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From Hell It Came * (1957, Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda Watkins, John McNamara, Suzanne Ridgway) – Classic Movie Review 4898

‘Frightmare! Born of Jungle Witchcraft! Created by a Curse! Beast-Thing from the Flames of Hades!’ Director Dan Milner’s incredibly bad 1957 horror/ sci-fi monster movie From Hell It Came is actually a step beyond incredible, […]

Jan, 16

Kronos *** (1957, Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, John Emery, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 3467

Director Kurt Neumann’s enjoyable 1957 sci-fi epic is a splendidly daft relic of the Fifties, in which a meteorite falls into the sea, spilling out a huge metal absorbing machine called Kronos (so called after […]

Mar, 11

The Giant Claw ** (1957, Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum) – Classic Movie Review 2,902

Fred F Sears’s laughably simple-minded 1957 low-budget sci-fi horror monster movie The Giant Claw stars Jeff Morrow and Mara Corday as scientists Mitch and Sally. The mythical creature intended as the film’s showpiece is a […]

Sep, 12

This Island Earth **** (1955, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason) – Classic Movie Review 2,444

Director Joseph Newman’s 1955 movie This Island Earth is a memorable, huge fun Fifties sci-fi thriller with a sprightly yarn about benevolent aliens kidnapping earthling scientists to save their planet. The film is fondly remembered […]

May, 02

AVP: Alien Vs Predator *** (2004, Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner) – Classic Movie Review 564

Paul W S Anderson’s screenplay and direction for the 2004 monster movie AVP: Alien Vs Predator are busy, inventive and attractive. He calls it ‘The ultimate face-off action movie.’ A private satellite encounters an unidentified […]

Dec, 22

The Thing From Another World ***** (1951, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness) – Classic Movie Review 54

‘Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!’ This distinguished, influential and imaginatively staged 1951 vintage sci-fi horror thriller, remade by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell as The Thing in 1982, is still a […]

Jul, 15

The Thing ***** (1982, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, David Clennon) – Classic Movie Review 53

Director John Carpenter’s stylish and classy 1982 remake of director Christian Nyby and producer Howard Hawks’s 1951 horror classic The Thing From Another World sizzles with menace, atmosphere and tension. It’s a great monster movie. […]

Jul, 15

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