Monster of the Day #3025

Updated on May 6, 2020 By Ken Begg 16 Comments

I looked for a picture of Maximilian from The Black Hole (which I must admit I’ve never seen), but I couldn’t find a menacing one. I think it might be available on Disney Plus.

Anyway, in lieu of that, here’s the monster from the obscure monster slasher flick The Slayer from 1982. Available for free viewing on YouTube.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    Huh, never heard of this one. As far as The Black Hole, if you ever do watch it, be forewarned: the “good” robots are incredibly painful.

  • Gamera977

    I think I described ‘The Black Hole’ here before as 50% ‘OMG, that’s awesome!’ and 50% ‘WTH were they thinking!?!?’ And Roddy McDowell as the voice of V.I.N.CENT was pretty cool but as much as I like Slim Pickens as B.O.B. he was pretty painful.

    Will have to check out ‘The Slayer’.

  • It’s not that great and commits a cardinal sin in the last third that hurts the rest of the movie. However it’s a better use of your time than seeing, say, Zombie Lake or Oasis of the Zombies.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    That’s a lot like saying barking your shin is better than losing a foot. I can’t imagine the sign-up sheets are very extensive for either.

  • True. .

  • Gamera977

    Actually that’s how I’m going to look if they don’t open the barber shop and the dentist soon…

  • Rock Baker

    From an article I wrote about THE BLACK HOLE: ” Combining good old-fashioned adventure with technological intrigue and
    the the lure of a mysterious force which could either spell death or
    untold knowledge, THE BLACK HOLE manages to capture the classic Disney
    spirit better than audiences at the time accepted. Walt Disney was
    instrumental in the advancement of technological ideas during the 50’s
    and 60’s, the man possessing a youthful thirst for knowledge and desire
    to see new ideas applied to the betterment of all lives. That aspect of
    Walt’s legacy is fully on display, though perhaps filtered a bit darkly
    through the cold scientific lens of Dr. Reinhardt. One can certainly see
    Walt’s positive ideals in technology expressed through the friendly and
    loyal V.I.N.C.E.N.T. and B.O.B. units, given a whimsically cartoon-like
    appearance presumably intended to endear them to spaceship crews meant
    to spend long periods of time with them during extended space missions.”

  • Beckoning Chasm

    My YouTube feed just recommended a channel, “New Castle After Dark” that also seems to present full movies. Their offerings are a lot more recent. I don’t know if they goof on them or present them straight.

  • Rock Baker

    I saw this recently. I can’t say I was all that impressed. I was astounded by how much work into this particular monster considering two things. One, It’s so barely seen. Two, it was an actor in copious amounts of makeup which took a long time to apply -but the way it looks it could just as easily have been done with a puppet.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Cut your own hair; heck, I’ve known people who tried to remove their own teeth when they had a toothache. Of course it ended up with them needing surgery to repair the damage they inflicted on their jaws while drunk but hey, they tried.

  • bgbear_rnh

    The late Robert Forster was a good as usual.

  • Ken_Begg

    Wow, high praise indeed.

  • The Rev.

    Yeah, I kind of wish it’d gotten a better movie. I suppose the movie fair to middlin’ on the slasher scale, but overall, yeah, not great.

  • The Rev.

    What are you talking about, Zombie Lake is well worth anyone’s time!

  • Ericb

    The Jabootu recap is wonderful, the actual film on the other hand …

  • I did say “better use.” ;-)

    I’d make remarks about liking Zombie Lake, but truth to tell I did find enjoyment with Oasis of the Zombies (don’t watch it) so I have no room to talk. And I have seen worse than both flicks. It’s just that in the grand scheme of things, despite its problems, you’re time is better spent with The Slayer.

    Probably. Depends how you feel about that little sin it commits.