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With Batman V Superman in theaters (if not in our hearts), I thought it would be interesting to examine the history of films with...
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With Batman V Superman in theaters (if not in our hearts), I thought it would be interesting to examine the history of films with...
Last installment, I listed nine horror or exploitation pictures from cinema’s beginnings up through the mid 1960s that prominently feature menacing carnival acts, workers,...
Carnivals have always been a little creepy. Sure, they’re places to have fun, but they always promise something weird, something grotesque, something to squirm...
First off, let me say that this article marks my third anniversary writing for Forces of Geek! When I first did my Bigfoot article...
As discussed in my previous column, the heyday of voodoo movies – the first wave – was the 1930s and 40s. But after a...
When we think of horror movies with a voodoo theme, we probably think first of 80s movies like Angel Heart, The Serpent and the...
At last, let’s complete our look at classic sci-fi and fantasy films that prominently feature stop-motion animation. We have been listing films from the...
Let’s continue our three-part look at classic sci-fi and fantasy films that prominently feature stop-motion animation. We’re listing films from the Ray Harryhausen era...
If you think of stop-motion animation in classic fantasy films, you immediately think of Ray Harryhausen. Even folks who know the name “Harryhausen” only...
When we think of bodily transformation in science fiction or horror films, we tend to imagine things happening at the cellular level, perhaps through...
Written by David E. Goldweber Like a lot of parents with grade school kids, I have heard a lot about Minecraft over the last...
Who could be blamed for imitating King Kong? Besides being a pioneering production and a landmark in special effects, it remains one of the...
Robots (or “iron men” or “mechanical men”) occupy one of the most important positions in science fiction film history. Some great classic robots appeared...
Attempts to contact the spirit world are nothing new – you can trace them back to ancient times – but the idea of a...
Won’t it be fun to take all the classic sci-fi and horror films with “Attack of the…” in their titles and see what they...
When you think of clones in science fiction film, you’ll think immediately of Star Wars. But there is a string of fascinating clone films...
Let’s think back once again to the famous “evil child” horror films of the 70s. Carrie (1976) depicted a teen, and The Exorcist (1973)...
Review by David E. Goldweber Filmmaker Stephen Apostolof, in an interview included on Rhino’s Orgy of the Dead DVD, admitted that Ed Wood had...
Frogs are some of the cutest and most innocent creatures on Earth. Who could ever imagine them as a horrifying menace? Well, here are...
What were the most influential horror films of the 70s? HALLOWEEN, THE OMEN, and CARRIE come quickly to mind, as does ALIEN if you...
Victimized teens with super powers have a long history in horror film. I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF and I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN (both...
After Star Wars and Close Encounters of The Third Kind did so much to add optimism and triumph to science fiction film, along came...
Everybody knows the classic Godzilla films produced by Toho Studios, the premier production and distribution company in Japanese film history. Toho made other genre...
Most of my columns have been primers about particular movie subgenres, but I thought people might enjoy some columns that are more thematic. My...