We’re now moving into the later years of the Universal Monsters and that means they tried to revitalize it and inject some new life into the series by leaning into the addition of the comedy team Bud Abbott and Lou Costello to the series. This time out, the classic comedians are a pair of newly…
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The Sniper (1952) – Edward Dmytryk
I do enjoy a good film noir, and The Sniper is one I had never heard of, and quite happily dug into, contained as it was in a Film Noir Collection I had been gifted one holiday season. Despite some very sexist trappings, it was the 50s after all, there’s a really fascinating story here….
Monster on the Campus (1958) – Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold makes one more appearance in the Sci-Fi Chronicles book, and this time, it takes us to school, with Monster on the Campus (I personally feel they could have dropped the ‘the’, but oh well). This one is, sadly, nowhere near as fun as Creature from the Black Lagoon, or The Incredible Shrinking…
Invaders From Mars (1953)
Huh. The 101 Sci-Fi Movies brought me this film, that is simply the height of B-movies in a time when American xenophobia seemed to be at its height. The fear of the other, the Cold War, and nuclear destruction are hard at work in this film. But sometimes you just need a giggle. All of…
The Mind Reels 