Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with this look at April’s best.
L’INFERNO (1911) – My review of the epic silent film adaptation of Dante’s Inferno. This production blew me away given its time period. And it was filmed in Italy just a few years before the horrors of World War One. Click HERE.
SARAH BERNHARDT: HER SILENT FILM APPEARANCES – The iconic Nineteenth Century actress lived long enough to appear in multiple silent movies. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: A DEMIGOD (1886) – A criminally overlooked sci-fi saga about Hector Vyr, whose mad scientist forebears bred him for genetic perfection. The tale of this heroic Platinum Age figure has elements of Philip Wylie’s 1930 sci-fi novel Gladiator but forty-four years earlier. Click HERE.
INDEPENDENT ACTION AND HORROR FILMMAKER LEN KABASINSKI REMEMBERS THE LATE LEO FONG – The one and only Kabasinski was gracious enough to leave a few memories about international action star Leo Fong here at Balladeer’s Blog. Click HERE.
SPIDER-MAN: HIS FIRST 1960s STORIES – The early years of the Stan Lee-Steve Ditko creation. Click HERE.
TRANSGRESS WITH ME: APRIL EIGHTEENTH EDITION – Are you daring enough for this? It’s an ongoing series going back several years. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: BY AEROPLANE TO THE SUN (1910) – The story of an expedition to the sun and other planets by way of a spaceship that the author calls an aeroplane. Click HERE.
LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ROSEMARY’S BABY (1976) – My review of the bizarrely awful sequel to the 1968 horror classic. Click HERE.
NEIL BREEN: HIS FIRST FIVE MOVIES – A look at the 21st Century’s most famous Psychotronic filmmaker so far. Click HERE.
SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE (1938-1939) – A look at the very first year of Superman stories in Action Comics. It was the start of an era but with some unintentional hilarity. Click HERE.
THE VILLON LEGEND – Continuing my multi-part look at the life and legend of Francois Villon, the 1400s French poet and outlaw. Part Two HERE. Part Three HERE. Part Four HERE. Part Five HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE MILLTILLIONAIRE (1895) – One of the many utopian looks at the future from science fiction. The title character is the world’s wealthiest man in the far future. He lives in a scientific wonderland under a global government called the Bardic State. Click HERE.
THE HULK – A review of his 1972 stories. The Hulk on trial plus his battles with a few X-Men, Adam Warlock, the Leader, the Rhino, the Abomination and more. Click HERE.
THE FANTASTIC FOUR – Their earliest 1960s stories as the Marvel Comics Empire was launched. Click HERE.
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Logged, thank you sir!
The Inferno–what a production! I’m surprised no one has taken that on since this first. I clicked through. It looks pretty darn amazing.
Yes, it was very impressive for a 1911 production!
Films, stories and science fiction. We used to enjoy watching some silent films, but unfortunately they are not currently showing them, and I don’t know why. 🙏🏼🙋🏼♀️👋🏻Thank you very much for sharing. Good luck and have a nice day dear Balladeer
Thank you very much! You have a nice day too!
Hmm, I can’t imagine a Hulk vs. Rhino battle would last very long or turn out very well for Rhino …
Ha! Not in his original power set, no, but in the 1970s the Hulk’s archenemy the Leader amped up the Rhino’s strength level to match the Hulk.