Monster of the Day #1980

Updated on August 9, 2019 By Ken Begg 35 Comments

What the what? This is a repurposed poster, right? Has to be.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    Yeah, basically none of those things happened. Oops, uh, spoiler alert.

  • Gamera977

    Ah, it was ‘Pumpkinhead II’ with Andrew ‘Garak’ Robinson…

  • KeithB

    “Ston” Winston? Did someone get the name over the phone?

  • Eric Hinkle

    This poster is a highly original take on the movie’s events.

  • Mike Weller

    “Where’s the stupid poster already?”
    “I’m…done with it. ‘ver there, man…”
    “You drunk again?”
    “Yeah…’n yer point?”

  • Wade Harrell

    Google Image search says it’s from a 1986 movie called “Breeders”. Never seen it, but from what I read this is at least a reasonable representation of the film itself.

  • zombiewhacker

    So they got Henriksen’s name right but misspelled Stan? Talk about robbing the hitter of a home run, then dropping a routine pop fly.

  • kgb_san_diego

    I think I saw that thing. Not as exciting as the promised nudity would make you think. About the only impression I had was that someone had studied the oeuvre of Doris Wishman, i.e. so many shots of feet and legs.

  • The Rev.

    I’ve never seen the original. I have seen the remake with Bridget and Mary Jo from Rifftrax doing commentary on it.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    Interesting that Tom Woodruff, the makeup artist who played Pumpkinhead, got second billing.

  • Wade Harrell

    Wow, that doesn’t seem like the kind of movie that gets a remake! However, I do think I’ve seen that Rifftrax, was it also known as “Deadly Instincts”? Incidentally, both “Breeders” and “Deadly Instinct” (the non-rifftrax version) are currently available on Amazon Prime.

  • Eric Hinkle

    This will probably be the weirdest question ever asked here, but: say you have the opportunity to show the ten best horror films of all time to some people who have literally NO knowledge of film. They might be space aliens, they might be cave men, whatever, but they know 100% nothing about movies. They don’t know the big twist about PSYCHO, anything like that. They are literally a virgin field when it comes to viewing and appreciating film.

    What ten movies would you show them? I was figuring that one film would have to be Murnau’s NOSFERATU. THE HAUNTING would be on the list, as well as the original HALLOWEEN. But what else?

    Any help will be appreciated.

  • kgb_san_diego

    You made a pretty good start there. Interesting question, as you would want to cover a lot of ground and different sub-genres. I would probably argue for the inclusion of “Alien”. Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Any of the old Universal films?

  • Gamera977

    You call that a weird question on this site!?!? LOL!!!

    In any case nice selection there, the original ‘The Haunting’ is on my personal short list of scariest movies of all time. And ‘Alien’ and the original ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ are great picks too.

    I’d go with the 1980 John Carpenter version of ‘The Thing’. It’s one movie that always scares the hell outta me. Love the paranoid atmosphere and the practical FX still work in my opinion. The original Howard Hawks film isn’t half bad either.

    And ‘The Howling’ – IMHO still the best werewolf out there.

    The original ‘Cat People’ -more paranoia.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I have to second most of those films, especially the original ‘Cat People’.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Thing is, I can’t say anything about ‘Alien’ as I’ve never actually seen it.

    I don’t think I’d be able to pick just one Universal horror movie. They might have to be their own subset.

    ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ would work very well, I think. At least the original would.

  • The Rev.

    Yes, Deadly Instincts is the one I meant; it also goes by Breeders, and considering what I know of the plot of the original, it pretty much has to be a remake. If the original’s on Prime I might make a point of seeing it, not that I’m expecting much.

  • Were I to advise a 10 film overview of the genre based up the films I’ve seem, I’d recommend these films:

    -Frankenstein (Boris Karloff)
    -Horror of Dracula
    -Psycho (Anthony Perkins, and let me say how much I enjoy specifying this one)
    -Jaws
    -Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Maybe I should say no remakes unless specifically stated?)
    -Deep Red
    -Dawn of the Dead (Though Night might be a better choice)
    -The Thing (Kurt Russell. The original’s perfect, but it’s more Sci Fi for my money.)
    -Friday the 13th (Jason free)
    -American Werewolf in London.

    With this list I tried not to repeat directors, which is why no Halloween (or Susperia for that matter) and only one Hammer. Each one of these, though, has had some huge impact on the genre. Deep Red, for instance, had an influence of Halloween. Friday the 13th, for good or ill, codified slasher movies to what we see today.

    This isn’t a perfect list. There’s no Wes Craven up there, and Craven has more than one movie out there that influenced things. Mario Bava probably should be there, too, and my God where’s Roger Corman?

    Also, the Lon Chaney Wolf Man probably has more of a right to be up there over American Werewolf in London, if only for giving us silver bullets.

    However, I think these films represent some of the best the genre has to offer.

  • Gamera977

    Cullen’s list is a better one than mine, he actually applied more thought here- I was just tossing out my favorite horror movies with some regard to not repeating genres.

    I might toss in there ‘evil cult’ as a genre too- personally I’d go with ‘The Wicker Man’ or ‘The Devil Rides Out’ as an example. Though I guess ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ sorta fits that genre too.

    ‘Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon’ as the demonic genre.

    PS: Really like ‘Jaws’ on the list, I debated including it as a horror picture though I guess it is. It is the king of the ‘killer animal’ genre in any case.

  • Gamera977

    Ya know I really want to shoehorn ‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’ in there somewhere as the ‘black comedy’ genre. Not sure it would be considered as having an impact on the horror field or not.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I would definitely put in “The Return of the Living Dead.” Maybe “Reanimator.” And one of Stuart Gordon’s later films, “Dagon,” is pretty darn nifty.

  • CFKane

    Thanks for adding this. Val Lewton needs to be represented on that list.

    For the rest…how about “The Exorcist?”

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I actually had the Deadly Instincts version of Breeders on DVD.While not a masterpiece and definitely made for pocket change, it wasn’t that bad.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I can go with most of those, but I’d probably drop zombie movies for the purely personal reason I just don’t like them. Still, ‘Night’ was a major influence on horror cinema.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Phibes is great, but if I wanted to show someone a great Price horror film I’d either go with ‘House on Haunted Hill’ or ‘House of Wax’.

  • Eric Hinkle

    On one hand Dagon is probably the best adaptation of HPL the big screen has ever seen. On the other the gore in it is a bit much for me. But it is a great movie.

  • With some sleep and further thought, I’d still stand with most of this list. It hits the titles that changed the genre, it gives you a sample of some of the best talent involved, It gives you excellent movies, and it gives you Friday the 13th, who’s influence always surprises me as it’s such a middle of the road movie. It does what it set out to do, i’ll give you that. Too bad it set its bar so low.

    I like the movie and the first sequel. I just have no illusions of their quality.

    Now I said most because on reflection I think I might drop Frankenstein and put Son of Frankenstein in its place. While Boris’s portrayal of the Frankenstein Monster in Son doesn’t touch the original, Son does have the benefit of creating Ygor, a character commonly associated with the story. It also gives a good performance by Bela Lugosi (who needed to be on the list somewhere), Basil Rathbone, and Lionel Atwill. That it’s a perfectly fine little flick on its own also help.

    Oh, on Evil Cult flicks: While The Wicker Man alone is an excellent, excellent film, I’d not use it, mainly because I’ve already got a Christopher Lee movie with Horror of Dracula. While arguably not as good a role, he had more of a influence on Horror with his performance in… uh… Horror.

    Instead, I’d put in Masque of the Red Death. That way I’d get Roger Corman (who needs to be there), Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe flicks and, most importantly of all Vincent Price. I mean, that list sorely, sorely needs Price.

    But, Price or no Price, Corman or no Corman, I’ll stand by that list.

  • Dagon’s probably the best Lovecraft adaptation out there.

  • The Rev.

    I need to see The Resurrected again; that’s been what I consider the best Lovecraft adaptation for the longest time, but I should see if it holds up to Dagon.

  • Gamera977

    Good choices! I like ‘Masque of the Red Death’. I was thinking one of Corman’s Poe films should be on the list but I wasn’t sure which one. I can’t argue with your reason.

  • Gamera977

    Personally. I like ‘White Zombie’, ‘I Walked With a Zombie’, and ‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’ much more than ‘Night of the Living Dead’. But as said ‘NotLD’ did have a major influence over the horror genre as opposed to the others.

  • Gamera977

    I like ‘The Exorcist’ but I still haven’t seen it. Guess I’m a little afraid to. And I only listed movies I’ve actually seen.

  • Gamera977

    I watched ‘Breeders’ last night. Seemed like mostly an excuse to get a bunch of women nekked. Guess I was a bit underwealmed.

  • Eric Hinkle

    ‘Masque’ is great, and I admit to preferring ‘Son of Frankenstein’ over the original. And it’s still a great list.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Same here! Those three are magnificent films.

    Heck I’d take that one Hammer film, ‘Village of the Zombies’, over ‘Night’.