Hammer Studios had dipped its toes into the realms of horror fantasy before with the adaptation of The Quatermass Xperiment, but in 1957, the studio
Tag: 1950s
The Revenge Of Frankenstein
After the hugely favourable reception the Hammer got for their ever-so-dashing version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (not to mention the similar thumbs up they got
Dracula
Whenever a filmmaker puts a sexy new spin on a classic character, there’s always a certain amount of pushback from purists crying heresy, but if
War Of The Worlds
Published in 1898 and telling of the relentless invasion of overzealous Martians upon the people of earth, H.G. Wells’ War Of The Worlds is quintessential
Between Heaven And Hell
Whether you’ve heard of him or not, Richard Fleischer had pretty much done it all and chances are you’ve experienced part of his robust filmography
The Blob
Surely there’s no movie more quintessential to the the 50’s monster movie experience than 1958’s The Blob. Essentially an 86 minute collation of every roaming,
Night Of The Demon
It’s always a pleasure when you find a classic horror film that contains elements that feel incredibly modern – well, they don’t come more modern
This Island Earth
Is there a genre more prone to dating horribly than Sci-fi? As the passage of time inexorably grinds on, no matter how good your set
The Creature Walks Among Us
Audiences may not have realised it at the time, but when the final credits rolled on The Creature Walks Among Us, the third and final
The Thing From Another World
When you think The Thing, odds are you’re thinking of John Carpenter’s skin ripping, tentacle whipping, exercise in masterful paranoia terror – or the orange,
Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible Man
Starting with 1948’s Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, it’s a fair statement to claim that doing a movie with the two notorious jokesters was the
Run Silent, Run Deep
The sub-genre (pun not intended) of the submarine based war movie seems to only have a handful of tropes. Watch a couple in a row
The Searchers
In the harsh, dusty lands of the western, where men and women endure a harsh existence and America was still enduring awkward growing pains; one
The Vikings
Watching the epics from cinema’s past is often a surreal experience as it’s kinda weird to see what trends were obsessing audiences during Hollywood’s many
Revenge Of The Creature
Even though he’s proudly lumped in with his other horror contemporaries as a fully paid up member of the Universal Monsters gang, it’s easy to
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy
“How stupid can you get?” Demands the long suffering Bud Abbott to his even longer suffering partner Lou Costello at one point during this last
Return Of The Fly
After The Fly gave us yet another, classic reason not to dick around with science, it was inevitable that someone was gonna come along and
The Fly
There’s a trio of 50’s, sci-fi creature features that have always stood out from the pack for me. The first is Howard Hawk’s 1951 frosty
Varan The Unbelievable
If you ever wondered how foreign monster movies were marketed to America back in the days of the 50’s and 60’s, you’d need look no
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad
The cinematic legend that is Ray Harryhausen, has had a impact that effects genre filmmaking to this day. Sure, the technique may be different with
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