Showing posts with label Black and White. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black and White. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

"Monster from the Ocean Floor" released 1954




In another movie in a rash of "radioactivity creates a monstrosity" films, Monster from the Ocean Floor was released into theaters May 21, 1954. It was the first time Roger Corman produced a film.  He would go on to produce almost 500 movies over his career.  Director Wyott Ordung went on to produce only one  more film in 1956.

It's a slow moving film like Monster from Green Hell, with only a few scenes that were intended to be scary.  All deaths happen off screen so there is virtually no gore or jump scares.  The actors are mostly unknowns.  Ordung and Corman each have a role in the movie.

Monster from the Ocean Floor was released to mixed reviews, mostly negative, with a rating of 3.8 on imdb.com.  

It isn't a movie to watch for horror or science fiction fans, but it can be enjoyable if you're into the B&W 1950s B-movies. 

Friday, June 24, 2016

The Pointer Sisters release "Black and White" 1981



My girls released their eighth studio album "Black and White" in June 1981.  It featured "Slow Hand" which went all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.  They released "Should I do it?" in 1982 and it went to #13, so "Black and White" was the first album to yield two Top 20 hits.