The Creatures of The First Men in the Moon
H. G. Wells seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut in the worlds of Scientific Romance (the term Science Fiction was decades away). The Time Machine, The Read More
Category: Movies
Man Versus Gorilla
For me, the battle between super man and super ape began with Tarzan of the Apes. In the book, Tarzan, just a lad, faces off Read More
The Arabian Nights and Sword & Sorcery
The 1001 Nights is a collection of ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, and other folk tales including such favorites as Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Read More
The Movie That Time Forgot or A Review With Plenty of Whingeing
One of my favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series is the Caspak novels. There were only three, or three segments of a larger work. You can Read More
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Parasite”
Despite the title, “The Parasite” is not a story about tape worms or anything of that nature. It is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s horror Read More
Link: By Its Cover: Mythos Tomes
H. P. Lovecraft did not invent the idea of the arcane tome, one so evil its very existence meant insanity and worse for its possessor. Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery : Mike Ploog (1942-)
Mike Ploog is a comic book artist from the 1970s who later turned to the more lucrative designing movie characters and doing story boards. In Read More
Link: Why Mythos Movies Suck (A Lot)
The earliest Lovecraft adaptation was The Haunted Palace in 1963. Using a title of Poe’s and a plot of HPL’s, Roger Corman serves up a Read More
The Werewolves of ACG – Part 4 (1952-1953)
If you missed Part 3 The rest of 1952 and into 1953 saw werewolves in all the ACG horror titles. Again traditional ideas and some Read More
The ‘Barely-There’ Costumes (and Plot) of Zardoz
The 1970’s was a curious decade for science fiction films. Almost every science fiction film released in this decade ended up being overshadowed by the Read More