THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN *** USA 1960 Dir: Edger G. Ulmer. 58 mins Being “Transparent’ works initially well for H.G. Wells’s The Invisible Man in both book and film. Not so good for the unnamed black man in the Ralph Ellison novel Invisible Man. A host of other people have been invisible in film for evil and for fun purposes with that in mind you have Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Amazing Transparent Man (1960). Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy) is busted out of jail in ‘Humphrey Bogart/ James Cagney style to become The Amazing Transparent Man. Joey Faust’s last name involves…
Author: Terry Sherwood
Terry Sherwood
Terry Sherwood Born in Ottawa Ontario, Canada; Terry is a "Monster kid ', film fan and popular culture person. Once worked in television as a commercial writer/ Director. Writer of the SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET site covering aspects of the Horror Genre from Books, Comics, to Film old and new. He has previously written for WE BELONG DEAD and MONSTERMANIA magazines, The Spooky Isle UK website, Horror hound and Turner Classic Movies. Published Book of own writings titled SCREEN AND SCREEN AGAIN: ESSAYS ON THE HORROR FILM on amazon world wide plus contributed to other genre books. Chaired numerous convention panel discussions on Horror and Comics Terry is member of The Horror Writers Association and Dracula Society in U.K.
THE ALPHA INCIDENT ** USA 1978 Dir: Bill Rebane. 95 mins Shades of the higher profile Michael Crichton book and the film The Andromeda Strain (1971) comes Wisconsin film mogul Bill Rebane’s modest effort in the same territory. When I first saw The Alpha Incident (1978) the title, I first thought it had to do with the Space 1999 television series. Instead, it is a modestly produced, surprisingly engaging film with some uproarious brain-bursting effects. The seminal Night Of The Living Dead (1968) also influences as a space probe has returned, from Mars bringing back an organism that can kill…
C.A.M. * UK 2021 Dirs: Steph Du Melo & Larry Downing. 100 mins “Found Footage’ began with the original The Blair Witch Project (1999) ushering in the style of video, and rapid edits. Incompressible images and dialogue. Few can make this style work with the grand exception of the first two of the V/H/S series. C.A.M. (2021) is one of the worst films I have ever viewed in any genre. The ‘film” 2021-released British found-footage science fiction horror film, C.A.M. stands for “contagious aggressive mutations”. It took two people to write and direct this mess that had me screaming for…
ROOM 203 ** USA 2022 Dir: Ben Jagger. 104 mins Seems the dead always want revenge. How about a story of the deceased enjoying themselves in their world? The expired could be better off than they were in their previous existence. Here we have the ‘haunted room’ story of Room 203 (2022) as penned by three people including Director Ben Jagger, John Poliquin and Nick Richey. My question is how it could take three people to write a big cliche which is what this work is. Room 203 (2022) is not without its good points that come in the form…
THE MUNSTERS **** USA 2022 Dir: Rob Zombie. 109 mins Firstly, I am coming at this as a huge fan of the original series which I bought on DVD when it was released in two parts. I also own the 1966 film Munster, Go Home that I saw in the theatre on release. That film was the first time I saw the Munsters in color as the series was in black and white. To the current reboot by Rob Zombie, I say he got it right with a few minor hiccups. This is a film for the generation of Monster Fans…