Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

(Originally posted on June 6, 2018) The Gamera Heisei trilogy comes to a rousing finale in Gamera: Revenge of Iris.  Not only is this a solid movie, but it explores issues heretofore ignored or glossed over in kaiju movies.  The first two films (which I discussed here and here) skirted some of these issues, but […]

Tremors: Groundbreaking in More Than One Way

(Originally posted on February 28, 2018) I saw Tremors when it was first released in theaters back in 1990.  I went to see it when I was stationed in Monterey, California with a couple of local friends.  My assumption was that it was a mindless monster flick.  I couldn’t have been more wrong.  We had […]

X the Unknown: Low-Key Hammer Sci Fi

(Originally posted on January 10, 2018) I first watched the black & white X the Unknown (1956) in my early teens.  This is the period when I sought out every science fiction and monster movie I could find.  I stumbled across this one on a lazy Saturday afternoon.  The movie was (forgive the irony) a […]

Zarkorr! The Invader: A Fun, Bad Kaiju Movie

(Originally posted on November 16, 2016) Back in 1996 when I was living in New Jersey, a friend and I spotted Zarkorr! The Invader in the local Blockbuster (You youngsters can look that up.)  To be honest, I got it just to piss my friend off since he couldn’t decide on what to rent.  We […]