Unbound ** (1990, John Hurt, Raul Julia, Nick Brimble, Bridget Fonda, Jason Patric, Michael Hutchence) – Classic Movie Review 2,033

Roger Corman’s 1990 reworking of the Frankenstein legend with a sci-fi spin is an intriguing horror movie, based on Brian W Aldiss’s novel, with good performances from John Hurt, Raul Julia and Bridget Fonda. Director/co-writer […]

Jan, 02

Revenge of the Creature *** (1955, John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva) – Classic Movie Review 1932

‘Weird Monster Escapes! Terror Seizes City!’ The 1955 monster movie Revenge of the Creature brings scientists back to the Amazon’s Black Lagoon, where the Gill Man (Ricou Browning/ Tom Hennesy) is captured and then transported […]

Dec, 07

The Creature Walks Among Us *** (1956, Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden) – Classic Movie Review 1931

The tacky, amusing 1956 Universal horror movie The Creature Walks Among Us is the third and final Gill Man film. Jeff Morrow and Rex Reason try to uncover the Gill Man in Florida and breed […]

Dec, 07

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