Luciana Paluzzi in Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

From Wiki- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City is a 1969 British film directed by James Hill and starring Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors and Nanette Newman. It features the character Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus inspired by Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. It was written by Pip and Jane Baker.^[2] back to me:

827. Here's the Man from Atlantis! 1977

I really liked this show when it was on, and was sad it got canceled.

732. The FINAL Movie Monsters... Fantastic #4!

                  That'll do, donkey, that'll do.  Too bad the Atlas/Seaboard lineup didn't last.  It sure had potential.

710. The Saga of Viking Women and a Sea Serpent! 1958

                 This is a movie I think I would have enjoyed back in the pre-video days.  It is a fun adventure movie, and has a sea serpent in it!

557. A Review of The Mysterious Golden Book from 1976!

             Here's a fun book from almost fifty years ago.  These books were hugely popular with kids back in the 70s.

478. Kimba The White Lion episodes 46-50!

                  This is the second to last episode in our series of Kimba, The White Lion reviews.  Only one more left, which will include three episodes!

452. A look at A Pictorial History of Sea Monsters (1971)!

                I have loved this book for over fiddy years.  And now I can't believe I forgot to say that during the video.

435. Take a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in 1961!

               Here's a review of the fun 1961 movie Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea!  It was popular enough to spawn a four season run on television as well.

416. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea vol. 1 Book review!

                 Here we have a book review- it is a short one today!  The book is about Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.  We have talked about it a bit before, but now you can see the book!

289. Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

                   

vintage Plesiosaurus art

From Wiki- Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησίος (plesios), near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England. It is distinguishable by its small head, long and slender neck, broad turtle-like body, a short tail, and two pairs of large, elongated paddles. It lends its name to the order Plesiosauria, of which it is an early, but fairly typical member. It contains only one species, the type, Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. Other species once assigned to this genus, including P. brachypterygius, P. guilielmiimperatoris, and P. tournemirensis have been reassigned to new genera, such as Hydrorion, Seeleyosaurus and Occitanosaurus.

Elasmosaurus platyurus

 

From Wiki- Elasmosaurus (/ɪˌlæzməˈsɔːrəs, -moʊ-/^[1]) is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 80.5 million years ago. The first specimen was discovered in 1867 near Fort Wallace, Kansas, US, and was sent to the American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, who named it E. platyurus in 1868.  (me now) The plesiosaurs look like true sea monsters, with long necks and a head full of sharp teeth.  They are so unique that their manner of propulsion is still something of a mystery to paleontologists.

Terror Beneath the Sea (cover idea)

 

Terror Beneath the Sea is a pretty fun pulp adventure.  It has an interesting production history, with it having some international backing.  The cast is also international, and full of very familiar faces.  At least they are familiar to viewers of Japanese genre movies, that is.  We here at Xenorama are planning an underwater issue filled with cities and submarines, which will also include a variety of monsters, both human and giant sized.  This will be a fun issue.  We will also be covering the rather few television series set under sea.  At least that is my plan right now!

two headed Monster of the Week- Galligantua

 

The Most Eville Pendragon sends the massive, two-headed Galligantua out to stop Jack and the Princess Elaine from escaping.  All seem lost until the imp of the bottle summons a kraken to battle the duo domed terror.  It's almost an even battle, but the kraken triumphs in the end.   We've seen the kraken here before, and he's one of my favorite monsters of all time.  Galligantua... well, he's a great heel monster for to be beaten down.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea season one book

 

This is one extensive and monster sized book about the first season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. I've only read the first part.  The first chapter is about the history of science fiction on television, and the second chapter is a biography of one Mr. Irwin Allen.  The history chapter was more fascinating regarding how quickly television sets infested the United States than about how little sci-fi was presented in the first decade of the medium.  The western was king back then.  He does provide exact episode runs of various shows, which is kind of cool.  Science fiction movies started taking off in the early 50s, but on television it was considered not a safe bet.  With the paltry budgets given to most of the shows, it's no wonder producers thought that.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Now that I'm back online I have some things to catch up on. I got to watch a lot of TCM movies while I was in the hospital last year, and this is one of the movies that was on. Of course, I didn't see every minute of each movie, since I'd drift in and out of consciousness. Still, I'm going to be posting a few of the trailers that I remember from that time period.

Jack the Giant Killer

See a movie at the right age and you will love it forever. I don't remember exactly how old I was when I saw this movie for the first time on the big screen, but it sure made an impression on me. Sure, it's got it's flaws, but it's so weird and bizarre that it's many charms overcome them. It's so much fun!

Hercules vs a sea... monster?

There is supposed to be a sea monster in the fun peplum Hercules, Samson and Ulysses.  Since most of us fans only ever saw it in a pan and scan form (wow, I do not miss those days at all) it was awfully hard to tell just what the heck Herc was battling back then.  It's the main reason our heroes all get together, but it was quite a mystery for a long time.

Wonder Woman vs Leviathan

sometimes a comic book cover is more awesome than the story inside.

in fact, I'd say a LOT of covers are better than their respective stories.

I saw this cover the other day on a t-shirt. it's very intriguing, and I wonder just what the story is.  sure makes for a great cover.  Wonder Woman at the time was not the best written comic, if I remember correctly.  DC had no idea what to do with one of the Big 3 (and hadn't for years).

I haven't read this particular story, nor do I remember ever seeing it before.  it probably would have got my attention, at least, as any kind of monster on a cover would have gotten my attention.

kraken vs galligantua

I'd never thought about it, but really, this much loved tentacled beastie from "Jack the Giant Killer" (1962) is a kraken. it's from the right area of the world, is a real sea monster and has plenty of tentacles.