‘Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster’
‘He never said no.’ By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ Hear ye, fellow Boris Karloff freaks: […]
Roger Corman
‘It Conquered the World’ (1956)
Attack of the cucumber! Roger Corman was workin’ the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” vibe here. Goin’ for some paranoia. “It Conquered the World” is […]
‘War of the Satellites’ (1958)
What hath Sputnik wrought? The first thing you must know about “War of the Satellites” is that it was a response to Russia’s launch of […]
‘Day the World Ended’ (1956)
Apocalypse then Was Roger Corman trying to trick moviegoers into thinking this was a sequel or re-release of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”? If […]
‘The Brain Eaters’ (1958)
Nelson, VeSota’s big chance Ed Nelson — billed in “The Brain Eaters” as Edwin Nelson — had what it takes to be a leading man […]
‘Attack of the Crab Monsters’ (1957)
Hold the Cheddar Bay Biscuits A friend, who is not a cult movie fan, described the title “Attack of the Crab Monsters” as sounding like […]
‘Not of This Earth’ (1957)
The eyes have it Half the fun in watching Roger Corman‘s series of shoestring-budget sci-fi films of the 1950s is to spot the ways Corman […]
Dick Miller (1928-2019)
Prince Sirki claims ‘Bucket of Blood’ star “I had come out from New York as a writer. After bumming around for a while and not […]