Category: Sci-Fi

War at Sea Reigo is a literal interpretation of the famed Tora, Tora, Tora quote, “I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant.” Sci-fi fantasy Reigo …

Virgin Islands Showdown Dinosaurus came out in 1960, fueled by an energetic optimism. World War II was far enough in the past and economic recovery stable. Forgive this Saturday …

Children Are the Future In Assassinaut’s future, the US government fired nukes to wipe out aliens living among the population. That’s an extreme answer to the problem, bringing out …

College Protest While the majority of ‘50s sci-fi offerings slanted themselves toward heroism, Monster on the Campus is the rare pessimist. That’s the sole reason this radioactive Wolf Man …

Avalanche on an Anthill Both the Cold War and space race surrounded the release of 1957’s The Monolith Monsters. Consider this clever sci-fi an amalgam from those fears, with …

More Like Alligator Person A dying breed by 1959, The Alligator People calls on classic cinematic horror for the final gasp of glowing laboratories, the isolated house, wild science, …

Giant Moth Stomps Capitalism Beside Godzilla, Mothra stands as director Ishiro Honda’s most accusatory giant monster film. Borrowing from the lineage of King Kong, Honda makes Mothra Japan’s own, …

Save the Prayers Maybe Astronaut Moon Zombies in the Bermuda Triangle didn’t have the same kick as Dark Side of the Moon. That, or Dark Side of the Moon …

Phoenix Rising Captive State is not typical apocalypse. It’s normalcy, really. The people of Chicago still drive. Newspapers continue to print. Events happen at Soldier Field. Nine years after …

Metaluna Nightmare It’s tragic the mutant aliens of This Island Earth became the film’s calling card. The bulbous brainy head, green skin, goggle-like eyes, and pincher hands came to …

Spoiler: It’s Quite Visible Invisible Ray’s flimsy science isn’t worth the excitement or fear mongering. An opening text suggests super radium X-rays were inevitable soon (this back in 1936). …

Error 601 There’s a moment late in Andromeda Strain when scientists realize the extent of a deadly virus they spent the movie researching. It’s a Manhattan Project allegory. The …