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The Mummy (1959) – Review

November 8, 2022 greigzilla

After retro-fitting and updating such classic characters as Frankenstein and Dracula with more modern (for the 50’s anyway) sensibilities, it was a shoo-in that Hammer

The Abominable Snowman (1957) – Review

October 17, 2022 greigzilla

By 1957, Hammer Films had already dipped their toes into the horror/sci-fi/fantasy market with The Quatermass Xperiment and X the Unknown (lot of X’s there),

The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) – Review

September 1, 2022 greigzilla

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

The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958) – Review

June 27, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1958) – Review

June 22, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1953) – Review

May 12, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1956) – Review

February 28, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1958) – Review

February 17, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1957) – Review

February 1, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1955) – Review

January 24, 2022 greigzilla

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 (1956) – Review

December 31, 2021 greigzilla

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 (1951) – Review

December 24, 2021 greigzilla

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 (1951) – Review

December 8, 2021 greigzilla

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 (1958) – Review

December 2, 2021 greigzilla

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 (1956) – Review

November 21, 2021 greigzilla

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 (1958) – Review

November 20, 2021 greigzilla

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