Creature Features – The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast

Ants Misbehavin’

Hold on to your color-coded insecticides, because Phase IV (1974) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest host “Celebrity Translator / Bringer of the Apocalypse” Neil Nadelman.

Review in a Nutshell: A technically adept but thematically muddled film, Phase IV (1974) can’t seem to decide whether it wants to be an ecological horror tale, a creature feature, or a bit of psychedelic science fiction. As a film, it ends up being less than the sum of its parts.

#Justice for Ymir

Hold on to your alien eggs, because 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie lobby card or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring “Celebrity Translator” Neil Nadelman.

Review in a Nutshell: A creature feature in which the movie monster is the most sympathetic character in the entire film, this otherwise by-the-numbers science fiction thriller is buoyed up by strong production design and the incredible stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.

Neo-Crocodile is About to Explode!

Hold on to your outboard motors, because Killer Crocodile (1989) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the Blu-ray cover or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring the Internet’s Tom Pandich.

Review in a Nutshell: An absolutely shameless rip-off of Jaws (1975), Killer Crocodile (1989) is a knee-slapping good time that – like many Italian exploitation films – is also likely to leave you scratching your head in confusion in places.

There Goes the Picnic…

Hide the sugar, because Them! (1954) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest host Bill Bossert.

Review in a Nutshell: Often imitated by never duplicated, Them! is a tightly paced science fiction thriller that kicked off the “giant insect” phase of Atomic Horror films in the Fifties.

“That Dog Deserves a Medal!”

Get out your bag of treats, because Man’s Best Friend (1993) is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the Bluray cover or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Matt “Saint Mort” Kelly from Horror Movie Night.

Review in a Nutshell: A competently made film that can’t seem to pick a tone and stick with it, Man’s Best Friend (1993) is hampered as a horror film by some questionable characterization, tonal inconsistencies, and a canine antagonist that is entirely too adorable for his murderous role.

Bonus Episode: Jaeger Bomb

Fire up your giant robots and get ready to “drift”, because Pacific Rim: Uprising is (probably not) the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Gerald Rathkolb of AnimeWorldOrder.

Review in a Nutshell: A film filled with baffling narrative and editorial decisions, Pacific Rim: Uprising is a prime example of what happens when artistic choices give way to financial and marketing ones.

Finally, It’s Kamiya’s Time to Shine!

Hold on to you Metis Cannon, because Zeiram is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the DVD cover or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Mike Dent of Vintage Henshin.

Review in a Nutshell: Despite it’s occasional pacing issues, Zeiram is a low-budget, high concept tokusatsu science fiction film that serves as a great introduction to the medium. The prop and monster designs are especially noteworthy.

When a Shark Gets a Taste for MURDER…

Hold onto your windsurfing boards, because The Last Shark is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring Phillip (formerly known as Eeeper of Eeeper’s Choice).

Review in a Nutshell: A surprisingly compelling and emotionally gritty Italian creature feature exploitation film, The Last Shark is much more entertaining that it has any right to be considering the plot is a direct rip-off of Jaws and Jaws II.

Monkey See, Monkey Do.

Hold on to your helicopters, because Kong: Skull Island is most definitely the Greatest Movie EVER!

Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest host Oli “InvidNinja92” Bulmer.

Review in a Nutshell: A gleefully violent creature-feature, Kong: Skull Island manages to leave much of the character’s colonial baggage behind. It’s a great little genre fiction romp with some surprising artistic flourishes and a wicked sense of humor.

Not to be Confused with ‘Hard Rain’.

Gas up the Sea-Doo, because Deep Rising is the Greatest Movie EVER?

Click on the DVD cover or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest host Matt “Saint Mort” Kelly of the Horror Movie Night podcast.

Review in a Nutshell: A typical Stephen Summers action-horror movie with some questionable screenwriting and some dodgy CG, Deep Rising is none-the-less remembered fondly by many fans. I am not one of those fans.