Santa Claus (1959), from Mexico, 94 minutes

Starring José Elías Moreno, José Luis Aguirre, Armando Arriol    

     Why am I watching a Christmas movie in May?  Well, why aren't you?  

     Santa lives in outer space and fights the devil Pitch to save Christmas.  At Santa’s disposal is a snowy sweat shop full of tone deaf kids, wind up…

I got hooked on Monster films after watching the 1931 frankenstein... Not the first Frankenstein film, but the first full-on Hollywood treatment of Mary Shelley's classic book. Brilliantly directed by James Whale, Frankenstein is in fact the name of the mad scientist and monster-maker. Then unknown, Boris Karloff plays the nameless monster, who manages to evoke sympathy from the audience despite his grotesque form, hideous face and shocking violence.

After that James Van Elswyk was…

Rating-Matinee'   Creepshow 2 follows the unfortunate pattern of a lot of horror movie sequels, which is that it is good in it's own right, but when compared to the original it's fucked. Creepshow 2 contains good stories, nice haunting visuals, classic dark themes, well written dialogue, and (Mostly) good acting. However, the films biggest downfall is that it's stories aren't as unique as those told in the…

I love Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host.' I found it to be an incredibly affecting monster movie. The opening rampage through that riverside community in Korea was, by itself, worth the price of admission. When I heard a sequel was in the works, I was (cautiously) excited. The first footage for 'The Host 2'has just landed…

More remakes on the way, kiddies. This time around, it's one of the famed Universal Monsters getting a contemporary facelift. The studio is prepping a remake of 'Creature from the Black Lagoon,' the 1954…

No other film has had such an appropriate title in quite a while and not just in terms of the actual story itself but of the story behind the story in this particular case. Sure, the film is heavy in terms of its philosophical ideas and the dire situations that it pits against its main characters but it also delivers on the visceral aspect of a slow-burning roller coaster through the Alaskan wilderness as a pack of wolves track down the remaining survivors of a plane crash one by one. While…

Held here in Austin, TX, the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is a hodgepodge of media conferences and festivals that focus on the convergence of film, music and interactive…

what was youre favorite monster hunting expierence.

was it a quest that was so easy it was fun, was it a quest that you tried the first time and succeded.  was it a quest that made you feel like a badass?post…