Larry Buster Crabbe Archives

Flash Gordon (1936)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 1, 2010Serial/Space Opera

The original and greatest of all SF serial adventures and a huge influence on George Lucas. Despite the primitive effects, this still has a marvellously rousing imagination that stands up today. Two serial sequels followed

Director: Frederick Stephani

Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Charles Middleton, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 201024 February 2026 by Roog

Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 1, 2001Serial/Space Opera

The second of the Flash Gordon serials, which relocates action to Mars following the popularity of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast. The film has a wonderful imagination that far outshines the tattiness of usual serial production values

Director: Ford Beebe, Robert Hill

Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Frank Shannon, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 200124 February 2026 by Roog

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 12, 2005Serial/Space Opera

The third of the Flash Gordon serials, not quite at the heights of the previous two but with a colour and exoticism that was head and shoulders above the other serials of the era

Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor

Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 February 200522 October 2025 by Roog

The Alien Dead (1980)

Rating: ★

Jun 29, 2017Zombie Film

The second film from Fred Olen Ray who has become a prolific B-budget director since. This is a zombie film, a copy of the original Dawn of the Dead, slapped with a SF title to popularise on the then recent success of Alien

Director: Fred Olen Ray

Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe

Category: Horror

29 June 201723 November 2025 by Roog