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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Posted on September 30, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Following the worldwide success of One Million Years B.C. (1966), the Racquel Welch/Ray Harryhausen dinosaur adventure, Hammer Films quickly installed “prehistoric cheesecake” as one of their genre specialties. The sets and costumes (fur bikinis, et al) were quickly reused for … Continue reading →

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She (1965)

Posted on September 26, 2011 at 5:14 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Hammer Films had grown steadily since the box office breakthroughs of The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Distributors knew that the British studio’s genre product was reliably classy and literate, but also sexy and violent; they … Continue reading →

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Heavy Metal (1981)

Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Heavy Metal magazine debuted in the U.S. in the spring of 1977 with the image of a pointy-breasted robot bashing to pieces another robot with a wrench. The publishers of the National Lampoon had compiled this “adult illustrated fantasy magazine” … Continue reading →

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