TITANIC (1953) – REVIEW

7/10 Finally, after years on my watch list, I've finally tackled this film. The reason I waited so long, was because I knew that this was going to be more of a melodrama, than a Titanic disaster movie; and I was right. But, that is not nesserily a bad thing. This film was made in…

ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950) – REVIEW

5/10 None Came Back... Released just weeks before George Pal's "Destination Moon" (1950), Rocketship X-M (Expedition Moon) had claimed to be the first "Realistic" portrayal of space travel. It sometimes asserted this, predating the actual space-race by 7 years with the USSR's launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. Whilst some of this is true, with…

THE WICKER MAN (1973) – REVIEW

  1973 DIRECTOR: Robin Hardy "Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man." Though we never even lay eyes on it until the final few moments of the film, the Wicker Man, both as pagan image and classic horror flick, has become an icon of the genre. But if you are…

DRACULA @ 81

Universal's Dracula was released on the 14th February 1931, Valentine's Day, 81 years ago TODAY. The review is up, but this is surly the anniversary of a Hollywood icon and the birth of horror as we know it today.