Posts tagged Science Fiction
Digi-Schlock: MST3K VS. GAMERA (Shout! Factory 5-DVD Box)
Aug 5th
Shout! Factory has done well by fans since they picked up the Mystery Science Theater 3000 catalog, picking up where Rhino left off via both box sets and stand-alone discs. However, they’ve really done veteran fans a favor by collecting the long out-of-circulation Gamera episodes in one handy box. They’ve also added in a few More >
MST3K VS. GAMERA: A Wisecracking Don Quixote Finds His Atomic Windmill
Aug 2nd
A satirist is only as good as the material they are satirizing. The object of humorous scorn has to inspire obsession, an intense need to ridicule and a bizarre sense of affection in the satirist — all at the same time. If the satirist can find this kind of target, they can truly make magic. More >
Digi-Schlock: OBLIVION (Shout! Factory DVD)
Jul 15th
Shout Factory has become a real Santa Claus figure for cult movie fans in a short period of time: their Roger Corman releases are standard-bearers for the b-movie set and their excellent work the Gamera series and their ongoing MST3K line is nothing to sneeze at, either. Unfortunately, when you release tons of product, not More >
Digi-Schlock: DAMNATION ALLEY (Shout! Factory Blu-Ray)
Jul 14th
If you’ve paid attention to lists of holy-grail cult movie requests for video collectors in the last decade or so, chances are Damnation Alley was on a few of them. This elusive major-studio curiosity has been requested in the digital format by fans for over a decade. It almost got released some years back when More >
DAMNATION ALLEY: The Post-Apocalyptic Genre Meets Its Apocalypse
Jul 12th
Some movies are more interesting for what they represent than their actual artistic worth — and that can definitely be said for Damnation Alley. This big-budget adaptation of a cult fave novel by Roger Zelazny came out the same year as Star Wars — 1977 — and it represents the dying gasp of 1970’s-style dystopian More >
OBLIVION: A One Way Ticket To Boot Hill (With A Laser Gun)
Jul 11th
Charles Band has always gone for quantity in a big way. Whether you’re talking about his Empire or his Full Moon production companies, Band has never been afraid to pull the trigger and he filled theaters, video stores and pay cable stations with all manner of genre productions. Unfortunately, his push for quantity is often More >
Digi-Schlock: GIANT ROBOT ACTION PACK (Shout Factory 2-For-1 DVD)
Jun 24th
Shout Factory continues to blaze its trail through cult movie fandom by delving into different types of cult cinema. The Giant Robot Action Pack finds the company venturing into the realm of Charles Band productions — his Full Moon era, to be specific. Unfortunately, the results are as middling as the films themselves and the More >
CRASH AND BURN: The Future Suspiciously Resembles Other, Better Movies
Jun 22nd
A lot of films from Charles Band’s Empire Films days are fondly remembered. Stuart Gordon-directed efforts like Re-Animator, From Beyond and Dolls lead the pack but there are plenty of other nuggets in the Empire back catalog worth digging out — Crawlspace, The Caller, etc. It’s hard to say the same for Band’s subsequent Full More >
ROBOT WARS: The Future Looks Like A Bad Vintage Sci-Fi T.V. Show
Jun 20th
If Charles Band knows one thing, it’s how to crank movies out. During their respective heydays, his production companies Empire and Full Moon ground out movies like link sausages, stocking video store shelves everywhere with cost-effective yet professionally produced genre fare. When the Band-production machine was firing on all cylinders, you would get cult faves More >
THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN: The Incredible Devolving B-Movie
Jun 9th
There’s nothing more frustrating for someone who loves movies than seeing a good premise squandered through uninspired filmmaking. This is a common type of heartbreak for schlock fans, who know all too well that the gulf between concept and execution can be hard to bridge, particularly at the low-budget level. However, that does not soften More >
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