John Hoyt Archives

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 18, 2003Planetary Collision/End of the World

Classic George Pal produced effects spectacular where Earth faces destruction in the face of collision with an oncoming planet and the efforts to build an ark so that some might survive

Director: Rudolf Mate

Actors: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, John Hoyt

Category: Science Fiction

18 December 200330 October 2024 by Roog

Lost Continent (1951)

Rating: ★★

Jan 20, 2022Prehistoric Lost World

Low-budget film with scientists in search of a downed rocket who encounter a prehistoric lost world of dinosaurs on an island plateau

Director: Sam Newfield

Actors: Cesar Romero, John Hoyt, Hugh Beaumont, Whit Bissell, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 January 202221 July 2023 by Roog

The Black Castle (1952)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 17, 2015Mad Aristocrat

A luridly entertaining effort starring Boris Karloff as a mad 19th Century aristocrat. This sits halfway between being a B-budget historical drama and a horror film

Director: Nathan Juran

Actors: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, Michael Pate, …

Category: Horror

17 February 201528 December 2025 by Roog

Curse of the Undead (1959)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 30, 2015Vampire Western

The world's first vampire Western featuring a vampire gunslinger. Today it'd be called Cowboys vs Vampires but such casual genre cross-hatching didn't exist back then and it feels like a film with its feet astride two genres that don't quite gel. The results are not entirely uninteresting

Director: Edward Dein

Actors: Michael Pate, Eric Fleming, Kathleen Crowley, Bruce Gordon, …

Category: Horror

30 January 20153 October 2025 by Roog