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Triggers in Leash is the third episode of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and it is a fascinating piece of television history because it flips the traditional Western genre on its head. The plot revolves around two stubborn gunslingers who are ready to shoot each other over a card game dispute. Instead of…
The story drops us right into the shoes of Kim Stanger, a talented pianist who flies back to his idyllic childhood hometown of Stangerford after a four-year stint in Paris. He’s driven by this nagging, unshakable feeling, a premonition, that something is deeply wrong. When he arrives, the vibe is instantly off. His family and…
The debut episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, titled “Revenge,” is a masterclass in how a simple setup can spiral into a total psychological nightmare. Directed by the Master of Suspense himself, the story centers on Carl Spann and his wife Elsa, a former ballerina recovering from a nervous breakdown. They’ve moved into a quiet trailer…
Directed by Robert Vincent O’Neill, the 1973 exploitation film Wonder Women (also released as The Deadly and the Beautiful) is a quintessential artifact of 1970s grindhouse cinema. Far removed from the wholesome comic book heroine that shares a similar name, this low-budget action-crime hybrid was shot on location in the Philippines and relies heavily on…
The story kicks off in the middle of World War Two when Major Steve Trevor gets into a nasty dogfight with a Nazi plane over the Bermuda Triangle. His plane takes a beating and he crashes right onto the shores of Paradise Island, which is a hidden sanctuary completely populated by immortal Amazons. Queen Hippolyta…
Samara Weaving’s casting as Emma Frost gives Marvel’s upcoming X-Men reboot one of its most intriguing pieces of casting. The Australian actress is set to play the mutant telepath, according to reporting from TheWrap and Variety, with Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier directing the new film. Emma is one of Marvel’s more complicated mutant characters: originally…
“The Dorcons” serves as the official series finale for Space: 1999, and it definitely goes all out by raising the stakes to the absolute maximum. The plot circles completely around Maya, the crew’s resident alien shapeshifter. Out of nowhere, a massive, incredibly powerful alien empire known as the Dorcons shows up at Moonbase Alpha with…
“The Immunity Syndrome” is easily one of those episodes that makes you lean back and really respect the visuals they were pulling off in the late ’70s. This time around, Commander John Koenig and the crew of Moonbase Alpha land on a planet that looks like an absolute paradise. The air is clean, the water…
“Devil’s Planet” is definitely one of the wilder rides from the second season of Space: 1999. The whole setup starts with Commander John Koenig, played by Martin Landau, checking out a distress signal on a planet named Ellna. It turns out a deadly plague completely wiped out the main planet’s population. Koenig ends up crash-landing…
“Dorzak”, the 21st episode of Season 2 of Space: 1999, is a proper psychological trip. The plot centers on a prison ship landing on Moonbase Alpha with a heavy-hitter prisoner named Dorzak, who happens to be a Psychon just like Maya. Since Commander Koenig is away on a mission, Tony is running the show, which…