Tag: Jean Willes

• Immortality Mad scientist Monsters Resurrection/Prolonged life The New Man Zombies

  

  The Man Who Turned to Stone

  Mad scientists run a women’s prison and kill the inmates in order to prolong their own lives in Columbia’s 1957 genre mashup. Bernard Gordon’s script has interesting ideas, but falls back on dated horror tropes. 5/10.

  September 13, 2023
• Aliens Body Snatchers Cloning Dystopia Futurism Human farming Mind Control Monsters Shape-shifting The New Man Transference of consciousness Zombies

  

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  This 1956 SF thriller directed by Don Siegel is a masterpiece dissecting American post-war paranoia and timeless themes of losing one’s identity and sense of belonging. One of the few fifties horror films that is still spine-chilling today. 10/10

  October 19, 2021
• Apemen/Neanderthals Monsters Prehistoric monsters

  

  Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

  In the 8th Jungle Jim installation, Johnny Weissmuller tries his best not to hunt down a “missing link” species of giant ape-men, while battling a plush panther and stock footage. It’s a clunky, but entertaining and well-acted juvenile potboiler. 4/10

  October 23, 2020