Now Playing: Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) Pros: Creative location shooting and use of repurposed state fair exhibit halls; A fairly unique explanation for its dystopian settingCons: Gets… Read More

It’s been over 12 years in the making... I started Films From Beyond in November 2010, and I’m only now getting around to hosting my first blogathon! I’m gratified that t… Read More

Now Playing: Prototype (TV movie, 1983) Pros: Intelligent, poignant script; Great, nuanced performances, especially by leads Christopher Plummer and David MorseCons: Certain plot elements… Read More

Now Playing: Alone in the Dark (1982) Pros: Great cast led by Donald Pleasence, Jack Palance and Martin Landau; Good building of tension; Lots of sly black humorCons: Casting two familiar a… Read More

Now Playing: The Fast and the Furious (1954) Pros: Classic hard-boiled dialog; Dorothy Malone as a kidnapped socialite with Stockholm Syndrome is very good.Cons: The racing action is mostly… Read More

Now Playing: Winter Kill (TV movie; 1974) Pros: Solid cast of familiar ‘70s character actors led by Andy Griffith as a no-nonsense small town policemanCons: Drags in places;… Read More

"Akita osur!"Roughly translated, that means: "Look, there's a dinosaur!" I know this because I got a copy of the promotional Caveman Vocabulary pamphlet distributed by theaters during the or… Read More

Now Playing: I Bury the Living (1958) Pros: Brilliantly builds mood and tension; Top notch performances; Great visual design and music score.Cons: The pat, conventional ending spoils the moo… Read More

Now Playing: Night of the Big Heat (aka Island of the Burning Damned, 1967) Pros: Competently directed and acted; Decent attempt at adult science fiction.Cons: Budget limitations result in a… Read More

Now Playing: Dark Places (1973) Pros: Joan Collins is deliciously evil as a fortune-hunting seductress; Effective spooky atmosphere.Cons: Christopher Lee and Herbert Lom are wasted in mundan… Read More

It’s the day of the Vincent Price Blogathon, when we celebrate one of the most iconic, elegant and versatile actors ever to grace the silver screen, Vincent Price. Most of us know him… Read More

I recently watched The Court Jester (1955) for perhaps the tenth time--and laughed just as much as the first time. I realize comedy is very subjective as some folks prefer broad laughs… Read More

Overboard (1987)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Star Partners, Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, USA, 1987.Participating The Kurt Russell Blogathon event arranged by Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews and… Read More

Independence Day (1996) a.k.a ID4Twentieth Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment, USA, 1996.Participating the Now and Then 2017 Blogathon event, arranged by Realweegiemidget Reviews and Tho… Read More