Monster of the Day #3335

Monster of the Day #3335

By the '50s gorillas-as-monsters were in decline. Luckily, there was just enough time for Ed Wood Jr to write a script for one, Bride of the Beast. And why yes, that is an angora sweater. On Amazon Prime.
Monster of the Day #3334

Monster of the Day #3334

  Aside from the pretty good Dan Curtis / Jack Palance Dracula telemovie, there was the 1977 BBC production, Count Dracula, starring Louis Jourdan. It's comparatively faithful to the novel, but obviously short on special effects, and has a stately pace, as it last two and a half hours. Jourdan might be a bit…
Monster of the Day #3333

Monster of the Day #3333

I guess we could 'honor' Peter Bogdanovich by showing Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women next week. It is another Jabootu subject. I remember it was kind of a slog--although it was part of a three movie review--but there are dinosaurs and a great robot. Maybe some other time.You should all just…
Monster of the Day #3332

Monster of the Day #3332

I wouldn't show Beastmaster for a Watch Party because a) it's a bit too good (or rather, cheesy but not QUITE cheesy enough), and more important b) it's too long, running about two hours. Still, it's a quintessential piece of '80s fantasy action. Available for your viewing pleasure on Amazon Prime right now.  
Monster of the Day #3331

Monster of the Day #3331

Speaking of Amazon Prime (from Monday), I was worried for a while because they seemed to be dumping all their old schlock just when we started doing Watch Parties, leaving me to fear we would literally run out of good subjects. However, they're been restocking. Indeed, they have several Jabootu subjects on Prime right…
Monster of the Day #3330

Monster of the Day #3330

At the opposite end of the spectrum from yesterday's (presumably) low-budget practical effect driven monster movie, there was lots of theoretically cool cameos--he fights the Iron Giant!--in (which I completely forget) Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One. By the way, and this is no insult, but it's probably time for Spielberg to admit he doesn't…
Monster of the Day #3329

Monster of the Day #3329

I probably did this one recently, but I can't remember if I featured it as MotD of if it was just mentioned in notes. Anyway, no harm done if it's a recent repeat. It's on Amazon Prime for those who want to take a look. And in case it's a repeat here's a really…

New Jaws discussion video on Sandy of Cthulhu…

There's a follow-up video to the previous Sandy of Cthulhu one where he and I yakked about movies. This one is mostly about the Jaws franchise. Chad R has a mystery cameo! Here me (surprise) get names and other details wrong. Hey, what I can I saw, the thing wasn't scripted. Anyway, give it…

Post Watch-Party and next one….

Great time last night, thanks to everyone who attended. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. The movie was Forbidden Dance. What we learned. Laura Harring is really pretty. Sid Haig is absolutely terrific in that movie, playing a rare good guy. He's easily the best thing in it. Richard…

Watch Party Tonight 9:00 EST

We've had a pretty good time with these so far, and I want to thank everyone who makes time to join us. If you haven't attended one before, have an Amazon Prime, and would like to attend, just send me your Prime-related email address to ken@jabootu.com. See you tonight!