Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area. REVIEW: You have to hand it to the Italian movie industry, particularly of the 1980s: it was never afraid to shamelessly rip off other movies or pass their own film off as a sequel to …
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Film Review: Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Cowboy James Franciscus seeks fame and fortune by capturing a Tyrannosaurus Rex living in the Forbidden Valley and putting it in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public. Another film featuring the stop-action special effects talents of Ray Harryhausen. REVIEW: Having come off of …
Read More »Film Review: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
SYNOPSIS: “Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash-lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the forbidden zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans that fear the apes’ latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. …
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