Category: GAWD AWFUL

Assignment: Outer Space (1960)

28 November, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 3 categories

You know how some sci-fi cheapies from the 50s and 60s are so ineptly made they turn out to be wildly entertaining? The 1960 space-opera confusion, Assignment: Outer Space is not one of those. This

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Raise the Titanic (1980)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

Talk about a disaster. The 1980 direct-hit-to-the-iceberg Raise the Titanic lost so much money on its original release, producer Lou Grade famously said, “It would’ve been cheaper to lower the Atlantic.“  I can understand why. The ridiculously improbable plot has

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The Lost Missile (1958)

27 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 2 categories

It had been a long work week, so I thought I’d look for a movie that was mindless, stupid, and maybe a little inept. I found it … in spades. The Lost Missile from 1958 may

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King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)

25 October, 2022 Michael Weaver 0 Comments 6 categories

I’ve always loved kaiju (giant monster) films, and when I was a teenager King Kong vs. Godzilla was one of my absolute favorite movies in any genre. I can’t tell you how often I saw

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