From time immemorial the Earth has been bombarded by objects from outer space, bits and pieces of the universe piercing our atmosphere in an invasion that ne...

The fundamental requirement for enjoying an atomic age horror/sci-fi film is suspension of disbelief. It’s not usually difficult for me to not only accept, b...

At 63 minutes, the theatrical version of The Wasp Woman (1959) is perfectly efficient with its storytelling, and that story is perfectly simple. It's the 23r...

There’s no reason I should have any fondness for Teenage Zombies (1959), a movie that, perhaps not surprisingly, does not feature any teenage zombies. Well, ...

A large part of The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1958), I’m guessing about two-thirds of it, is told in flashback, which makes sense because only about one-thi...

There’s an exception to every rule. While I consider myself a purist and almost always prefer my foreign horror in its original, unadulterated condition, the...

The Flame Barrier (1958) offers a simple, yet intriguing sci-fi concept, but the minutes between the points the plot is established and is then ultimately re...

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) opens with credits you don’t often see in an "old" movie: a Star Wars-type crawl in which the words roll up toward the top of ...

The problem with invisible man movies, as I’ve said before, is that no one seems to take advantage of the power invisibility potentially provides. Be honest,...

For a movie that turns the fog machine so high that it’s hard to distinguish the actors, The Slime People (1963) isn’t concerned with hiding its monsters. Th...

Another low budget movie that I've neglected to watch is now another low budget movie that I adore! Oh, The Hideous Sun Demon (1958), where have you been all...

Not the first, and certainly not the last, The Frozen Dead (1966) belongs in the subgenre of “disembodied head” movies. What seems like a ridiculous subject ...

Day the World Ended (1955), the fourth film directed by Roger Corman and his first genre film, has some clever ideas and, for the low budgets and resourceful...

You’d think I would learn by now. With its reputation (and a 3.5 IMDb rating), The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) has always been at the bottom of my wat...

There may be a reason that Varan doesn’t guest star in a Godzilla movie until 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, and even then, it’s via stock footage. The movie i...

For everything I liked about The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951), there was something I didn’t like. Being literal, or keeping a list of pros and cons, that makes t...

Shame on me for waiting ## years to see The Mole People (1956)! I don’t know why. I have fond memories of the magazine, although I’ve never owned a copy of i...

In "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies" (Woodbury Press, 1984), Phil Hardy bestows great historical significance upon The Werewolf (1956), a seemingl...

"Away up in the heavens, far out in space, in a beautiful golden crystal palace right above the North Pole, lives a kind and jolly old gentleman — Santa Clau...

WHY I'VE NEVER SEEN IT I've wanted to see The Horror of Party Beach ever since I ran across the "Famous Film" magazine that told the story with comic book ca...