Eduard Franz Archives

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

Rating: ★★

Jan 29, 2011Shrunken Head Curse

Someone decided to make a horror film about the practice of shrinking heads conducted by some South American Indian tribes. Despite starting well, this is mostly dull and pedestrian

Director: Edward L. Cahn

Actors: Eduard Franz, Henry Daniell, Frank Gerstle, Lumsden Hare, …

Category: Horror

29 January 201125 October 2025 by Roog

Beauty and the Beast (1961)

Rating: ★★

Sep 26, 2000Fairy-Tale

Largely forgotten version of the fairytale that is too rudimentary and pedestrian to find much flight of fantasy compared to other classic versions

Director: Edward L. Cahn

Actors: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, …

Category: Fantasy

26 September 200015 August 2025 by Roog

Cyborg 2087 (1966)

Rating: ★★

Mar 24, 2026Cyborg from the Future

The film that inspired The Terminator! Michael Rennie plays a cyborg who travels back in time to prevent a machine-dominated future coming about, while being hunted by two killer androids sent back to stop him

Director: Franklin Adreon

Actors: Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Warren Stevens, Wendell Corey, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 March 202624 March 2026 by Roog

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 28, 2026Limbless Soldier Hallucinates

Classic anti-war film with Timothy Bottoms as a limbless, sightless soldier in a hospital bed as his mind wanders between hallucinations, visions of the afterlife and attempts to communicate with the medical staff

Director: Dalton Trumbo

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Diane Varsi, …

Category: Fantasy

28 July 202628 July 2026 by Roog