Written by James M. Tate / 12/01/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , beverly adams , david prowse , diana dors , irwin allen , jazz-score , judy geeson , kenneth cope , patrick cargill , peter vaughan , sixties , spy , vince edwards
VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
Vince Edwards and Judy Geeson in HAMMERHEAD Year: 1968 Rating: **1/2 Irwin Allen's production HAMMERHEAD is yet another James Bond clone...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/29/2025 / No comments / action , amy hathaway , bill mckinney , cannon , charles bronson , eighties , juan fernandez , neo noir , peggy lipton , perry lopez , sy richardson
CHARLES BRONSON'S LAST CANNON 'KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS'
CHARLES BRONSON'S LAST CANNON 'KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS'
Charles Bronson in KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2 The final Cannon production starring Charles Bronson (and director J...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , british , fifties , janet leigh , john justin , jungle , liam redmond , roland vulver , terence young , victor mature
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'SAFARI' WITH VICTOR MATURE & JANET LEIGH
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'SAFARI' WITH VICTOR MATURE & JANET LEIGH
Title: SAFARI Year: 1956 Rating: *** In 1956, future James Bond franchise director Terence Young had Victor Mature playing a charming kind o...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2025 / No comments / fifties , grant williams , horror , jack arnold , les tremayne , lola albright , paul frees , science-fiction , thriller , troy donahue
LOLA ALBRIGHT & GRANT WILLIAMS IN 'THE MONOLITH MONSTERS'
LOLA ALBRIGHT & GRANT WILLIAMS IN 'THE MONOLITH MONSTERS'
Lola Albright in THE MONOLITH MONSTERS Year: 1957 Rating: **1/2 Grant Williams, with an unassumingly skinny frame, All-American blond hair a...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2025 / No comments / aaron spelling , douglas kennedy , fifties , fred f. sears , gene evans , george keymas , martha hyer , philip carey , western , william bishop
PHILIP CAREY WITH AARON SPELLING IN 'WYOMING RENEGADES'
PHILIP CAREY WITH AARON SPELLING IN 'WYOMING RENEGADES'
Philip Carey and Martha Hyer in WYOMING RENEGADES Year: 1956 Rating; *** It's impossible to hear about Butch Cassidy and Sundance withou...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/24/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , british , christopher lee , cornel wilde , fifties , george marshall , jungle , leo genn , ron randell
CORNEL WILDE, DONNA REED & CHRISTOPHER LEE 'BEYOND MOMBASA'
CORNEL WILDE, DONNA REED & CHRISTOPHER LEE 'BEYOND MOMBASA'
Title: BEYOND MOMBASA Year: 1956 Rating: *** The same year and basically the same plot-line of Terence Young's SAFARI ,, where a scound...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/22/2025 / No comments / adventure , anita ekberg , bonar colleano , british , eddie byrne , eunice gayson , fifties , patrick mcgoohan , terence young , victor mature
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON
TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON
Title: ZARAK Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 Future James Bond directing icon Terence Young made the Arabic Adventure ZARAK so full of bright 1950...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/21/2025 / No comments / andrea allan , british neo noir , catherine schell , espionage , jane merrow , john alderton , leo mckern , michael redgrave , robert hoffman , sixties , sport , ursula howells , val guest , vivi bach
STEPHEN BOYD & CAMILLA SPARV IN VAL GUEST'S 'ASSIGNMENT K'
STEPHEN BOYD & CAMILLA SPARV IN VAL GUEST'S 'ASSIGNMENT K'
Title: ASSIGNMENT K Year: 1968 Rating: ***1/2 British director Val Guest and Irish actor Stephen Boyd are both underrated and only known by...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/20/2025 / No comments / forties , george e. stone , kenneth macdonald , peter lorre , prison , robert wilcox , rochelle hudson , thriller
PETER LORRE WITH ROBERT WILCOX IN 'ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN'
PETER LORRE WITH ROBERT WILCOX IN 'ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN'
Title: ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN Year: 1940 Rating: ***1/2 The pulpy tagline to the 1940 thriller ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN is "Women shuddering ...
CAROLYN KEARNEY & ANDRA MARTIN 'THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE
CAROLYN KEARNEY & ANDRA MARTIN 'THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE
Title: THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE Year: 1958 Rates: **** Several horror tropes work perfectly together in THE THING THAT COULDN'T D...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/18/2025 / No comments / christopher lee , douglas wilmer , eddie byrne , fu manchu , harry alan towers , horst frank , howard marion-crawford , maria rohm , noel trevarthen , sixties , suzanne roquette , thriller , tsai chin
CHRISTOPHER LEE & MARIA ROHM 'THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU'
CHRISTOPHER LEE & MARIA ROHM 'THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU'
Title: THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2 The last of the Christopher Lee as FU MANCHU movies from the 1960's where so...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/17/2025 / No comments / burt kwouk , carole gray , christopher lee , crime , douglas wilmer , francesca tu , fu manchu , harry alan towers , howard marion-crawford , marie versini , mystery , sally sheridan , sixties , thriller , tsai chin
CAROLE GRAY IN 'BRIDES OF FU MANCHU' WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE
CAROLE GRAY IN 'BRIDES OF FU MANCHU' WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE
Title: THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 Christopher Lee's version of author Sax Rohmer's nefarious Asian mastermind...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/11/2025 / No comments / brian donlevy , british , burt kwouk , carole gray , franchise , george baker , horror , jeremy wilkin , michael graham , science-fiction , sequel , sixties , thriller , yvette rees
CAROLE GRAY & GEORGE BAKER BUZZ THROUGH 'CURSE OF THE FLY'
CAROLE GRAY & GEORGE BAKER BUZZ THROUGH 'CURSE OF THE FLY'
Carole Gray in CURSE OF THE FLY Year: 1965 Rating: ***1/2 In one of those cinematic examples of problems you want to have, George Baker'...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2025 / No comments / action , barbara shelley , british tv , carole gray , crime , roger moore , sixties , the saint
CAROLE GRAY & BARBARA SHELLEY ON 'THE SAINT' W/ ROGER MOORE
CAROLE GRAY & BARBARA SHELLEY ON 'THE SAINT' W/ ROGER MOORE
Carole Gray in THE SAINT: THE COVETOUS HEADSMAN Year: 1962 Grade: C+ Before playing a vampire's killer moll in the Satan's coven inv...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/03/2025 / No comments / british , carole gray , diana decker , eddie byrne , hubert hoël , lance comfort , marianne stone , rona anderson , sixties , tracy reed , vampire , william sylvester
CAROLE GRAY AND WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN 'DEVILS OF DARKNESS'
CAROLE GRAY AND WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN 'DEVILS OF DARKNESS'
Carole Gray in DEVILS OF DARKNESS Year: 1965 Rating: *** Before playing the benign bombshell in Planet Film's ISLAND OF TERROR, raven-ha...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/02/2025 / No comments / british , carole gray , creature , eddie byrne , edward judd , horror , james caffrey , niall macginnis , peter cushing , science-fiction , shay gorman , sixties , terence fisher
CAROLE GRAY, EDWARD JUDD & PETER CUSHING 'ISLAND OF TERROR'
CAROLE GRAY, EDWARD JUDD & PETER CUSHING 'ISLAND OF TERROR'
Year: 1966 Rating: **** Two horror-genre leading men star in the scientific creature-feature ISLAND OF TERROR, which is normal for British b...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2025 / No comments / drugs , eighties , frances sternhagen , james b. sikking , john ratzenberger , peter boyle , science-fiction , sean connery , steven berkoff , thriller
SEAN CONNERY LEADS PETER HYAM'S SCI-FI THRILLER 'OUTLAND'
SEAN CONNERY LEADS PETER HYAM'S SCI-FI THRILLER 'OUTLAND'
Title: OUTLAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Known as a science-fiction version of HIGH NOON, Peter Hyam's OUTLAND... bringing the CAPRICORN...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2025 / No comments / action , christina gregg , exploitation , luana anders , marie versini , mark damon , melodrama , race car , roger corman , romance , sixties , sport , william campbell , william shatner
CHRISTINA GREGG RIDING ROGER CORMAN'S 'THE YOUNG RACERS'
CHRISTINA GREGG RIDING ROGER CORMAN'S 'THE YOUNG RACERS'
Christina Gregg with Mark Damon in THE YOUNG RACERS Year: 1963 Rates: ** There are bad b-movies that are still entertaining, and then there ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/30/2025 / No comments / action , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , eddie byrne , gene anderson , lance comfort , robert urquhart , sixties , thriller , tony britton , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS MAKING 'THE BREAK' WITH CHRISTINA GREGG
WILLIAM LUCAS MAKING 'THE BREAK' WITH CHRISTINA GREGG
Christina Gregg & William Lucas THE BREAK Year: 1962 The same year British beauty Christina Gregg played a schoolgirl told DON'T TAL...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/29/2025 / No comments / body count , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , crime , julie shearing , sixties
CHRISTINA GREGG PLAYS VICTIM FOR THE 'COVER GIRL KILLER'
CHRISTINA GREGG PLAYS VICTIM FOR THE 'COVER GIRL KILLER'
Christina Gregg faces death in THE COVER GIRL KILLER Year: 1959 Rating: ** Any chance to see model-turned-actress Christina Gregg is worthwh...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/28/2025 / No comments / brian weske , british neo noir , charles saunders , david mccallum , faye craig , gillian watt , guido coen , howard pays , jill ireland , joy webster , julie shearing , kenneth cope , marian collins , sixties , vanda hudson
DAVID MCCALLUM, BRIAN WESKE & JILL IRELAND IN 'JUNGLE STREET'
DAVID MCCALLUM, BRIAN WESKE & JILL IRELAND IN 'JUNGLE STREET'
David McCallum and Gillian Watt with Anne Scott in JUNGLE STREET (Jungle Street Girls) Year: 1960 Rating: ****1/2 After having met and marri...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/27/2025 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , crime , david gregory , gillian watt , kidnapping , kim tracy , laura leigh , marianne stone , post-heist , sixties , thriller , william lucas , wrong man , zena walker
WILLIAM LUCAS, ZENA WALKER & DAVID GREGORY 'THE MARKED ONE'
WILLIAM LUCAS, ZENA WALKER & DAVID GREGORY 'THE MARKED ONE'
Title: THE MARKED ONE Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Obscure British actor William Lucas gained niche fame as the father from the 1970's BLA...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/26/2025 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , caper , dilys watling , george martin , heist , john rutland , shay gorman , sixties , suspense , terence cooper , thriller , warren mitchell , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS & JOHN RUTLAND WEATHERING 'CALCULATED RISK'
WILLIAM LUCAS & JOHN RUTLAND WEATHERING 'CALCULATED RISK'
William Lucas in CALCULATED RISK Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Low-budget thriller has THE BREAK baddie and overall capable British New Wave a...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/25/2025 / No comments / british , colin tapley , ellen pollock , jocelyn britton , john longden , olive mcfarland , sixties , women in prison
JILL IRELAND IN THE GIRLS-BEHIND-BARS DRAMA 'SO EVIL, SO YOUNG'
JILL IRELAND IN THE GIRLS-BEHIND-BARS DRAMA 'SO EVIL, SO YOUNG'
Jill Ireland in SO EVIL, SO YOUNG Year: 1961 Rating: *** When framed-for-burglary good girl Jill Ireland is put into isolation in an all-gir...
CAROL WHITE, DAVID GREGORY & PETER REYNOLDS IN 'GAOLBREAK'
CAROL WHITE, DAVID GREGORY & PETER REYNOLDS IN 'GAOLBREAK'
Carol White in GAOLBREAK AKA JAILBREAK Year: 1962 Rating: **1/2 In the Swinging-Sixties, full-lipped blonde starlets were the thing in Briti...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/24/2025 / No comments / anita west , ballard berkeley , british neo noir , conrad phillips , george pastell , john rees , linda marlowe , peter maxwell , sixties , wrong man
PETER MAXWELL'S 'IMPACT' WITH CONRAD PHILLIPS & ANITA WEST
PETER MAXWELL'S 'IMPACT' WITH CONRAD PHILLIPS & ANITA WEST
Conrad Phillips in IMPACT Year: 1963 Rating: *** The low-budget British studio Butchers turned out film noir-type crime-dramas like they wer...
PETER MAXWELL'S 'BLIND SPOT' ROBERT MACKENZIE & MICHAEL CAINE
PETER MAXWELL'S 'BLIND SPOT' ROBERT MACKENZIE & MICHAEL CAINE
Robert MacKenzie in BLIND SPOT Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 By the time a young Michael Caine's much anticipated wild-card-airplane-pilot c...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/23/2025 / No comments / andré morell , creature feature , douglas hickox , eugène lourié , fifties , gene evans , jack macgowran , john turner , leigh madison , maurice kaufmann , monster , willis h. o'brien
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS THE BRITISH 'BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER'
Title: BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER Year: 1959 Rating: **** The British creature-feature BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER is said to be England's an...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2025 / No comments / bill travers , british , creature feature , eugène lourié , martin benson , maurice kaufmann , monster , sixties , william sylvester
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN BRITAIN'S 'GORGO'
Title: GORGO Year: 1961 Rating: *** While GORGO seems like an unapologetic GODZILLA ripoff, director Eugène Lourié had already made BEAST FR...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/21/2025 / No comments / adventure , creature feature , eugène lourié , fifties , horror , kenneth tobey , lee van cleef , monster , paula raymond , science-fiction
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ'S PRE-GODZILLA 'THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'
EUGÉNE LOURIÈ'S PRE-GODZILLA 'THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS'
Year: 1953 Rating: **1/2 Eugène Lourié's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS was what actually inspired Japan's year-later GODZILLA... oth...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/20/2025 / No comments / alan hale jr. , exploitation , greydon clark , jack palance , jacqulin cole , jim backus , liza greer , neville brand , peter lawford , robin greer , seventies , susan kiger , sylvia anderson
LIZA GREER & ROBIN GREER IN GREYDON CLARK'S 'ANGELS' BRIGADE'
LIZA GREER & ROBIN GREER IN GREYDON CLARK'S 'ANGELS' BRIGADE'
Liza Greer in ANGELS' BRIGADE Year: 1979 Rating: ***1/2 Thank goodness that in 1979, no one told low-budget director Greydon Clark that ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/19/2025 / No comments / cult , del tenney , exploitation , horror , music , science-fiction , sixties , slasher , surf , thriller , wayne tippit
DEFENDING THE INFFAMOUS CAMP OF 'THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH'
DEFENDING THE INFFAMOUS CAMP OF 'THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH'
Title: THE HORROR OF BLOOD BEACH Year: 1964 Camp Value: ***1/2 Starting out one of those town-crashing 1960's biker flicks, quickly tran...
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VINCE EDWARDS WITH JUDY GEESON & DIANA DORS IN 'HAMMERHEAD'
Vince Edwards and Judy Geeson in HAMMERHEAD Year: 1968 Rating: **1/2 Irwin Allen's production HAMMERHEAD is yet another James Bond clone...