Alien parasitic plagues in a grocery store? Why that could never happen in America! Except for, you know, COVID and all that. You know what, suddenly this movie is feeling like it thinks we're smarter than we are... In a small town in the middle of nowhere, a team of heavily armed criminals arrive at … Continue reading Alien Raiders (2008)
I love when a movie poster is totally wrong. There are no giant ants, the earth is not turned into a cemetery, the shiny dome does not catch on fire, and ants do not climb out of a bloody hole in a person's hand. The hole isn't bloody when they do that. Yeah, it's a … Continue reading Phase IV (1974)
In 1969, America went to the moon. To top us, the British made a movie about aliens on the moon coming to us in 1967. I'm still thinking we got the better end of the bargain here, but I don't blame the UK for trying! Meteors fall in formation in a field in the English … Continue reading They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
As in this girl has special powers due to how she came to be, not that she's giving out presents or anything. Though admittedly, it would be kinda nice to get a present right now. I mean, who doesn't love free stuff? In the very near future, the world sucks. Athlete's Foot has basically evolved … Continue reading The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Do you like movies where a super helpful narrator tells you exactly what you're seeing on screen, despite you not actually needing any of his help to understand the ridiculous plot? No? Too bad, because you're getting it here. Italy, 2000 years after the destruction of Pompeii by the volcano Mount Vesuvius. A worker digs … Continue reading Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Yeah, we're talking a low budget 1950s indie film today. In short, it's our wheelhouse, baby! Livestock are being mutilated in a small town in the mountains of California. Unfortunately, a man has just been murdered, and the hard headed sheriff thinks geologist Wayne Brooks did the deed. Meanwhile archaeologist Dr. Frederick Cleveland has just … Continue reading Giant from the Unknown (1958)
Serious question: why does the super-powerful Mandroid need breathing tubes? It doesn't breathe. What is the point of those tubes? Eastern Europe, 1993. The Cold War has ended, and tons of technology and military hardware is now up for grabs to the highest bidder. Dr. Karl Zimmer happens to be a scientist with a new … Continue reading Mandroid (1993)
I never really thought about it, but mold can be pretty. It's also gross and terrifying. This movie has a lot of weird mold in it, along with a lot of mutation. It's also a great look at the ultimate bad place, a place where biology doesn't work properly, and cell growth is twisted. It … Continue reading Annihilation (2018)
The early 1970s was a wild time. American confidence in the military was hugely eroded thanks to the war in Vietnam. Our opinion of government had been shot to shit by years of political failure regarding the war, the Cold War, and Nixon's illegitimate reelection tactics. The Civil Rights movement had ended in perceived victory … Continue reading The Crazies (1973)
I enjoy a good 1950s scifi B-movie. Or a bad one, for that matter. In the last couple of decades, we've seen an interesting wave of nostalgia for older horror in the indie scene, going all the way back to the silent film era with Andrew Leman's adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu. Of these, … Continue reading The Giant Spider (2013)
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