Recent Articles

You have to look pretty hard to find a “bad” 1950’s drive-in monster movie, but once in a great while you do run across one. Mesa of the Lost Women is one such movie.

In the early 40s, Val Lewton had to make a horror film for RKO. With no budget to create the stunning visuals of the Universal epics, he focused on moody lighting and atmosphere.

As the title might suggest, it’s about an expedition to the planet Uranus. Upon landing on the world of barren ice and snow, the crew discover themselves to be in a pristine woodland!