The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on September 20, 2020

I received as an early birthday present from my good friend Tim Durbin a Kino Blu-ray of the 1957 sci-fi monster movie THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD. Believe it or not, I had never actually seen this film. An earthquake strikes the area around the Salton Sea in southern...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 25, 2016

The Monster That Challenged the World Directed by Arnold Laven Written by Pat Fielder; Story by David Duncan 1957/USA Gramercy Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Perhaps the greatest giant mollusk movie ever made. Lt. Comdr. John Twiliger (Tim Holt) is the new guy at the U.S. Navy base on the   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on October 19, 2015

There’s something to be said about the 1950s science-fiction film. Their plots may have been coldly focused on issues of the time, lending them all an imitative air, but the acting and scripts, for the most part, never went for the easy laughs. In recent years the Mystery Science Theater...   read more