In 1977, 20th Century Fox had two sci-fi films on their docket: Damnation Alley and Star Wars. They had high hopes for Damnation Alley and expected it to outperform that silly Lucas-helmed space opera. Oh well…best laid plans and all. Damnation Alley is one of those awful yet endearing, clunky yet charming films we love.Continue reading “Damnation Alley”
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Alien Abduction
Cracked has an amusing piece called 5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same. The premise is that movies are digitally color-corrected by genre, with desert movies being yellow, reality-distorted ones green and of course, horror and sci fi, blue. The Ring, Saw and the Nightmare reboot were cited and you can easily throwContinue reading “Alien Abduction”
