Tag: swamp

RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE (2017) Overview

‘This ain’t no fairytale’ Rodents of Unusual Size is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer. Wendell Pierce provided the narration. The fragile wetlands of …

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Strangler of the Swamp – USA, 1945

‘Girls in love… beware! The strangler is on the loose’ Strangler of the Swamp is a 1945 [released January 1, 1946] American horror film, produced and distributed by Producers Releasing …

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Mire Beasts – Doctor Who monsters

The Mire Beasts, tentacled octopoid monstrosities tucked away in Episode One (“The Executioners”) and Episode Two (“The Death of Time”) of the 1965 Doctor Who story The Chase, are among …

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Man-Thing – Australia, USA, 2005 – reviews

Man-Thing is a 2005 American-Australian horror telefilm, directed by Brett Leonard and featuring the Marvel Comics creature created by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. The film had a budget rumoured to be $30 million. The screenplay by Hans Rodionoff is very …

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Peter Tremayne – author

Peter Berresford Ellis (born 10 March 1943 in Coventry) is a historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over ninety books to date either under his own name or …

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ONIBABA (1964) Reviews and overview

Onibaba – 鬼婆, literally: ‘Demon Hag’ –  is a 1964 Japanese horror film based on a Buddhist parable. Directed by Kaneto Shindo, the film is set in rural Japan in the fourteenth century and features Nobuko …

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