Monster of the Day #1930

Monster of the Day #1930

Ah, killer plants. Now that I think about it, when did movies stop featuring random killer plants. Cinema sucks now. (Except for The Avenger and John Wick and Godzilla.)
Monster of the Day #1929

Monster of the Day #1929

I woke up and realized I had nothing planned, so...pulp covers! Can't go wrong with pulp covers. Man, the number of times I saw that look on women's faces.
Monster of the Day #1929

Monster of the Day #1929

I won't make this purely about anime, an obsession I'm trying not to inflict on people (except in one woeful case where, like a vampire, I was invited in). However, I can see some of you guys liking the currently running show Dororo. It's basically a dark fantasy with samurai-esque swordplay and demons. The…
Monster of the Day #1928

Monster of the Day #1928

So on Sunday we watched a lot of misc stuff, including (apparently we hadn't had enough Dolph Lundgren sci-fi on Saturday) Masters of the Universe. There are several monster guys, but towering about them is Frank Langella as Skeletor. His acting here is my go to example of a performance that transcends to an…
Monster of the Day #1927

Monster of the Day #1927

We always end the spring fest with a film made in Texas, and this Houston-filmed sci-fi action flick sure fit the bill. It's pretty fun, like a dumber The Hidden, although the core motive of the murderous alien is quite nifty.
Monster of the Day #1926

Monster of the Day #1926

The penultimate film at the Fest was the second Blind Dead movie. This four film series is interesting in that each film is discrete unto itself and rewrites the 'rules' of the Dead. So you never know where things are going to go from movie to movie. And the Blind Dead are a pretty…
Monster of the Day #1925

Monster of the Day #1925

After shorts and the quiz (a very good TV & movies spaceship test by Chad R., the first one I ever won, albeit by only one point) and dinner, we returned and started up Lake of Dracula. This was the first of three Toho vampire movies clearly inspired by Hammer's films. Although rare, all…
Monster of the Day #1924

Monster of the Day #1924

The third slot was given to GalaxyJane in honor of her birthday, and she choose Abby. For some reason (maybe made by a small film company that would out of business and the master print was destroyed?), there's no decent print of the movie, which seems weird for something made in 1974. This was…