The Black Castle (1952)
Feb 17, 2015Mad Aristocrat
A luridly entertaining effort starring Boris Karloff as a mad 19th Century aristocrat. This sits halfway between being a B-budget historical drama and a horror film
Nathan Juran
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Aug 9, 2001Alien Monster
One of the film from legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, featuring one of his finest creations The Ymir, an alien monster from Venus that rampages throughout Rome
The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
Nov 11, 2000Possession by Evil Alien Brain
B movie in which John Agar is possessed by a glowing alien brain, this unfortunately fails to live up to either its lurid vigour or its bad movie reputation
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Aug 4, 2000Giant Insect
Routine entry in the giant bug cycle of the 1950s, this essentially rehashes The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms with a revived prehistoric giant mantis on the attack
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Nov 4, 2000Giant Woman/Classic Bad Movie
1950s bad movie classic with Allison Hayes as a wife made into a giant by a passing UFO who rampages through town after her philandering husband. Painfully bad effects make for show that frequently slides into the laughable
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Sep 11, 2000Arabian Nights Adventures
One of the classic films from cult stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, an Arabian Nights fantasy adventure where Harryhausen's creations prove to be quite wondrous
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Jun 19, 2000Heroic Fantasy Adventure
A blatant attempt to copy Ray Harryhausen's The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, night down to employing the same lead actors and director, but this fails through shoddy stop-motion animated effects
The First Men in the Moon (1964)
Sep 5, 2002Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a Victorian journey to the Moon and encounter with its denizens. The film comes with Ray Harryhausen effects but is considerably weakened by a buffoonish tone
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
Aug 7, 2000Boy's Father Becomes a Werewolf
This comes with a cutely amusing title – about a boy who witnesses his father becoming a werewolf but nobody will believe him – but only emerges as a cheap and shabby B movie