movie reviews – Retro Movie Geek

by Peter Nielsen “The Lure of gold can make a man do anything! Anything!” During the opening credits of this movie, we see someone being dug out of, what appears to be, a collapsed mine…

by Peter Nielsen ”Something deadly in the water… more dangerous than any shark or killer whale!” Here’s another one that slipped past me when I was young! I remember the trailer… I remember reading about…

by Peter Nielsen ”If you’re frightened by the unknown… wait until you face reality!” Scared To Death is a movie I’ve always been aware of, but for some reason never got round to watching back…

By Jason D. Grooms There are scant few creatures that speak louder or bigger to the American fascination with monster lore than the super-hairy, unkempt, woods-tromping, barefooted beast we all know and love. No, I…

Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Outland (1981)

January 27, 2012
Tagged as: 1980s, movie reviews, Outland, Peter Hyams, retro movies, Sean Connery

by Peter Nielsen Welcome to Con-Am 27, a small mining colony on the surface of Io, Jupiter’s third moon. The conditions are harsh with only one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and no atmosphere. The work is…