(aka Worm) Ana, an American biology student working at Oxford, accidentally discovers a strange phenomenon, which she and her friends develop into a way to instantly transport solid matter through artificial wormholes. But when she takes the first trip in their matter transporter, things start to go very wrong: her memory is failing, strange nightmares […]
Read more "Anti Matter (2016)"Yep. Yet another Alien ripoff from Roger Corman and Concorde films. Still, we’ve got a few interesting change-ups on this one, notably its post-Apocalyptic, post biowarfare accident setting (on Earth), and a secret underground research station which we’ll try not to notice was borrowed from The Andromeda Strain‘s Wildfire facility. Okay, once the heroes start […]
Read more "The Terror Within (1989)"“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. “ It starts with the opening sentence of Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca. A young woman wanders through desolate wastelands soliloquizing to herself. She spots a man sitting by a fire, creeps up on him… And murders him. She goes through his things, takes what she wants, then […]
Read more "Morning Patrol [Proini peripolos] (1987)"It rather surprised me to learn that not only did Eugène Lourié — the prolific art designer who started his career with legendary French director Jean Renoir — direct Gorgo, but he also directed The Giant Behemoth and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, three of the better attempts to imitate Godzilla. For that matter, they were […]
Read more "Gorgo (1961)"This one isn’t as bad as most people say it is. Which, admittedly, isn’t saying much. The biggest problem with The Slime People is that it came a decade too late. Most of its flaws wouldn’t have been as noticeable had it come out in rush of cheap SF in the Fifties. This is, in fact, […]
Read more "The Slime People (1963)"“The following transmission has been translated into local Terran dialect. Some visual distortion may occur” I have no idea what in the world Antonio Llapur and Matt Sjafiroeddin were smoking when they created Space Detective. I just hope someone buys them more of it – and soon. I find myself at a loss what in […]
Read more "Space Detective (2017)"I really feel sorry for Tor Johnson. I mean really, really, really sorry. He looks just terrible in this film: he’s massively overweight, and he seems to walk with an awkward sort of waddle whenever he does so for any length of time. And he even has to carry a girl around in several of the […]
Read more "The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)"