When a geological dig in the Amazon river basin uncovers a fossilized, web-fingered hand that links land and sea creatures, an expedition ventures into the jungle to unearth the rest of the body. Dr. David Reed (Richard Carlson) and his boss, Dr. Mark Williams (Richard Denning,) along with David’s girlfriend,Continue Reading
Underwater is set in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean known to man. It’s six miles to the bottom of the sea. A company called Tian Industries is drilling there for unnamed resources. That’s about all we know when we meet Norah Price (Kristen Stewart,) a mechanicContinue Reading
When a young girl gets a baby alligator as a pet, her parents are none too pleased. In a moment of anger, her father flushes it down the toilet. After consuming a steady diet of discarded (and contaminated) lab animals from Slade Pharmaceuticals, the alligator grows to a length ofContinue Reading
In the early days of World War II, the Japanese Navy christened the battleship, Yamato. She was one of the most powerful battleships ever constructed. According to the 2005 movie, Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters, one of her first battles wasn’t against the American Navy but, rather, a largeContinue Reading
When the original Predator was released in 1987, I don’t think anyone intended it to be the launch of a movie franchise. But, yet, here we are five movies later with 2018’s The Predator. What began as a interesting (and successful) mash-up of the action and science fiction genres hasContinue Reading
In 1977, hot off the relative success of 1976’s The Food of the Gods, American International Pictures and writer/director Bert I. Gordon (aka “Mr. Big”) unleashed Empire of the Ants. Using the same general formula for which Gordon was known, a cadre of veteran (if not necessarily household name) actorsContinue Reading
Caltiki: The Immortal Monster opens with a narrator explaining the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Mayan civilization. In 607 A.D., the Mayan people left their advanced cities en masse and traveled north and disappeared without a trace. No one knows why. In the present day, a group of archeologists,Continue Reading