Resident Evil (2002)

Resident Evil (2002)

After the computer kills all the members of an underground lab, amnesiac Alice (Milla Jovovich) and a team of  special agents must enter the lab to shut down the computer and figure out what happened.  Along the way, there are zombies, genetically altered monsters, a virus, and traitors. Quick Review: One in a string of

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

News reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) discovers the dead body of Angela Merrova (Lya Lys), but when she turns up alive, though strangely pale, he is fired.  He goes to his friend, Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan), for help, which prompts Rhodes to investigate strange murders where the victims all had “type 1” blood.  This

Return of the Fly (1959)

Return of the Fly (1959)

Years after the events of the original film, Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) uses his father’s notes to create a matter transmitter.  Aided by his reluctant uncle François (Vincent Price) and his friend, Alan Hinds, he succeeds.  But Alan is really a murderer who plans to steal the device.  When Philippe learns of the treachery, Alan

Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

After Julie (Melinda Clarke) dies in a motorcycle accident, Curt (J. Trevor Edmond), her boyfriend and the son of a military officer (Kent McCord) working on secret experiments, brings her back using the zombie-making chemical from the first two films.  She fights her desire for brains, but in the end zombies are running around in

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Another expedition up the Amazon finds a gill man, subdues it, and takes it to an aquarium.  There it is gawked at by the public and experimented on until it escapes, taking a beautiful graduate student (Lori Nelson) with him. Quick Review: While it is questionable to place Creature from the Black Lagoon as a

Scream and Scream Again (1969)

Scream and Scream Again (1969)

A mad killer is sucking the blood out of young girls.  Simultaneously, an officer in a fascist country is killing everyone in his way, even his superiors, and a jogger is having his limbs amputated in a strange hospital.  Somehow, all of these events are connected to prestigious Dr. Browning (Vincent Price). Playing like an

Shadow Fury (2001)

Shadow Fury (2001)

Dr. Oh, a mad scientist (Pat Morita), creates an obedient, ninja “clone” (Masakatsu Funaki) to kill his ex-colleagues, Dr. Markov (Gregory Vahanian), Dr. Forster (Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld), and Dr. Hiller (Allan Kolman).  The three hire Mitchell Madsen (Sam Bottoms), an assassin with a bad liver, to stop Oh.  Things become more complicated when the ninja clone

The She-Creature (1956)

The She-Creature (1956)

Dr Lombardi (Chester Morris) uses hypnosis to regress Andrea (Marla English) to her ancient form as a sea creature, which materializes and does Lombardi’s bidding, including commit a series of murders.  Ted Erickson (Lance Fuller), a psychic researcher, believes that Lombardi is responsible for the killings, but doubts Lombardi’s powers.  Police Lieutenant James (Ron Randell)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Baron Wolf Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), the son of the late doctor Frankenstein, travels to “Middle Europe,” with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan), to take possession of the family castle. Like his father, he is a scientist and experimenter, and he has a fanatical desire to prove that his father was

Species (1995)

Species (1995)

Government Scientists, lead by Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley), mix human and alien DNA to create Sil (Michelle Williams), an innocent girl they keep in a clear cage. When she escapes, a team (Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger) is put together to destroy her. That may be difficult as the suddenly mature Sil (Natasha

Species II (1998)

Species II (1998)

Astronaut Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard) is infected on his way back from Mars with the same alien DNA that had been studied in Species. Now he has an uncontrollable urge to mate and create an army of partial aliens.  Assassin Press Lenox (Michael Madsen), Dr. Laura Baker (Marg Helgenberger), and astronaut Dennis Gamble (Mykelti Williamson) must

Teenage Zombies (1959)

Teenage Zombies (1959)

Swell teenagers Reg, Skip, Julie, and Pam land their boat on a deserted island and become prisoners of a female scientist (Katherine Victor) and her zombies. She is working with a foreign power that plans to use her zombie gas to take over the United States. Luckily, two of their friends won’t give up the search