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Synopsis:

“It is the future. 1987. Great scientific advances have allowed mankind to achieve that which previously only existed in speculative fiction — space travel. But, on the eve of humanity’s first manned mission to the red planet, no amount of speculation could adequately prepare us for the unexpected discovery of…Cave Women On Mars!” (courtesy IMDb)

Review:

This week’s desperate cry for attention is Cave Women On Mars (2008), the third retro-styled film from writer-director Christopher Mihm and his partner in crime, Josh Craig.… More...

It is the future: 1987

Hot dog everybody! We’ve got another Christopher R. Mihm movie!

Out of all Mihm’s movies, I must say that this one felt the most like a tribute and the least like a parody, which is not a bad thing. The film holds true to many of the 1950s space exploration movies and the production style and musical score do a wonderful job of re-creating the absurd atmosphere those movies held.

We follow the two-man crew of the Mars-1 spaceship, Captain Jackson and Lieutenant Elliott, as they land on the red planet and see what no man has seen before! Finding the surface of the planet oddly Earth-like, the duo discovers that the air has no hazardous or infectious agents so they don’t even need their space helmets. Of course!

After making the incredibly intelligent decision to split up, Lieutenant Elliot wanders into a...

Hold onto your seats folks, we’re back with another Christopher R. Mihm film, and this time he isn’t holding anything back.

Back with his signature 1950s style of movie-making, Mihm turns to the skies in the feature film, It Came From Another World! A second installment to his campy sci-fi tribute movies, we are promised “Excitement! Suspense! and Canoes!” as we are reintroduced to everyone’s favorite ‘A-Rockin’ scientist, Professor Jackson, from 2006’s The Monster of Phantom Lake.

Utilizing the same delightful humor as Phantom Lake, It Came From Another World! clocks in at 93 minutes long and let me tell you, this time around the actors have really hit their stride.

As the movie begins we find ourselves out in the woods with a Dr. Frasier, who is making observations out in the forest, as a mysterious rock from outer space crashes to Earth from the heavens above.

In today’s world, it is all to common for Hollywood to take an outdated movie and make a modern day remake, but few dare to come up with something new and put it into an outdated movie!

Don’t quite follow me? That’s understandable. I’m talking about writer/director Christopher R. Mihm and his great films, produced in the last few years, which are shot as a monochromatic tribute to the B-grade, drive-in movies of the 1950s. Mihm has come out with a movie a year starting almost four years ago with The Monster of Phantom Lake.

The Monster of Phantom Lake, Mihm’s first film, was released in March of 2006 to make its mark on the world. Black and white and clocking in at 97 minutes long, the film is a true homage film, immersing the viewer into the blaring din of clichés as rubber monster suits...