Monster of the Day #4000
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Monster of the Day #4000

I tend to forget how many random '80s movies had monsters, including a lot of stop animated beasts. 1984's Dreamscape stars Dennis Quaid as a guy who can enter the troubled dreams of others, including those of the President of the United States (Eddie Albert!!!). The big bad in the movie is the Snake…
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Monster of the Day #3999
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Monster of the Day #3999

I *think* I saw this like 40 years ago, probably on VHS from a rental store. I think Anyway, before I left for the airport to return home they tossed on this classic anime film, Vampire Hunter D. It should be noted that when Japan incorporated vampires into their media, they made them very…
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Monster of the Day #3998
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Monster of the Day #3998

T(ween)-Fest 2026 was nearly over; most everyone was heading home the next day, including the Petersens who now live in Provo. We ended Monday with a classic, 1985's Mr. Vampire. As usual, it's an entirely neat and
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Monster of the Day #3997
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Monster of the Day #3997

As Monday continued, Tween-Fest 2026 was winding up. We all know the '70s were rife with TV movies / pilots for occult or macabre detective shows. This year we watched Spectre, which starred Robert Culp. I hadn't actually seen this before, and it was pretty great.
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Monster of the Day #3996
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Monster of the Day #3996

Friday's Discord Watch Party subject was Killdozer, adapted from the Theodore Sturgeon story. Several grumbled about how boring it was, but once we get about half an hour in there's a fair amount of vehicular mayhem and a very solid veteran cast and a lean 75 minute running time. The print we watched off…
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Monster of the Day #3995
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Monster of the Day #3995

Ugh, Never write these in a hurry right before leaving for work. Fight for Survival, mentioned in the last MotD, did kick up Sunday, But then I skipped columns and went right to Monday, including our last MotD feature Bloodbath at the House of Death. Anyway, after Fight for Survival was the German 1943…
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Monster of the Day #3994
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Monster of the Day #3994

Sunday was quite a smorgasbord. We started with Chinese martial arts film Fight for Survival (1977), moved on to the extremely meta Thai western / tragic romance film Tears of the Black Tiger (2000), and then I showed a weirdly obscure comic horror movie Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984), It's hit and…
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Monster of the Day #3993
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Monster of the Day #3993

The last movie (we were running too late to watch the Texas movie Logan's Run) was Extra Terrestrial Visitors, which is basically the MST3K subject Pod People without the commentary. In case you ever wondered, yeah, it's that dumb even when Joel and the Bots aren't mocking it. Not everyone had seen it, though,…
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