Video Cheese: Curse of the Undead (1959)
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Video Cheese: Curse of the Undead (1959)

Curse of the Undead falls squarely into that familiar ‘things you want to like more than you do’ territory. It’s not bad, but it’s certainly not great either. As a very early example of a weird western, you want to enjoy it just for the novelty of the thing. Not to mention it’s a…
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Monster of the Day #3228
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Monster of the Day #3228

Oops, I have to either put more thought into this the night before, or get up earlier. Anyway, no plans, so back to Super Inframan. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Monster of the Day #3227
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Monster of the Day #3227

One thing I forgot about the recent T-Fest is that we watched one major ships vs giant monster scene from Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Serpent. Said serpent, as seen here, was based on a manta ray. Thus it joins that one really fun episode of Ultra Q, 1935's Devil Monster, and…
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Monster of the Day #3226
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Monster of the Day #3226

I didn't have anything queued up for today, but hey, you can't go wrong with one of the many, many wonderful monsters from Super Inframan. I'm always going to love the crab guy the best, though.
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Video Cheese: Innocent Bystanders (1972)
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Video Cheese: Innocent Bystanders (1972)

I found a site called Hamilton Book, which apparently is an aftermarket book and blu ray/DVD retailer. They had a number of blu rays on sale pretty cheap, and some where cheap enough—like $5 a throw—that I took a flyer on some of them. This is one of those. It’s an Olive Blu Ray,…
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Monster of the Day #3225
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Monster of the Day #3225

  Who has two thumbs and owns a Barbie figure? This guy! Hmm, that joke might not work at well in text. This would actually be a more fitting image for a Monday, but hey, let's go with it. I don't know how I saw this in the store (or Amazon?), but I bought…
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Monster of the Day #3224

Well, Tuesday was the day I left Dallas. We got in a showing of Mako Jaws of Death off the recent William Grefe box set He Came from the Swamp. I'd never seen it, so it was good to check it off. Basically it was Willard Meets Jaws, with a typically intense lead performance…
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Monster of the Day #3223
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Monster of the Day #3223

OK, Monday, still some folks left, so viewings continued. We started with Panic Beats, a Paul Naschy film that was sort of a mix (I mean, Naschy films being highly derivative is not exactly new) of Twitch of the Death Nerve and particularly Diabolique. Fun, but I'll be frank and admit several weeks later…
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Monster of the Day #3222
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Monster of the Day #3222

As Sunday continued, we watched two horror movies that only faintly offered monsters. The Black Pit of Dr M is probably the best and most atmospheric of the Mexican horror films. It's crazy, of course, but man, it's gorgeous. Then we watched an episode of the original The Tomorrow People, and if you think…
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Monster of the Day #3221
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Monster of the Day #3221

Following the Fest was Sunday for all the people who can hang around. Sandy re-showed the Man From UNCLE episode that coincidentally guest starred both of the pre-Star Trek William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, not to mention also Werner Klemperer. It's pretty great. Next we watched the obscure oddity Sound of Horror, known primarily…
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