Practical effects, matte paintings, hilarious cartoon-like gags, and a goofy sense of humor have turned Killer Klowns From Outer Space into a cult classic. A small town comes under assault from aliens who look like clowns, and spaceship that look like a big top. And the local sheriff, Curtis Mooney (John Vernon!) doesn’t believe any…
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The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) – Blu-Ray Review
Cecil D.DeMille knew how to make an epic, and both versions of his Ten Commandments prove that point, but I was always more intrigued by what I had heard about his circus picture, The Greatest Show On Earth, mainly because it was the film that really ignited Steven Spielberg’s love of moviemaking. I had never…
Captive Wild Woman (1943) – Edward Dmytryk
John Carradine as a detached, and insane scientist, who somehow still gets work, an animal trainer who wants a shot at the big top, and a gorilla suit that becomes a beautiful women with strange powers over the animals of the circus. It’s all here in the next big title in DK Canada’s Monsters in…
The Mind Reels 