One of the most fascinating things about the success of Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla back in 1954 is that other countries decided to give the whole
Tag: 1960s
One Million Years B.C.
Sometimes history disgorges a movie that’s almost impossible to judge by normal standards. Be it the Un-P.C. clowning of Troma movies to the experimental art
Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot!
Anyone even remotely familiar with the knowledge that Italian exploitation producers treat copyright and trademark laws like something they’ve just scraped of the sole of
Django
For the majority of casual western fans, the alpha and the omega of the Spaghetti Western is usually considered to be Sergio Leone’s legendary contributions
The Heroes Of Telemark
If you want a good, old fashioned war flick, that’s set away from the grime and gore of the trenches, there’s a few ingredients that
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
When the titles started rolling on Hammer’s previous Frankenstein endeavor, there was a feeling that Peter Cushing’s resident violator of the laws of nature was
Von Ryan’s Express
During its heyday, the World War II set mission movie enjoyed many an all star cast as the war was won seemingly on every conceivable
The Magnificent Seven
Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
For any long running cinematic character, staying relevant and fresh is the key to success. Take Hammer’s version of Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire Count Dracula,
Frankenstein Created Woman
If there’s something the Hammer series of Frankenstein movies has over the Universal series, it’s that the British studio opted to keep the films focus
The Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb
If I had to unwrap the chief issue I have with classic Mummy films, it’s the fact that the majority of them all seem made
Dracula: Prince Of Darkness
Sometimes the path of a franchise is never a straight line and in the world of crafting a worthy sequel, telling a continuing story is
The Evil Of Frankenstein
As Hammer continued to churn out lavish horror flick after horror flick during the swinging sixties, one thing that seemed conspicuous by its absence was
The Brides Of Dracula
When the concept of endless horror sequels became in vogue and studios wanted to resurrect a franchise worthy character, they’d either bend over backwards to
The Kiss Of The Vampire
Picture the scene: it’s a typically grim day as mourners gather for the funeral of a young woman taken before her time. The sky is
Quatermass And The Pit
Much like the disbelieving military types that constantly frustrate the volcanic titular scientist, I’ve kinda done the Quatermass movies ass-backwards. You see, Hammer Film’s third
Frankenstein Conquers The World
Japanese Kaiju movies from the 50’s and 60’s tended to come complete with the weirdest plots, but maybe that’s to be expected from a country
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The Western has always been a genre with one spurred boot firmly embedded in myth. Far too young to have a history littered with knights
For A Few Dollars More
After Clint Eastwood’s Man With No Name sauntered into town at the beginning of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful Of Dollars and super charged the Western
A Fistful Of Dollars
It doesn’t take much to invoke images of Clint Eastwood’s stoic, crafty, cigar gnawing anti-hero, The Man With No Name, but a quick blast of
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