Stan Winston Archives

The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)

Rating: ★★

Jan 3, 2017Time Travel Romance

Classic tv movie in which Lindsay Wagner travels back to the 19th Century to romance Marc Singer. Classic what is the question – what we have is a weepy romantic version of a time travel film that eliminates any of the interesting things like culture clash, advanced knowledge and time paradox

Director: Frank De Felitta

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray, Henry Wilcoxon, …

Category: Fantasy

3 January 20174 April 2023 by Roog

Aliens (1986)

Rating: ★★★★★

Jun 1, 1999Alien Sequel

James Cameron's follow-up to Alien is one of the few sequels that matches its predecessor. Adding a troupe of Marines, Cameron creates a powerhouse of a film that sustains itself with seat-edge tension throughout

Director: James Cameron

Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 June 199911 February 2026 by Roog

Predator (1987)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 2, 2000Action/Humans Hunted by Alien Sportsman

This takes the previous year's big hit of Aliens and fuses it with The Most Dangerous Game, swapping that story's bored aristocratic hunter for an alien hunting Arnold Schwarzenegger and a team of soldiers in the jungles of South America

Director: John McTiernan

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carillo, Bill Duke, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 August 200011 June 2025 by Roog

Pumpkinhead (1988)

Rating: ★★

Jun 11, 1999Demon Unleashed

Makeup effects artist Stan Winston takes the director's chair and creates one of the truly original monsters of the 1980s. Several sequels followed

Director: Stan Winston

Actors: Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, Cynthia Bain, Brian Bremer, …

Category: Horror

11 June 199918 October 2024 by Roog

Upworld (1991)

Rating: ½

Feb 15, 2001Cop and Gnome Partner

The most bizarre of the variants on the buddy cop film that came out after Lethal Weapon in which Anthony Michael Hall is partnered with a gnome. Directed by makeup effects man Stan Winston and an embarrassment to all involved

Director: Stan Winston

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Robert Z'dar

Category: Fantasy

15 February 20015 July 2022 by Roog

Tank Girl (1995)

Rating: ★★★

May 5, 2001Post-Holocaust Punkette/Comic Book Adaptation

This is poorly regarded by fans of the original cult comic-book, nevertheless has a zany, anarchic energy and surreal sense of humour that is hard to dislike

Director: Rachel Talalay

Actors: Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, Ice-T, Jeff Kober

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200117 July 2022 by Roog

The Day the World Ended (2001)

Rating: ★½

Nov 27, 2001Ambiguous Alien Monster

One of a series of films that borrow their titles from old 1950s films, this abandons any connection to the original end of the world film and concerns a boy who may be causing an alien monster to appear

Director: Terence Gross

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Randy Quaid, Bobby Edner, Harry Groener, …

Category: Science Fiction

27 November 200126 January 2026 by Roog

Earth vs. the Spider (2001)

Rating: ★★

Oct 8, 2001Human-Spider Hybrid/Superhero Gone Wrong

One of a spate of remakes of old AIP titles conducted in 2001, this spins the original giant spider amok film out into a superhero-gone-wrong take on Spider-Man

Director: Scott Ziehl

Actors: Devon Gummersall, Dan Aykroyd, Theresa Russell, John Cho, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 October 200124 January 2026 by Roog

How to Make a Monster (2001)

Rating: ★★

Oct 16, 2001Cyborg Suit Amok

Horror movie about computer game designers dealing with a motion-capture suit that has gained life and is trying to kill them. This has nothing in common with the 1950s film beyond the title

Director: George Huang

Actors: Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Jason Marsden, Tyler Mane, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 October 20012 November 2025 by Roog

She Creature (2001)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 5, 2001Mermaid Horror Film

Taking only the name of the 1950s B movie, this is otherwise a horror film about an imprisoned mermaid creature that wields a sinister threat. This works with a modest effectiveness

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez

Actors: Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell, Rya Kilhstedt, Aubrey Morris, …

Category: Horror

5 October 200112 December 2025 by Roog

Wrong Turn (2003)

Rating: ★★

Feb 23, 2004Backwoods Brutality

Passable effort that copies that basics of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a group of stranded teens running afoul of an in-bred family

Director: Rob Schmidt

Actors: Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, …

Category: Horror

23 February 200419 March 2021 by Roog

The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)

Rating: ★★

Jun 25, 2009Reality Bender

Extremely confusing film in which Mike Vogel keeps waking up in different lives where he is pursued by creatures. Sort of like Dark City reconceived as a horror film.

Director: Dario Piana

Actors: Mike Vogel, Jaime Murray, Christina Cole, Michael Feast

Category: Fantasy

25 June 200925 February 2025 by Roog