Posted in2016 31 Days of Horror Part 4
1960s Horror Cinema Overview
Here's a brief overview of horror cinema from the 1960s as part of our series during this year's 31 Days of Horror!!
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Day 12: Tarantula (1955)
It's Day 12 today, and we're closing out the 1950s! I admit that after reviewing the less-than-stellar It Came From Outer Space on Monday, I watched 1955's Tarantula with a slight trepidation. I had begun thinking that maybe Creature Features just weren't up my alley, but thankfully, I enjoyed today's film about 100 times more. There is still a certain B-movie feel to it (the premise is that a gigantic tarantula is terrorizing the town, after all), but for the most part it succeeds where many other monster movies of this era fail. It doesn't go over the top with kooky, animatronic creatures and silly…
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Day 11: Gojira (1954)
It's Day 11 of 31 Days of Horror, and we're talking about the 1954 monster classic Gojira!! It was later "Americanized" and changed into Godzilla, King of the Monsters! by adding in Raymond Burr and rearranging the plot structure and order of the film, but Gojira is the unaltered Japanese original. It wasn't even available in North America until over 50 years after it was released, but it happens to be the superior version in many aspects. Godzilla has remained popular throughout the years, what with the recent Gareth Edwards version and the new Shin Godzilla, so it's hard to…