In 1954, Toho Studios released Gojira.
Directed by Ishiro Honda, the film explores the dangers of nuclear weaponry through the unstoppable force that is Godzilla: a giant, prehistoric creature who rampaged across Tokyo before succumbing to a device as dangerous to humanity as he is. Two years later, the movie was released in America, re-edited and re-titled Godzilla: King of the Monsters, where it also proved a success. Godzilla was popular in America […]
You can’t keep the dead down for good.
In 1985, writer Dan O’Bannon put an interesting spin on the zombie genre with The Return of the Living Dead. Mixing humour with horror and adding a dash of punk to the film’s style and soundtrack, Return satirized the films of George A. Romero by insinuating that Night of the Living Dead was based on true events. It also proved to be a capable zombie picture in its own right […]
What makes a sequel a sequel?
By definition, it is supposed to be a follow-up to a previous installment, maintaining some form of continuity, whether it be through characters, concepts, or setting, but with C.H.U.D. II, sequel to 1984’s C.H.U.D., we have what is arguably the most tenuously linked follow-up in the history of cinema […]
