Monster of the Day #3144

Monster of the Day #3144

Yay, Friday! Although Amazon (stupid efficient Amazon) nixed my schedule today by sending me a note saying they were delivering a shelving unit I had ordered yesterday today instead of tomorrow. Oh, well. Luckily it's my half day, since I don't like to leave boxes on my porch where it might go walkies or…
Monster of the Day #3143

Monster of the Day #3143

Shadowzone. Never heard of it. 1990 was perhaps past the days when I was going to the video rental store every week. Still, if it's Full Moon Entertainment it probably has a monster or two in it...and apparently it did. Nice suit!
Monster of the Day #3142

Monster of the Day #3142

Charles Band was not only the Roger Corman of the '80s, but the mirror image of Bert I Gordon as well. Whereas Mr. BIG was known for featuring giants and giant monsters in most of his films, Band made a lot of hay out of miniature characters. Easily the most popular series Full Moon…
Monster of the Day #3141

Monster of the Day #3141

Might was well stick with Full Moon Entertainment for a while. I've argued before that Charles Band was the logical successor to Roger Corman, producing reliably fun, witty low-budget genre films in the '80s and '90s. Meridian was full Corman, a 'sexy' version of Beauty and the Beast that brings certain aspects of the…
Monster of the Day #3140

Monster of the Day #3140

Well, back to reality. Sigh. Although we do have Martin Luther King Jr Day coming up later this month. Until then, though, back to the *shudder* five day work weeks. I had never even heard of this film, Spellcaster, from 1988. However, I stumbled on the trailer on YouTube. It turns out (unsurprisingly) to…
Monster of the Day #3139

Monster of the Day #3139

  So way back in the day, ten or twenty (or more) years ago, Ertl put out this 1/18 scale model of The Car, as featured in the film of the same name. It's a flick I've always had a fondness for, having seen it during it's original theatrical run at the Pickwick Theatre…