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Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

unclefestering — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:24:13 GMT

Despite all of Anne Rice's work turning vampires into emasculated gays who have hundred year affairs with each other, there was a time they were actually frightening.

Check out Max Schreck in the original Nosferatu. I got a chance to see this one Halloween in Philadelphia where a museum that houses Bram Stoker's original manuscript sponsors vampire events every year.

Or for that matter Klaus Kinski in Herzog's remake.

And Defoe's creepy version of Schreck in Shadow of the Vampireshould go up there.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:53:33 GMT

Risselada:

Not sure if you ever came upon this busy discussion thread before:

Hannibal Lecter vs Norman Bates

Rizzo, I think you just like sharing my more sensetive side with people who might not have seen it before. ;)

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:55:51 GMT

SkyPilot:

The Black Scorpion is a really fun monster movie. The lighting is beautiful, the scorpion is pretty well done for 1957, but the writing must've been written by aliens:

SCIENTIST 1: We've been driving all day, and that volcano doesn't seem to be getting any closer!

SCIENTIST 2: Nobody put a gun in your back to make you become a geologist!

SCIENTIST 1: (laughs) Yeah, but don't rub it in!

That's one of my all-time favorite exchanges.

That's great. It sounds like those lines might be from the same scene but that there's a few lines missing between each of them.

SkyPilot:
The Killer Shrews is noteworthy, though I recommend watching the MST3K version. Otherwise it's only fun if you're in the mood to work for your fun. Same with Monte Hellman's largely incoherent Beast From Haunted Cave.

I remember watching watching Beat From Haunted Cave at your house, this time when you were actually there as well! You got to watch out for those double exposures!

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:27:00 GMT

unclefestering:

I don't know if you've seen it yet, but you may want to check out The Real World Fears Behind 8 Movie Monsters on Cracked.

I was watching Psychoon TCM last night and Norman Bates is the creepiest monster of them all. Just the scene where he ia sitting in the office across from Marian Crane says it all. She is surrounded by the doves and sparrows in the well lighted side of the room, while he is perched on his chair in the shadows surrounded by the owls, hawks and other predatory birds.

I think he is even more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. Especially since the later movies like Hannibal drained all the suspense from the character.

Not sure if you ever came upon this busy discussion thread before:

Hannibal Lecter vs Norman Bates

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

SkyPilot — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:38:05 GMT

The Black Scorpion is a really fun monster movie. The lighting is beautiful, the scorpion is pretty well done for 1957, but the writing must've been written by aliens:

SCIENTIST 1: We've been driving all day, and that volcano doesn't seem to be getting any closer!

SCIENTIST 2: Nobody put a gun in your back to make you become a geologist!

SCIENTIST 1: (laughs) Yeah, but don't rub it in!

That's one of my all-time favorite exchanges.

There's only one cheesy monster movie I like more than The Black Scorpion, and that's The Tingler.

The Killer Shrews is noteworthy, though I recommend watching the MST3K version. Otherwise it's only fun if you're in the mood to work for your fun. Same with Monte Hellman's largely incoherent Beast From Haunted Cave.

A very far-out old movie is The Manster. It must have influenced the scene in Army of Darkness where Ash sprouts another head.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:05:10 GMT

SkyPilot:

Risselada:

leeroy711:

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

And I think at the same time SkyPilot was over at your house watching Gay...from Outer Space! We should have all just met up at the same house and had a movie marathon!

I've never seen that movie, but I was over at leeroy's house, making scrotum imprints in the freshly-cemented driveway.

It's chastening to think that that mark will last longer than anything else I ever create.

I thought I recognized that scrotum imprint in my driveway......................... Of course, signing it like it was Man's Chinese was a nice touch.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:59:35 GMT

csprague:

leeroy711:

SkyPilot:

leeroy711:

Risselada:

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

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BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

lol And risselada is completely right, this is all news to me.

Damn, you guys do things differently in Grand Rapids............... Down here, we break into peoples houses in order to steal their belongings and possibly try on their undergarmets. Not to watch movies................ Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

yeah...I mean... if that's what you're into:

I love Flight of the Conchords. this one's gotta be my favorite

BTW. this has to be the furthest we've traveled off-topic for the Weekly Theme so far.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

SkyPilot — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:06:39 GMT

Risselada:

leeroy711:

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

And I think at the same time SkyPilot was over at your house watching Gay...from Outer Space! We should have all just met up at the same house and had a movie marathon!

I've never seen that movie, but I was over at leeroy's house, making scrotum imprints in the freshly-cemented driveway.

It's chastening to think that that mark will last longer than anything else I ever create.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

csprague — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:04:57 GMT

leeroy711:

SkyPilot:

leeroy711:

Risselada:

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

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BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

lol And risselada is completely right, this is all news to me.

Damn, you guys do things differently in Grand Rapids............... Down here, we break into peoples houses in order to steal their belongings and possibly try on their undergarmets. Not to watch movies................ Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

yeah...I mean... if that's what you're into:

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:57:45 GMT

SkyPilot:

leeroy711:

Risselada:

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

[/quote

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

lol And risselada is completely right, this is all news to me.

Damn, you guys do things differently in Grand Rapids............... Down here, we break into peoples houses in order to steal their belongings and possibly try on their undergarmets. Not to watch movies................ Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

SkyPilot — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:45:56 GMT

leeroy711:

Risselada:

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

[/quote

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

lol And risselada is completely right, this is all news to me.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:39:00 GMT

unclefestering:

I don't know if you've seen it yet, but you may want to check out The Real World Fears Behind 8 Movie Monsters on Cracked.

Thanks, that was hilarious!!

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

unclefestering — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:36:15 GMT

I don't know if you've seen it yet, but you may want to check out The Real World Fears Behind 8 Movie Monsters on Cracked.

I was watching Psychoon TCM last night and Norman Bates is the creepiest monster of them all. Just the scene where he ia sitting in the office across from Marian Crane says it all. She is surrounded by the doves and sparrows in the well lighted side of the room, while he is perched on his chair in the shadows surrounded by the owls, hawks and other predatory birds.

I think he is even more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. Especially since the later movies like Hannibal drained all the suspense from the character.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

digitalconquest — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:21:37 GMT

Man Oh Man, where to start!

Favorite recent Monster Mayhem: THE MIST and CLOVERFIELD.

Favorite cheesy Monster Mayhem: THE GIANT CLAW

Favorite Childhood Monster Mayhem: Any Godzilla movie and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT.

Favorite rare Monster Mayhem: TOXIC ZOMBIES and PANIC.

Favorite Monster Mayhem series: KAIJU (GODZILLA, GAMERA, etc) and Paul Naschy's Wolfman films followed by the Hammer Studio's Frankenstein films.

ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES CONTAINING MONSTER MAYHEM - Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND and Ridley Scott's ALIEN.

So many more!

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

pippin06 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:42:27 GMT

I don't watch too many monster movies. Why, you ask? When I was younger, the following movies gave me nightmares because of my seriously overactive imagination (no joke):

Clash of the Titans (Medusa)

Ghostbusters (the "Dogs")

Gremlins (the scary Gremlins)

ET (ET)

Return of the Jedi (Jabba the Hutt...but only for a minute)

There were probably others too, I just can't remember them right now. So now, I can't watch monstery scary things. Horror is probably my least favorite film genre; I've seen so very few and only ones I feel comfy watching. Just call be a big wimp. I don't mind.

Now, I like do cute monsters, like the Muppets' Sweetums (see: The Muppet Movie) or a wisecracking Billy Crystal-type green cue ball looking thing in Monsters Inc. I also like movies with monstrous people - really good villains. But I'm not such a fan of monsters. Though the "smoke monster" in Lost, which is my favorite show, is pretty creepy even it's just super-fast, super-intelligent smoke, as is The X-Files, which has tons of monsters in it. Go fig.

Though, for some reason, I really want to see Cloverfield. But I'm a huge JJ Abrams fan, so I'm forgiving the whole monster motif for that film because JJ touched it.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:26:52 GMT

I recently rewatched The Valley of Gwangi and I was stunned (again) by what a good movie this is! When is the last time you have seen a T-Rex being burned alive inside a church? This got me thinking about how much I LOVE the stop-motion animation effects of the great Ray Harryhausen... He began his historic career working on the amazing film Mighty Joe Young working under the tutelege of his mentor Willis O'Brien who was the effects genius behind the original King Kong . Harryhausen went on to perfect his own method of stop-motion animation that used both rear projection and front projection to import his creations onto any background... He called this technique "Dynamation" . Besides the films mentioned above, here are some GREAT monster movies where you can check out the craft of this master in action...

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

It Came From Beneath The Sea

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

20 Million Miles to Earth

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Mysterious Island

Jason and the Argonauts

First Men in the Moon

One Million Years B.C.

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Clash of the Titans

... Monsters Rule!

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Smooth_J — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:35:59 GMT

The Blob was overall a pretty mediocre movie, but the monster's a classic. And it's worth watching to see a 30 year-old Steve McQueen trying to mack on some high school girls, and street racing some of his fresh faced high school buddies in his hotrod.

Naked Lunch had some pretty crazy monsters, in case anyone forgot. The mugwump has to be one of the grossest monsters I've seen on screen, and one whose excrement is easiest to get high on...next to cats, of course. I loved the talking bug typewriters too.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:30:35 GMT

Risselada:

leeroy711:
The first step to overcomming a problem is admitting that you have one

Hey my girlfriend likes manatees and signed me up for the Adopt a Manatee program. I have to like them!

and I have to wear the T-shirt.

From English to Korean back to English:

Hollo the girl friend liked the sea cow and respects an adoption me sea cow program registered. Me that (thing) will listen must like! And must wear the t-shirt.

I love the: "Me that (thing) will listen must like!"

Korean chicks are hardcore.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:17:42 GMT

leeroy711:
The first step to overcomming a problem is admitting that you have one

Hey my girlfriend likes manatees and signed me up for the Adopt a Manatee program. I have to like them!

and I have to wear the T-shirt.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:30:02 GMT

Risselada:

mercurial:
I loved how Matinee made fun of and embraced the cheesy monster movies of the 1950's and 1960's with MANT!

For a moment there, I thought you said "Manatee." Now I'm thinking I really wish there was a monster movie with a giant mutated manatee monster.

Previous Rizzo quotes regarding manitees:

1. from the movies for animals thread - "

7/28/2008 4:35 PM
posted awhile ago

Re:Movies for Animals

I bet Manatees would like movies where lots of boats get destroyed. Maybe Waterworld. Any movie where the water to boat ratio on the planet is greater."

2. From the last Mad Lib thread - " 8/14/2008 6:49 PM
posted last week

Re:Mad Lib #7: Sing us a song

18. Manatee!"

The first step to overcomming a problem is admitting that you have one.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:38:35 GMT

One of the great giant monster movies of the 50's that nobody ever mentions any more was Tarantula . In the Arizona desert, a scientist (Leo G. Carroll) is working on a special growth formula that he hopes will help to feed the Earth's ever expanding population. When one of the scientist's assistants injects himself with the formula he goes mad and attacks the scientist. In the ensuing struggle one of the test subjects, a three foot long tarantula, escapes it's cage and wanders out into the desert. There is one catch, the version of the serum that the spider has been injected with causes it to keep growing exponentially. Soon it is the size of a car and attacking cattle and people. By the time the local Sherrif and the town doctor (played by the always priceless John Agar) figure out what is going on the spider is bigger than a house and still growing. By now it is not hard to find but it is also virtually unstoppable... machine gun fire and dynomite seem to have no effect. By the time the Airforce scrambles a squadron of fighter jets to battle the giant arachnid it is over 100 feet tall and heading directly towards town. This movie is a lot of fun and definately worth your time if you ever get a chance to watch it. Also, take a good look at the jet squadron leader... barely recognizable in his helmut and oxygen mask... it is none other than Clint Eastwood in an uncredited role!

Clint also appeared briefly, and again uncredited, in Revenge of The Creature , the sequel to Creature From The Black Lagoon , as a young lab technician. I think this may have been his first movie role.

< GOR >

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:32:58 GMT

mercurial:
I loved how Matinee made fun of and embraced the cheesy monster movies of the 1950's and 1960's with MANT!

For a moment there, I thought you said "Manatee." Now I'm thinking I really wish there was a monster movie with a giant mutated manatee monster.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:31:45 GMT

leeroy711:
I've just moved Equinox to the top of my netflix queue. As a self-imposed homework assignment for this week. I've wanted to see this for a while almost completely because of the cover art so I figured this would be the week to do it.

Oh my goodness, this movie is so horrendous! A friend of mine made me watch it recently. A couple amusing moments. Make sure you have some friends and drinks around when watching.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:30:03 GMT

leeroy711:

Risselada:

Yeah, you already mentioned the movie, but Robert John Burke in No Such Thing takes the cake for me.

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

I was really surprised at how much I got into that movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it so I'm gonna have to check it out again. In contrast, They Came Back really wasn't worth watching though.

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

And I think at the same time SkyPilot was over at your house watching Gayniggers from Outer Space! We should have all just met up at the same house and had a movie marathon!

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

mercurial — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:26:32 GMT

unclefestering:

I have to say that when I first saw Hellraiser in the theater, the Cenobites scared the crap out of me and my girlfriend. Not Pinhead, so much, he was creepy, but he talked enough that you had some understanding of him. The other Cenobites, who were silent and relentless were the ones that scared us. Of course as the series went on they made all of them as impotent as Bob Dole without his little blue pills.

I totally had this on my list of monster movies. Great film that, like you, completely creeped the **** out of me whenever the Cenobites appeared on screen. The Chatterer (guy with his lips pulled around his face) always pops in my head whenever someone makes a stupid big grinned smile at me.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

unclefestering — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:42:14 GMT

I have to say that when I first saw Hellraiser in the theater, the Cenobites scared the crap out of me and my girlfriend. Not Pinhead, so much, he was creepy, but he talked enough that you had some understanding of him. The other Cenobites, who were silent and relentless were the ones that scared us. Of course as the series went on they made all of them as impotent as Bob Dole without his little blue pills.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

The_American_Dream — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:29:31 GMT

Before I try to get in on this one, I am going to apologize for my mostly monster free up bringing. At least in the classic sense. Sure, I know the classic Harryhausen monsters; "Jason and the Argonauts" naturally, and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" even features James Mason and company running from an iguana. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a classic. But these cannot measure up to a movie of "The Giant Gila Monster" caliber.

However, science-fiction is something that has always been in my life, and science-fiction offers some of movies greatest monsters. Although it falls into mainstream, the alien in "Alien" is easily one of the greatest monsters of all time. But this is not really my sci-fi passion, that is reserved for Star Trek. I have been a Treker since birth. Every lizard-thing that captain Kirk took on could be on par with the most giant of gila monsters. But wait, there's more; "Star Trek: First Contact", specifically, the Borg. The Borg scared me silly when I was younger but now, they really are a favorite monster of mine as I have followed them in all the Star Trek I watch. If I wished to digress the infinity of my nerdyness I could go on and on with Star Trek monsters but wont.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:51:37 GMT

mercurial:

I loved how Matinee made fun of and embraced the cheesy monster movies of the 1950's and 1960's with MANT!

And the really hardcore monsters in my book are Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (especially when he gets his prickly fly penis and wants to mate), the monster in Jeepers Creepers (that opening scene with the monsters truck steadily approaching the brother and sister is intense), and King Kong (the 1933 original) is great aside from the racist subtext.

I just bought Matinee used on VHS for $2 at Bookmans so I could show my kids. They loved it and I had forgotton how much I liked it. I made me wish I had grown up a few generations earlier.

As far as The Fly is concerned, I liked the Jeff Goldblum version but another movie I made my kids sit through was the original with Vinnie Price. My seven year old ate it up. He loves the end with the little fly with a human head crying, "HELP MEEEEEE, HELP MEEEEE" It's interesting, he will quote that and "FEEEEED MEEEE SEEMOOORE" so much more often than anything from Monsters Inc. or Little Monsters

I too really liked the Jeepers Creepers monster, and I thought the movie as a whole stood on it's own two feet as well. The sequel wasn't horrible, but it wasn't very good either.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:35:42 GMT

leeroy711:

I've just moved Equinox to the top of my netflix queue. As a self-imposed homework assignment for this week. I've wanted to see this for a while almost completely because of the cover art so I figured this would be the week to do it.

Equinox is a pretty darn good movie for the old fashioned stop-motion monsters and a somewhat interesting story but be prepared for some of the worst acting and dialogue you have ever seen... A lot of fun just the same...

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

mercurial — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:32:57 GMT

Without straying too far from the topic (my idea of a monster is fairly broad), here we go:

From my childhood I was always equally scared shitless and mesmerized by the monsters in Legend (mainly Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness and that creepy green Swamp Witch) as well as those in Clash of the Titans (Medusa gave me nightmares for years). Gremlins was a great monster movie as well as Little Shop of Horrors when I was growing up. And I'm gonna go ahead and include Jaws cause that son of a bitch was a monster if I'd every seen one.

I loved how Matinee made fun of and embraced the cheesy monster movies of the 1950's and 1960's with MANT!

On the comedic side, Tremors was always good for a laugh. Ghostbusters and Freaked are probably on the top of the list of hilarious monster movies. Monsters, Inc should also get an honorable mention.

And the really hardcore monsters in my book are Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (especially when he gets his prickly fly penis and wants to mate), the monster in Jeepers Creepers (that opening scene with the monsters truck steadily approaching the brother and sister is intense), and King Kong (the 1933 original) is great aside from the racist subtext.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:28:53 GMT

Dr_Gor:

Anthropaphagus (aka The Grim Reaper aka Savage Island) ... Deranged, deformed killing machine on an isolated Greek island.

OOPS! I linked the wrong movie for Anthropophagus and I couldn't find the correct one listed on SPOUT. The movie I DID link looks pretty darn interesting and I can't believe I missed that one! I have added it to my list! The one I was refering is the 1980 Joe D'Amato classic starring George Eastman and Tisa Farrow...

< GOR >

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:15:28 GMT

I've just moved Equinox to the top of my netflix queue. As a self-imposed homework assignment for this week. I've wanted to see this for a while almost completely because of the cover art so I figured this would be the week to do it.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:06:52 GMT

mercurial:

Well, before I go into my long list of monsters, I'm going to go ahead and say that I loved Cloverfield. I saw it in the theater the weekend it came out, I followed the viral marketing campaigns, and am slowly becoming a J.J. Abrams fan (despite never seeing a single episode of Lost). I must also say that I am one of the freaks that loved The Blair Witch Project. The Blair WItch being one of my favorite unseen movie monsters.

To the point, Cloverfield was just one of those adrenaline rush movies for me. Where you never get a sense of the monster that's lurking around every corner. You really get a sense of the characters and root for them to survive the whole ordeal. Granted the guy holding the camera was rather annoying and certain scenes (the climbing from one demolished building to another, I mean, really!?) were implausible, but yet, I was completely absorbed into the whole film.

I think I really have a problem with the whole cinema-veritas style in general. I guess the idea is: Make what you are watching seem more real by making it more obvious that what you are watching is through the eyes of a camera. I also have a problem (for somewhat of the same reason) with movies shot entirely in digital like Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead.

I can't say that I loved Blair Witch, but as a whole, I thought it was extremely clever, especially the marketing. If you recall, the trailers were extremely short and they didn't show anthing. And the actors hid away for the first few months of the release.

There was a similar film that came out a few years before Blair Witch called The Last Broadcast in which these guys go into the woods to find the Jersey Devil. I think the set-up was a little bit better than Blair Witch but the acting wasn't very good.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Dr_Gor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:59:40 GMT

leeroy711:

I'd really like to hear about your favorite monsters. Who scarred you? Who sucked? Dr. Gor........... I'm talking to you.

While all of the giant monsters such as Godzilla and King Kong et al are pretty cool and certainly 'spotlight-grabbers', there have been many, many movie monsters that are not as tall but even more terrifying. Dracula , Frankenstein , The Mummy and The Wolf Man were among the first of these and remain some of my favorites. Here are some of my other favorite 'monster movies' ...

Hell Night ... Anything with Linda Blair ranks at the top of any list of mine.

The Funhouse ... Monster on the midway stalking sexy teenage girls... oh what fun!

Tower of Evil (aka The Horror on Snape Island) ... Deranged, deformed killing machine in an isolated light-house.

Anthropaphagus (aka The Grim Reaper aka Savage Island) ... Deranged, deformed killing machine on an isolated Greek island.

Rawhead Rex ... Ancient and pissed off pagan demon runs rampant in Ireland.

House By The Cemetary (?) ... The Fulci classic in which a family really DOES have a monster living in their basement.

Well, those are some of my favorites but there are MANY more! Way too many to list them all here.

Monsters Rule!

< GOR >

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

mercurial — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:44:48 GMT

Well, before I go into my long list of monsters, I'm going to go ahead and say that I loved Cloverfield. I saw it in the theater the weekend it came out, I followed the viral marketing campaigns, and am slowly becoming a J.J. Abrams fan (despite never seeing a single episode of Lost). I must also say that I am one of the freaks that loved The Blair Witch Project. The Blair WItch being one of my favorite unseen movie monsters.

To the point, Cloverfield was just one of those adrenaline rush movies for me. Where you never get a sense of the monster that's lurking around every corner. You really get a sense of the characters and root for them to survive the whole ordeal. Granted the guy holding the camera was rather annoying and certain scenes (the climbing from one demolished building to another, I mean, really!?) were implausible, but yet, I was completely absorbed into the whole film.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:43:33 GMT

Risselada:

Yeah, you already mentioned the movie, but Robert John Burke in No Such Thing takes the cake for me.

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

I was really surprised at how much I got into that movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it so I'm gonna have to check it out again. In contrast, They Came Back really wasn't worth watching though.

BTW while you were at SkyPilot's house watching it, I was at your house, watching The Atomic Submarine........................ with my pet giraffe. It was good.

Re:Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

Risselada — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:28:58 GMT

Yeah, you already mentioned the movie, but Robert John Burke in No Such Thing takes the cake for me.

I first watched this movie at SkyPilot's house with another guy when he wasn't even though. To my knowledge he has never even heard of the movie or knew that we watched it there.

Weekly Theme for August 25: Monster Madness

leeroy711 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:47:59 GMT

This one's pretty self-explainitory. What is some of your favorite movie monsters and what are some of your favorite monster moments.

Are you all about the old-school Godzilla style. I have a copy of The Giant Gila Monster that I found at the 99 cents only store and I watch it with my kids all the time. It's hilarious.

How about the newer stuff? The Host is a newer movie from South Korea with a pretty good monster. Cloverfield sucked but the monster looked pretty cool.

And what about art-house monsters. The French made an "Avant-Garde" zombie movie called They Came Back.(bunch of pretentious, stuck up, walking dead.) And Hal Hartley directed No Such Thing, about an depressed Icelandic monster.

I'd really like to hear about your favorite monsters. Who scarred you? Who sucked? Dr. Gor........... I'm talking to you.