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The Green Slime (1968)

Posted on February 3, 2012 at 10:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Here’s what they are: first frothing green spit in a petri dish, then quivering mounds of Jell-O, then pulsating green rocks, and finally, rocketing through any intermediate evolutionary stages, wobbling five-foot-tall cyclopes with waving tentacles for arms that terminate in … Continue reading →

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Alien (1979)

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Here is how I first become conscious of Alien (1979). I was very young – no idea how young, but too young – and my family had innocuously left “Entertainment Tonight” on the television. This was back when ET covered … Continue reading →

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It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

Posted on January 23, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Forbidden Planet (1956) was the exception. Most science fiction films of the 50’s were on a shoestring budget, with simple special effects and acres of stiff dialogue delivered by hard-nosed military men and demure female scientists. There were two principal … Continue reading →

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