IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA d: Robert Gordon
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Direction: Robert Gordon
Screenplay: George Worthing Yates and Hal Smith
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr, Harry Lauter, Chuck Griffiths, Richard W. Peterson
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
I looked through one of my DVD sets, Columbia Pictures’ "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, Legendary Science Fiction Series," and plucked an old fave of mine to rewatch: the 78-minute, black-and-white, 1955 classic It Came from Beneath the Sea. While not one of the more hyped Ray Harryhausen productions, this sci-fi effort is still a cut above the usual drive-in fare of that era. As a plus — drum roll — it stars Faith [...]
by Dan Schneider | May 28, 2009
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Tags: 20 Million Miles to Earth, Charles Schneer, Chuck Griffiths, Classic Movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Columbia, Dean Maddox Jr, Donald Curtis, Faith Domergue, Film Reviews, George Worthing Yates, Hal Smith, Harry Lauter, Henry Freulich, Horror Movies, Ian Keith, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Kenneth Tobey, Leonard Nimoy, Mischa Bakeleinikoff, Monster Movies, Mysterious Island, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, Richard W. Peterson, Robert Gordon, Science Fiction Movies, The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen, The Harryhausen Chronicles
GODZILLA d: Ishirô Honda
Gojira (1954) / Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
Direction: Ishirô Honda; with additional footage by Terry O. Morse for the American version
Screenplay: Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata; from a story by Shigeru Kayama
Cast: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Toyoaki Suzuki. Also: Raymond Burr in the American version
By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
Heaven. When I came across the long-awaited release of the original 1954 Japanese monster film Gojira on DVD, I thought I had struck heaven. That it was accompanied by its Americanized cousin, Godzilla, King of the Monsters, only doubled the joy of expectation. And for once, I was not disappointed.
The mark of a good critic is admitting biases, so I will state up front that as a young [...]
by Dan Schneider | December 18, 2006
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Tags: Classic Movies, Film Reviews, Godzilla, Gojira, Horror Movies, Ishirô Honda, Monster Movies, Shigeru Kayama
