If you didn’t grow up in the 60s or 70s you probably don’t have a sense for just how big monster magazines were back then. The kids who grew up on these magazines were part of the culture who watched Shock Theater films hosted by those gr...
Having already evaluated the best fantasy soundtracks of 1999 and assessed the best fantasy scores of the 1990, it’s time to cast an ear back over the last hundred years of fantasy, horror, and science fiction film music. Which scores were the trendsetter...
As a follow-up to the wonderful über-sequel BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the third film in Universal's popular horror series, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, didn't have much of a chance at greatness. James Whale, architect of the first two seminal films, was gone, and Bo...
As I watched Monster Squad for the first time in close to twenty years, I was struck by how much it reminded me of a modern day version of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. Little surprise then that Director, Fred Dekker, in his commentary, po...
What They SayGet ready for the wildest adventure ever as Genki, Holly and their monster friends unlock mysterious disks, meet and make new monsters and try to defeat the evil Moo! When Genki wins a special CD-ROM, it’s real-life fun and games when...
What They SayWhile searching for the mysterious Phoenix, Genki and his friends meet Allan, a monster rancher who uses his whip more than kind words. Will Allan's worm monster side with Moo and the evil Seed Sisters? Or will he forgive Allan and help Genki...
Here's a great little program to curl up to on Halloween night, whether you're a tried and true fan of horror films or the most uniformed of neophytes. Originally produced by American Movie Classics in 1997, MONSTER MANIA is an hour-long crash-course in t...
This follow-up to the 1997 American Movie Classics monster clip show, MONSTER MANIA, not surprisingly focuses on the weaker sex of the monster worldthough using the word "weaker" might be a bit misleading in this case. BRIDE OF MONSTER MANIA offers an hou...
In Part One of my review of the American Cinemateque’s Japanese Science Fiction and Monster Film Weekend at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, I focused on the opening night screening of a newly struck, subtitled print of Gojira, the seminal 1954 film (re...
After killing him off in 1995, and loaning out his good name to an American production in 1998, Toho Studios decided on a fresh approach to their biggest star to start the 21st century. After all, the continuity of both their old and new Godzilla movie se...
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