Monster of the Day #553

Monster of the Day #553

These were the same guys who filmed Phoebe Cates coming out of the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As you can see, they never really recovered.

Gmail weirdness…

I have received NO Messages, including spams (!!), all weekend. I can send notes out, but am not getting any. Of course, Google makes it impossible to contact them. Thanks, Google! So I can send out, but get nothing in. If anyone has any suggestions, please. Remember, however, that I was completely inept at…
Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: The Thirsty Dead (1975)

Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: The Thirsty Dead (1975)

"What would you do if, to live forever, you had to drain others of their lives?" Actually, a better title for this Filipino adventure movie would have been 'The Deadly Thirst.' Some might recall a 1960 Universal International effort called The Leech Woman, about a woman who discovers a means of restoring beauty and…
Monster of the Day #550

Monster of the Day #550

"In the aberrant activities system, the clone race collective is represented by two separate but equally important groups, the Karlacs who investigate aberrations, and the Mortags who execute the offenders. These are their stories."
Cruel Jaws (1995)

Cruel Jaws (1995)

Say what you will, but that title will prove all too accurate. (The film was also known as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws. I'm not sure if Spielberg ever gave his permission for that, though.) Amongst the many services my good friend Sandy Petersen has afforded me over the years, one of the more dubious…