Monthly Archives: September 2011

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Posted on September 30, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Following the worldwide success of One Million Years B.C. (1966), the Racquel Welch/Ray Harryhausen dinosaur adventure, Hammer Films quickly installed “prehistoric cheesecake” as one of their genre specialties. The sets and costumes (fur bikinis, et al) were quickly reused for … Continue reading →

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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

Posted on September 28, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Before there was Doctor Who, there was Professor Quatermass, the British scientist who battled the strangest of alien invasions in the 1953 BBC serial The Quatermass Experiment. The hit science fiction series, starring Reginald Tate as Quatermass, was blessed with … Continue reading →

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She (1965)

Posted on September 26, 2011 at 5:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Hammer Films had grown steadily since the box office breakthroughs of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Distributors knew that the British studio’s genre product was reliably classy and literate, but also sexy and violent; they … Continue reading →

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