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Cabin the Woods…

After sitting around for a few years, Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods is finally getting released today. One can only assume they are hoping to ride on the coattails of the upcoming Avengers movie, also made by Whedon and also starring Chris Hemsdale. (Cabin the Woods was actually made before Thor, I think.)…
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Monster of the Day #458
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Monster of the Day #458

Has there been a monster movie that's been a patch on this one in the last 22 years? I don't think so. The three sequels are all pretty entertaining as well, a rarity. Never saw the TV show.
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Monster of the Day #457
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Monster of the Day #457

Like Joan Rivers and Michael Jackson, that Horror of Party Beach guy just went to the plastic surgery well way too often.
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Post Weekend Open Thread (04/09/12)
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Post Weekend Open Thread (04/09/12)

Did stay up for the late night TCM showing in Friday, and scratched Gamma People off my list. Pretty mild sci-fi fare, and the lack of the monster is probably why this got so little play over the years. GP is about two Anglo types, a two-fisted American (upper middle aged, you don't see…
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UPDATED: Monster of the Day #454
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UPDATED: Monster of the Day #454

When Tequila goes horribly, horribly wrong. As for the below, I almost used it as a separate MotD, but couldn't bring myself to do it. It's not even another 'stage' of the monster, ala Alien, but rather just the fully revealed beastie. So I'll add it here.
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TCM Late Night…
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TCM Late Night…

TCM's Friday late night cult movie slot has some interesting stuff tonight. I've especially interested in The Gamma People (1:15 AM CST), as it's a comparatively rare '50s sci-fi flick I've never seen. Plot sounds similar to that of Bride of the Monster; mad scientist attempts to turn people into super-beings, although the process…
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Monster of the Day #453
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Monster of the Day #453

Interesting / insane story; this movie was made by South Korean director Shin Shek-ok, of whom Kim Jong-il (then son of the current ruler) so admired he had him kidnapped and brought to North Korea to make movies. The film, unsurprisingly, is a thinly veiled attack on capitalism. Of course, so is nearly everything…
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