Category: Sci-Fi

Lon Chaney Jr.'s stint as an electrically-imbued mutation in Man Made Monster follows the Universal formula, but with updates for a contemporary time.

Michael Gough tries as an impossibly evil scientist, but Konga rates as one of the dopiest big ape movies in its attempt to play things straight.

Long forgotten, Curse of the Fly is the better, darker sequel to the original even with its imperfect storytelling.

Return of the Fly follows a pedestrian path for such monster movie sequels, and merely glances some greater thematic weight.

A reserved, cautionary sci-fi tale, The Fly uniquely recounts the discovery of nuclear horrors, and the resulting regret.

Closing Japan’s Wartime History Akihiko Hirata’s final role in a Godzilla film came in Terror of Mechagodzilla. Like in 1954 as Dr. Serizawa, he again plays a scientist, although …

Repairing History with Robot Monsters On Okinawa, an elder High Priest pleads for Godzilla to destroy mainland Japan. He’s vengeful. His Azumi clan was wiped out, presumably during World …

Jet Jaguar, Stop! Nuclear tests begin Godzilla vs Megalon’s story. Those blasts sink Monster Island and suck the water from a lake. Angered by the repeated blasts and resulting …

Roach Infested Alien cockroaches from outer space leave their polluted planet, head to Earth, and build a children’s theme park. That’s kooky material, even by 1970s Godzilla standards. Godzilla …

Between Genius and Sanity Dr. Hans Reinhardt spent 20 years living with robots when an astronaut crew finds his spaceship hovering near a black hole. In that time, Reinhardt …

Smoggy As Godzilla vs Hedorah’s opening credits close, a broken clock floats on ocean sludge. An hour chime sounds. Then a smash cut to a close-up of bright flowers. …

Do the Monster Mash Set in 1999, Destroy All Monsters conceives an internationally shared space headquarters on Iwo Jima. At Destroy All Monsters’ release in 1968, Iwo Jima remained …