Monster Shack Movie Reviews

Written and Directed by Bert I. Gordon Tagline: " Bullets…won’t kill it! Flames…can’t burn it! Nothing…can stop it!" Run Time: 73 min “Speaking of spiders…insects have a pretty simple nervous system.”- Mr. Kingman, science teacher Bert does it again. The king of ‘rip-offs’ and bad special effects has treated us to another film featuring, well, [...]

Directed by David MacDonald Written by James Eastwood Tagline: "Invasion from outer space!" Run Time: 77 min “Mrs. Jamieson, allow me to introduce your newest guest. Ms. Nyah. She comes from Mars.”- Carter One of the hazards of reviewing a "bad" movie is the all too real danger of winding up liking it; a type [...]

Directed by Nathan Juran Screenplay by Martin Berkeley Tagline: "This Was the Day That Engulfed the World in Terror!" Run Time: 79 min “It came from something alive…something incredibly, unbelievably huge!”- Nedrick Jackson, Curator of the National Museum’s Department of Paleontology Oh joy…another "big bug" movie. Man, when will I ever learn? Although far from [...]

Directed by Risto Orko and Aleksandr Ptushko Written by Vaino Kaukonen Run Time: 67 min Yes…finally, a Scandinavian picture. Our film begins with a nice wad of narration: "Throughout history people have listened to the story teller. Men who could fashion myths and fairy tales and make them live for his listeners. Such men were [...]

Directed by Arthur Hilton Written by Roy Hamilton Tagline: "Love starved Moon-maidens on the prowl!" Run Time: 64 min “You’re too smart for me, baby…I like ‘em stupid.”- Walt chatting up one of the Cat-Women “Where there’s oxygen there’s life…and where there’s life there’s…death.”- Kip A popular film genre during the 1950′s and 1960′s was [...]

Written and directed by Ed Wood Jr. Tagline: "More horrifying than ‘Dracula’ – ‘Frankenstein’" Run Time: 68 min Other titles: "Bride of the Atom " “This swamp is a monument to death. Snakes, alligators, quicksand… all bent on one thing: destruction!”- Lt. Craig I would like to say from the start that I am an [...]

Directed by Nathan Juran Written by Ray Buffum Run Time: 70 min “I’ll be turning your simple little will off and on…like a key in a lock”- Gor A popular topic in sci-fi films is, of course, intelligent, disembodied brains. As a result, there is a slew of "brain" movies out there, but they all [...]

Directed by Edward Ludwig Written by Robert Blees Tagline: "The management reserves the right to put up the lights any time the audience becomes too emotionally disturbed. We urge you not to panic or bolt from your seats." Run Time: 88 min “Me and Doc have been down many a-cave!”- Dr. Scott Another big bug [...]

Directed by Bert I. Gordon Written by Fred Freiberger Tagline: "New thrills! New shocks! New terror!" Run Time: 76 min “Working with radiation can be dangerous.”- Ed The 1950′s were indeed a dangerous time for us poor humans. Never before had we be subjected to so many attacks by giant critters: insects in particular. After [...]