Phantasm (1979)

Phantasm (1979)

Things are just not right at the cemetery. Jody and Mike attend the funeral of their friend, only for Jody’s compulsively spying little brother, Mike, to spot the undertaker lifting the 500 lb coffin with ease. Soon, hooded dwarves are coming after Mike and a living amputated finger persuades Jody that there is evil that

Godzilla Resurgence [Shin Godzilla] (2016)

Godzilla Resurgence [Shin Godzilla] (2016)

In a rebooted universe where Godzilla has never existed before, an unknown disaster occurs in the bay and the Japanese government springs into action to talk, and meet, and make sure that protocol is followed. When the disaster turns out to be a giant mutating monster, the government immediately talks some more, and meets some

The Aztec Mummy Trilogy

The Aztec Mummy Trilogy

The three Mexican Aztec Mummy films were made back-to-back in 1957 and it is best to think of them as an old, ‘40s-style serial rather than three movies. The pacing works better that way, as does some of the cheapness and fanciful elements. Just consider the endings of the first two films as cliff hangers.

The Mummy (2017)

The Mummy (2017)

Unlovable rogue and antiquities thief Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) stumbles upon an ancient Egyptian tomb that is really a prison for Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), a “mummy” who failed to bring the god Set into the world. Now freed, Ahmanet has chosen Morton as the new host for Set. Standing in her way is archeologist and

The Bat Whispers (1930)

The Bat Whispers (1930)

The arch-criminal The Bat has just finished his most daring robbery and heads off to the country to a mansion rented by elderly but fierce Cornelia Van Gorder. The house is soon filled with an array of strange characters, including Van Gorder’s niece, a suspected bank robber, a suspicious doctor, a stern police detective, a

Gamera “Showa” films

Gamera “Showa” films

Gamera The Giant Monster (1965)  Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)  Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)  Gamera vs. Viras (1968)  Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) Gamera Super Monster (1980) Gamera was Daiei studio’s attempt to compete with Toho’s Godzilla and he was reasonably successful in a financial sense, with eight “Showa”

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

It’s ten years after the close of the breach in Pacific Rim and Jake Pentecost (John Boyega), the previously unmentioned son to the first film’s stern, dead father figure, is threatened with jail or a return to the jaeger program. He chooses the latter and joins ever-squinting Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood) in training a bunch

The Trollenberg Terror / The Crawling Eye (1958)

The Trollenberg Terror / The Crawling Eye (1958)

Alan Brooks (Forrest Tucker) is summoned by his friend, Professor Crevett (Warren Mitchell), to a small village at the base of the Trollenberg mountain. He arrives in town at the same time is psychic Anne Pilgrim (Janet Munro—a year before Disney put her into Darby O’Gill and the Little People), who felt compelled to stop

Svengali (1931)

Svengali (1931)

Svengali (John Barrymore) is a talented musician living in an artists community that include his follower Gecko (Luis Alberni), and painters The Laird (Donald Crisp), Taffy (Lumsden Hare), and Billee (Bramwell Fletcher). He’s also a cad, who uses his charisma and hypnotic powers to gain what he wants, and in one case, to cause a

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Baskerville family has been cursed for centuries by a hound from Hell due to the sadistic behavior of an ancestor. Recently, Sir Charles Baskerville had died of fright out on the moor. The grouchy Dr Mortimer (Francis De Wolff), a believer in the supernatural, requests the aid of Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr.

Unheimliche Geschichten {Eerie Tales} (1932)

Unheimliche Geschichten {Eerie Tales} (1932)

Zealous reporter Frank Briggs (Harald Paulsen) hears a scream while driving down a road, and hops out to investigate, going to the house of inventor Mörder (Paul Wegener) who had just murdered his wife. This begins a chase that has the two passing through events from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat and The System

Seven Keys To Baldpate (1935)

Seven Keys To Baldpate (1935)

Successful author William Magee (Gene Raymond) makes a bet that he can finish a novel in 24 hours and heads to a secluded lodge, that’s closed for the winter season, to do so. The timid caretakers meet him there and give him the only key to the place before leaving. He adjourns to a room