It's a minor -- very minor -- Terence Fisher Sci-Fi suspenser that reaches the bare genre minimum and nothing more. Love the title and love those great stills, but when it's finished you're going to be saying, 'Now all I need is a good alien invasion movie!' The Earth Dies Screaming Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1964 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen / 62 excruciating minutes of horror / Street Date October 4, 2016 / available through Kl Studio Classics / 29.95 Starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters, Vanda Godsell, David Spenser, Anna Palk. Cinematography Arthur Lavis Film Editor Robert Winter Makeup Harold Fletcher Original Music Elisabeth Lutyens Written by Henry Cross (Harry Spalding) Produced by Robert L. Lippert, Jack Parsons Directed by Terence Fisher
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
So I guess we have to add a third choice for the end of the world: a Bang, a Whimper... and now a Scream. Low-budget science fiction didn't...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
So I guess we have to add a third choice for the end of the world: a Bang, a Whimper... and now a Scream. Low-budget science fiction didn't...
- 9/27/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Acquiring the late Lord Selford's fortune proves to be a deadly and nerve-shredding task in Chamber of Horrors, aka The Door with Seven Locks, a 1940 horror mystery movie coming out on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber.
A release date and special features for the Chamber of Horrors Blu-ray / DVD have not been revealed yet, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, we have the official announcement from Kino Lorber, as well as the movie's synopsis and poster artwork.
From Kino Lorber: "Coming Soon to DVD and Blu-ray!
Chamber of Horrors (1940) Starring Lilli Palmer, Leslie Banks, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo and Robert Montgomery - Screenplay by Norman Lee (The Monkey's Paw) and Gilbert Gunn (The Cosmic Monster) - Based on the Novel "The Door with Seven Locks" by Edgar Wallace - Directed by Norman Lee."
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "When the wealthy Lord Selford dies,...
A release date and special features for the Chamber of Horrors Blu-ray / DVD have not been revealed yet, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details. In the meantime, we have the official announcement from Kino Lorber, as well as the movie's synopsis and poster artwork.
From Kino Lorber: "Coming Soon to DVD and Blu-ray!
Chamber of Horrors (1940) Starring Lilli Palmer, Leslie Banks, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo and Robert Montgomery - Screenplay by Norman Lee (The Monkey's Paw) and Gilbert Gunn (The Cosmic Monster) - Based on the Novel "The Door with Seven Locks" by Edgar Wallace - Directed by Norman Lee."
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "When the wealthy Lord Selford dies,...
- 9/21/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Humankind’s collision with otherworldly life forms can make for unforgettable cinema.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
- 7/13/2014
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
First off, let’s just take a moment to give thanks for December 31, 1941, the day that Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of the Friday the 13th franchise was born. Do you think his first words were "ch-ch-ch- ma-ma-ma"?
December 31 also saw two monster movies, of a sort, hit theaters. In 1931, Director Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde debuted, earning star Fredric March and Academy Award. In 1957, The Strange World of Planet X, also known as Cosmic Monsters, The Crawling Terror, The Cosmic Monster, and The Crawling Horror, was released to very little fanfare. It’s a pretty stupid, yet enjoyable, film that includes your typical '50s monster movie elements: a scheming scientist, not totally explained experimentation, mutant insects, flying saucer men, and a theremin-heavy soundtrack.
Watch clips from both films below.
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released: December 31, 1931
Tagline: Put yourself in her place! The dreaded...
December 31 also saw two monster movies, of a sort, hit theaters. In 1931, Director Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde debuted, earning star Fredric March and Academy Award. In 1957, The Strange World of Planet X, also known as Cosmic Monsters, The Crawling Terror, The Cosmic Monster, and The Crawling Horror, was released to very little fanfare. It’s a pretty stupid, yet enjoyable, film that includes your typical '50s monster movie elements: a scheming scientist, not totally explained experimentation, mutant insects, flying saucer men, and a theremin-heavy soundtrack.
Watch clips from both films below.
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released: December 31, 1931
Tagline: Put yourself in her place! The dreaded...
- 1/4/2013
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
Martin Benson was a dour-faced character actor who appeared in numerous film and television productions from the late 1940s. His notable genre roles include Dorkin, the circus ringmaster who aspires to hit the bigtime exploiting Gorgo, the giant prehistoric reptile, in the 1961 film of the same name. He was featured as American gangster Solo in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, who had a “pressing engagement” when he refused to take part in Goldfinger’s plot to rob Fort Knox. He was shot to death by henchman Oddjob, and crushed into a metal cube in a junkyard metal compactor along with his luxury car and gold bullion. He also appeared, under heavy prosthetics, as Jeltz, the poetry-spouting alien Vogon Captain, in the 1981 British television production of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Benson was born in London on August 10, 1918. He served in the military during World War II before embarking on...
Benson was born in London on August 10, 1918. He served in the military during World War II before embarking on...
- 3/24/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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