The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
The dangers of tanning! Or - is it dipsomania? In fact, the allegory to alcoholism is none-too-subtle in The Hideous Sun-Demon (1959), the story of a scientist exposed to radiation and transformed…
The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
A lifetime of B-movie experience has led me to believe there is an inverse correlative between a film title's exciting hyperbole, and the action therein. Sadly, in 1957's The Astounding She-Monster, this ends up being…
The Prowler (1951)
The Prowler is a psychological drama with noir and stage influences, set in just a handful of rooms over the period of a few months. The opening third of the work feels…
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker join forces in this early Hammer horror film based on one of Nigel Kneale's television dramas, "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Creature" from 1955. The result…