“We are….watching you.” ~Dr. Herkermer Homolka. Those haunting words were in the trailers in the spring of 1995 for a movie coming out on June 9th. That movie was the long awaited film adaption of the 1980 Michael Crichton novel CONGO. Before we get to CONGO, let’s get to the …
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The Mothman is my favorite legendary creature. If you aren’t aware of The Mothman, here is a description courtesy of mythology.net: It was the year 1966 when a strange creature surfaced in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This creature was described as being at least 7 feet …
Read More »Frank Marshall’s ‘Congo’ (1995): Low Art, High Adventure Retro Review
There’s a game that Bruce Campbell likes to play at convention appearances, a sort of a Hollywood Red Light, Green Light. He picks some poor sap in the audience to play a Paramount Pictures executive tasked with deciding whether or not to make a movie with some of Hollywood’s finest …
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