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"The Flying Man" superhero horror film hybrid 'The Flying Man' by Marcus Alqueres Superheroes in society have been deconstructed since the 80's with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's iconic, The Watchmen.  Troubling questions pop up when a creature with fantastic power has a loose or murky moral center is dispensing 'justice' in society.  Taken away from the moralistic eras of the past, a superhero in modern times could be considered a horror element to contemporary audiences. What if an alien with fantastic powers showed up and silently dispensed justice with no remorse?  The moral murkiness of 'might makes right' which is now a part of the contemporary super hero tale in comic books.  It was only a matter of time that the this moral murkiness could lead into a superhero/horror which is the subject of the short film by special effects artist Marcus Alqueres called 'The Flying Man' Boasting cool sp...

Monster a go go Monster a-go go Monster a go go is a strange film with a strange history.  Pioneer indie filmmaker and gore guru, Herschell Gordon Lewis acquired a partially finished film from Bill Rebane and finished it so he could have a double bill film to show theaters.  In that era of film distribution, you increased your chance of actually getting paid by theater owners if both films were under your name.  The film concerns an astronaut struck by mysterious radiation.  Since Lewis was filming scenes years after the partially finished film, one actor played his previous character's 'brother' as well as the iconic droning narration(in our era of high end sound equipment and EFX would not be a problem, but in the earlier era of indies, you could cover huge gaps in sound by music and/or narration). 10 foot tall monster astronaut from a tiny cardboard capsule!   The film is very disjointed in structure, and the ending is somewhat off kilter....

Night of the Fools Night of the Fools One of my favorite films of all time is the iconic Plan 9 from Outer Space.  I also get a big kick out of filmmakers who explore or use that theme in their films.  One of my favorites is the strange film 'Night of the Fools' by director Ace Fronton.  Really awkward and inept film making on all fronts which means in a weird sort of way, a perfect friend to the Ed Wood collection.  Night of the fools is an homage to the ed wood gang as they meet over dinner, drink themselves into a stupor and Ed Wood wanders off into the woods along to meet aliens and his future destiny as the world's worst filmmaker. The film looks like it was put together by a small town theater company with no money for props, costumes, or any production values.  Large master shots with the actors awkwardly delivering their lines.  The average film fan probably won't love this film, but for us fans of 'so bad its good' cinema, definitel...

Elvis and his UFO connection Elvis and his UFO connection Long a pop culture joke of Elvis connected to UFO's in song and lore, it turns out that Elvis actually does have a strong UFO connection.  Although raised as an only child, Elvis's twin was stillborn 30 minutes before he was delivered.   That event haunted Elvis, and led to the King of rock and roll having an extensive collection of paranormal, occult, and UFO books  which traveled with the King wherever he went, much to the chagrin of Col Tom Parker.  A well circulated story was Elvis met strange aliens when he was a boy and showed him a man in a white suit which sounds like the iconic white jump suit of legend. If aliens and 'UFO's' are manifestations of the ultraterrestrials ala John Keel, it would make sense that they would have a vested interest in Elvis Presley.   His embrace of black music, and shocking sexual innuendo would light the fuse for rock and roll, racial culture awareness, poli...

Soon season 3 of 'Astro Space Hero' will be done.  I have some plans to start season 4 of astro space hero with some gusto.  To the fans of astro space hero, thanks for all of your support!