Leslie Parrish Archives

Missile to the Moon (1958)

Rating: ★★

Jun 15, 2023Expedition to the Moon/All-Female Lunar Society

A remake of the classic bad movie Cat-Women of the Moon in which explorers to the Moon encounter an all-women society. Things do not improve in the bad movie stakes here

Director: Richard E. Cunha

Actors: Richard Travis, Gary Clarke, Michael Whalen, Cathy Downs, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 June 202314 February 2026 by Roog

Li’l Abner (1959)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 27, 2003Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation/Musical

A colorful and entertainingly absurd musical adaptation of Al Capp's popular satirically absurd comic-strip set in a parody of backwoods USA. Filled with some inspired nonsense

Director: Melvin Frank

Actors: Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stella Stevens, Stubby Kaye, …

Category: Fantasy

27 April 200325 June 2026 by Roog

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 9, 2000Brainwashed Assassin/Political Satire

John Frankenheimer film. concerning a Communist plot for creating a brainwashed assassin, Frankenheimer shoots with stark and blackly funny effect and this has duly become a cult classic

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 July 20005 January 2025 by Roog

The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)

Rating: ★★

May 27, 1999Giant Spider

From Bill Rebane, a film about a rampaging giant spider (having emerged from a black hole we are told). This has a bad movie reputation, although on most accounts it emerges as strictly average

Director: Bill Rebane

Actors: Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish, Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 May 199910 November 2023 by Roog