Cold War Creatures (1955-57)
byA review of Arrow Video’s box-set ‘Cold War Creatures’ (Creature With the Atom Brain, The Werewolf, Zombies of Mora Tau, and The Giant Claw).
1950s
JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
byIn the Old West, a female saloon owner’s former lover must return to gunslinging to defend her from a lynch mob.
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
byA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
byA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he’d stolen in a robbery.
THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS (1949) • THE INVISIBLE MAN vs. THE HUMAN FLY (1957)
byTwo unique Japanese riffs on H.G Wells’ classic character, also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series…
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
byA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
THE H-MAN (1958) • BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959)
byEureka Entertainment’s ‘Masters of Cinema’ Series is proud to present two classics of Japanese sci-fi cinema, both directed by the great Ishirō Honda, for the…
THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
byFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
YIELD TO THE NIGHT (1956)
byA young woman who’s been abused by all the men in her life, finally finds someone she believes loves her, but snaps when she finds out he’s a cheat.
WARNING FROM SPACE (1956)
byAn alien takes the form of a popular female singer to warn the citizens of Tokyo about a deadly meteor headed for Earth.
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
byA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (1950)
byA young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur meets her former lover after seven years, but their relationship is marked by tragic events.