Friday Night Double Feature: Planet Of The Vampires/The Astro-Zombies

We are proud to announce that we are now opening a new segment every Friday with the, 'Friday Night Double Feature'! These are just a couple of Horror or Science Fiction movies that we thought that we would recommend for you Fright fans every Friday night!

And for this week we thought that we would recommend, Planet Of The Vampires (1965) and, The Astro-Zombies (1968), for more information on these movies, please check out these trailers!

Planet Of The Vampires (1965):

The Astro-Zombies (1968):

Dune (1965) - Frank Herbert - Book Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

One of the things that I used to like to do with my Dad when I was younger was to watch Sci-fi movies... One of our favorites that me my dad and my sister used to watch is the movie series, 'Alien'!

Now as it turns out, this was not the only series my Dad introduced me to, you see one of the movies I saw more then a couple of times that to this day I still absolutely love is the movie, Dune (1984)... Don't  worry guys, that review is coming soon!

Well the reason that I mention all of this is that a bunch of years later when I was in about 5th grade I was in School looking for something to read, and I came across the epic novel, 'Dune' in my School's casual reading shelf, (Yeah I know... But that School shared that shelf with a lot of different grades,) but you know what? When all is said and done I decided to pick it up and dive in to it and I haven't regretted it ever since!

A good one!

I am sure I have probably said this before in other blogs or what ever, but the thing that has most interested me about this book is this... Getting to imagine it for myself! Don't get me wrong, the movie was truly amazing, but getting to use my imagination, and let Mr. Herbert guide me through out the epic saga is one that I will never forget!

In the end, rather you have seen the movie or not, if you are a sci-fi fan, check this one out, I think you might find you really enjoy it!

Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) - Song Review

Official Score = 4 Devils

Bob Dylan... What can I say, I mean unfortunately for me, I don't really know much about his music beyond the few songs that I have listened to, and the fact that Bob Dylan is pretty much one of the many people that could be said to be an iconic representation of everything that makes America such an amazing country!

But there is one song that he has done that, that I have only heard in parts from time to time, but have heard a lot of the parodies... the truth though is that because I had never heard it all the way through, I have to admit that up until recently I have to say that I really did not like this song all that much, Which is a shame, because you could say that this song is iconic of the type of music that Mr. Dylan did in the 1960s!

That song of course being: Mr. Tambourine Man from his album: Bring It Back Home (1965):

Bob Dylan doing, 'Mr. Tambourine Man' live at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964!

Since listening to it, I can completely understand why people really like this song, and why you could say that this song is a true american icon, besides the fact that I am going to say that this song is probably the best of Mr. Dylan's music, the reason being is that it has that quality to draw you in to the song. Lastly, both Mr.Dylan's version and the version that was released by, 'The Byrds are not only both highly respected, but, 'The Byrds' version of this song is considered the catalyst for what launched the, 'Folk Rock Music' genre!

So check it out, I think you might enjoy it if you like this type of music!

Top 5 Reasons Why 'B' Sci-Fi Movies Rock!

First off let me say that the definition of a B Movie is... A B Movie is a movie that has been categorized as being a, 'bad' movie for some reason... Well I would say that, that has changed over the past few decades, what with the revolution of great classic cult films coming out of what the mainstream would consider to be a, 'Bad' Movie! And since I am a huge fan of the B Movie craze in any genre, I have taken it upon myself to do what I can to help bring these classic, 'B' Science Fiction or Horror movies to light, and give them the chance that they never got when they were initially released

With that in mind I thought I would give you guys, what i believe is the top 5 reasons why, 'B' Sci-Fi movies rock!

Number 5: Campy Special Effects!

Not always (as I feel was the case with the movie, Battle Beyond The Stars (1980),) A lot of the times B Science Fiction movies are fairly low budget and so generally tend to have some pretty campy special effects!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] One of the ships from, 'Planet Of The Vampires' (1965)[/caption]

Number 4: Ridiculous scripts!

That's right folks... Now again this isn't all the time, but a lot of the times the script for these B Movies are pretty ridiculous, with lines for the cast that are pretty hilariously bad, and with names for people, places, and planets that are pretty Elementary school!

Number 3: Oddly bad talent!

Again, this isn't always the truth, but more often then not Science Fiction B Movies will have a couple of eventually, or at the time, big name talent that kind of make up the movie, and then their are people that you have to wonder if they are really just not good at acting or if it was intentional considering the subject matter!

Now at this point I want you to ask yourself this question... Why is a guy who obviously likes B Science Fiction Films attacking them... And these next two reasons will give you your answer!

Number 2: True talent discovered from these movies!

That's right folks, a lot of the big name talent of the last 30 years or so go their start in Campy B Movies, and look at where they are now!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Sylvester Stallone (The Expendables) in a scene from, 'Death Race 2000' (1975), before Sly became a superstar![/caption]

Number 1: All of what I said above is just part of the charm!

What I mean by this, is that all of the bad elements and good elements that I mentioned above are, as well as so much more, are what makes up these truly awesome, 'B' Science Fiction Movies, and if you didn't have the majority or all of what makes a B Science Fiction movie so great in the B Movie you were watching, then the chances are that you are going to find that you have crap!

In the end, you might give them a try, I did, and I am happy to have done so!

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