Hot on the heels of last week’s review of Galaxy of Terror, writer Fred Burdsall concludes his classic twin bill of Roger Corman-produced sci-fi/horror flicks with a visit to the 1982 shocker Forbidden World, starring Jesse Vint and June Chadwick.
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Double Dose of Roger Corman, Part 1: Galaxy of Terror
For over 60 years he’s written, directed or produced over more than 400 movies of all types. In this classic review, author Fred Burdsall blasts off with the Corman-produced 1981 sci-fi shocker Galaxy of Terror, starring Edward Albert and Erin Moran.
Read more →Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
Wow. Is it that time again already? Seems like it was just yesterday. Oh well, let’s check and see what’s in the bag for us this month. Ooh, I like this one. A good low budget zombie film that is…
Read more →If I Only Had a Brain: Fiend Without a Face
Ever been choked to death by a giant brain monster? Watch what happens when bizarre creatures star attacing a military base in the 1958 sci-fi/horror fave Fiend Without a Face, starring Marshall Thompson and Kim Parker.
Read more →The Green Slime Are Here! (on DVD)
Back before the dinosaurs died off (sometime around 1968), a little film called Mad Monster Party made its way to my local theater, and like any kid…I had to see it. So, armed with some cash courtesy of my parents, I…
Read more →Linda Blair’s Hell of a Night
What are you all doing out front of my house on a cold night like tonight? You want to hear about another movie from back in the day? Don’t you have school or something? OK, I guess I can spare…
Read more →Fred Goes to Monster-Mania Con
I know I said I was going to foam at the mouth about the Cinema God known as Roger Corman this month, but it’s my column and I changed my mind. We’ll talk Corman next month or two. August 20-22…
Read more →Last of the Living: Zombies, New Zealand Style
Being a zombie movie fan, I’ve sat through some great ones (Fulci’s Zombie) and some real junk like Children of the Living Dead, but no matter what I go into all of them with an open mind and hoping for the…
Read more →Tremors Equals Perfection
The town of Perfection, Nevada, is pretty much just that. Not a lot happens, only a dozen or so locals, the ideal life…as long as you don’t mind the graboids. Seems they like the ground under the town and the…
Read more →The Invaders: If Only He Owned a GPS
On January 10th 1967, ABC introduced us to The Invaders, alien beings from another world who have come to Earth to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them and now has to convince a disbelieving public the threat is…
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