There’s no reason I should have any fondness for Teenage Zombies (1959), a movie that, perhaps not surprisingly, does not feature any...

A large part of The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1958), I’m guessing about two-thirds of it, is told in flashback, which makes sense...

There’s an exception to every rule. While I consider myself a purist and almost always prefer my foreign horror in its original,...

The Flame Barrier (1958) offers a simple, yet intriguing sci-fi concept, but the minutes between the points the plot is established and...

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) opens with credits you don’t often see in an "old" movie: a Star Wars-type crawl in which the words roll...

The problem with invisible man movies, as I’ve said before, is that no one seems to take advantage of the power invisibility potentially...

Another low budget movie that I've neglected to watch is now another low budget movie that I adore! Oh, The Hideous Sun Demon (1958),...

Day the World Ended (1955), the fourth film directed by Roger Corman and his first genre film, has some clever ideas and, for the low...

You’d think I would learn by now. With its reputation (and a 3.5 IMDb rating), The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) has always been at...

There may be a reason that Varan doesn’t guest star in a Godzilla movie until 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, and even then, it’s via stock...

For everything I liked about The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951), there was something I didn’t like. Being literal, or keeping a list of pros...

Shame on me for waiting ## years to see The Mole People (1956)! I don’t know why. I have fond memories of the magazine, although I’ve...

In "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies" (Woodbury Press, 1984), Phil Hardy bestows great historical significance upon The...

"Away up in the heavens, far out in space, in a beautiful golden crystal palace right above the North Pole, lives a kind and jolly old...

WHY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT There's no particular reason I've never seen Curse of the Faceless Man. I never purposely avoided it. WHY I...

WHY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT The reputation of The Killer Shrews precedes it. For the longest time, there were other movies I’d choose to...

WHY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT I had never heard of The Monster of Piedras Blancas; shame on me, I know. Even when I began hearing buzz about...

It’s not shameful to say you’ve never seen all the movies of your favorite actor. At least, that’s what I’ll claim when I admit I...

Its reputation preceding it, I’ve never been in too big a hurry to see The Giant Claw (1957). However, after doing so recently, it turns...

When I saw the cast list, I wondered why I'd never heard much about The Black Sleep. Not only does it feature Lon Chaney Jr., John...