Tag Archives: an animal dies

The Naked Jungle (1954)

Posted on September 10, 2019 by lyzmadness

  “You’re up against a monster twenty miles long and two miles wide—forty square miles of agonising death!   Director:  Byron Haskin Starring:  Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, William Conrad, Abraham Sofaer, Romo Vincent, Douglas Fowley, John Dierkes, Leonard Strong, Norma … Continue reading →

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Them! (1954)

Posted on September 1, 2019 by lyzmadness

“We haven’t seen the end of them. We’ve only had a close view of the beginning of what may be the end of us…”   Director:  Gordon Douglas Starring:  Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, James Arness, Sandy Descher, Onslow … Continue reading →

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Posted on May 22, 2018 by lyzmadness

“Kill! Then love! When you have known that, you will have known ecstasy!”   [aka The Hounds Of Zaroff] Director:  Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel Starring:  Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, William B. Davidson, … Continue reading →

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Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)

Posted on April 25, 2018 by lyzmadness

“From here on it’s anyone’s guess. The transmitter’s dead. We’re out of touch with the whole world.”   Director:  Byron Haskin Starring:  Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Argentina Brunetti, George Macready, Ilona Massey, Anna Lee, Brett Halsey, Mary Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Halloween (1978)

Posted on May 30, 2016 by lyzmadness

“I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up, because I realised that what was living behind that boy’s eyes was purely and simply – evil…”   Director:  John Carpenter Starring:  … Continue reading →

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Orca (1977)

Posted on May 28, 2016 by lyzmadness

“Why do you think he sank the other boats and not yours? He deliberately left you your boat because he wants to fight you on the sea…”   Director:  Michael Anderson Starring:  Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Peter Hooten, … Continue reading →

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Anaconda (1997)

Posted on April 10, 2016 by lyzmadness

“Anacondas are a perfect killing machine. They strike, wrap around you, hold you tighter than your true love – and you get the privilege of hearing your bones break before the power of the embrace causes your veins to explode…” … Continue reading →

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Contamination (1980)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by lyzmadness

“Look at the way his skin and clothes are torn. It’s almost as if—I don’t know, it’s almost as if he exploded. But not because of a bomb: it’s as if he exploded from the inside…”   [aka Alien Arriva Sulla … Continue reading →

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Devil Bat’s Daughter (1946)

Posted on April 1, 2016 by lyzmadness

“Paul Carruthers? Then the girl is—the Devil Bat’s daughter!”   Director:  Frank Wisbar Starring:  Rosemary LaPlanche, John James, Michael Hale, Mollie Lamont, Monica Mars, Nolan Leary, Edward Cassidy, Eddie Kane Screenplay:  Griffin Jay, based upon a story by Leo J. … Continue reading →

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The Creeper (1948)

Posted on March 30, 2016 by lyzmadness

“It is big – too big! We can’t control it! We’d be releasing energies that would result only in mutations, monstrosities, and death!”   Director:  Jean Yarbrough Starring:  Janis Wilson, John Baragrey, Onslow Stevens, Ralph Morgan, June Vincent, Eduardo Ciannelli, … Continue reading →

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