Year: 2022

It's a little unfair to compare with a B cheapie like The Gorilla, but if you want a MUCH better Old Dark House comedy I'd suggest Bob Hope's Ghost Breakers or his Cat and the Canary remake.

So I started watching The Gorilla (1939) on Amazon Prime. It was indeed completely a knock-off of Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Bat, and Cat and the Canary, and just like Shh! The Octopus, and so on. A pretty standard Old Dark House movie with a killer in an animal suit who sends his victims…

I'm sure we could field half a dozen nominees just among ourselves. However, when I think of the most boring '50s or '50s-esque sci-fi film, the title that looms above the others is Woman Eater. What a snoozefest! Predictably, they ramped up the ballyhoo for this dull entry by putting out a poster that…

And there are movies that just OWN IT.

So while the Shrew and Gila Monster posters were clearly artistic choices--if odd ones--here the odd framing of the art really call attention to itself. It's mystifying, in fact. Unless you've seen the movie, and then you *completely* get it. Again, a great double bill with this is Kronos. It's really not that much…

I was ruminating yesterday on why the painted poster art for The Killer Shrews didn't exploit the actually kind of cool look (especially if artistically reinterpreted) of the shrews. I guess it makes more sense if you look at the poster art for the film made by the same producers to act as Shrew's…

Last Friday's Watch Party subject was The Killer Shrews, and needless to say it provided a very good time. I find the poster a little weird. Giant Claw, there's a movie where you understand why they kept the monster's face off the poster. Meanwhile, although the barely disguised nature of the shrews as dogs…

Man, Vincent Price was creepy as heck as Michael Jackson. Might as well stick with this week's theme. Can't believe Halloween is only two months and change from now. Anyway, Happy Friday, everyone. Watch something stupid. In fact, watch something stupid with us tonight at our Watch Party.

Another cultural artifact that will pass with our generation is the work of Basil Gogos. Man, that's such great stuff. If you're looking for somewhat to put on your Christmas wish list, a books of Gogos art work would certainly not go amiss. I wonder if we'll live long enough for monsters to come…