Monster of the Day #3145
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Monster of the Day #3145

Groan! Monday is upon once more. But hey, for many of us there's another three day weekend coming. (Followed by a short work week, the extra blessing of the Monday holiday.) First of all, if you want to see a great bad airplane crash--and I know you do--go to YouTube, check for Valley of…
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Monster of the Day #3144
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Monster of the Day #3144

Yay, Friday! Although Amazon (stupid efficient Amazon) nixed my schedule today by sending me a note saying they were delivering a shelving unit I had ordered yesterday today instead of tomorrow. Oh, well. Luckily it's my half day, since I don't like to leave boxes on my porch where it might go walkies or…
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Monster of the Day #3143
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Monster of the Day #3143

Shadowzone. Never heard of it. 1990 was perhaps past the days when I was going to the video rental store every week. Still, if it's Full Moon Entertainment it probably has a monster or two in it...and apparently it did. Nice suit!
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Monster of the Day #3142
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Monster of the Day #3142

Charles Band was not only the Roger Corman of the '80s, but the mirror image of Bert I Gordon as well. Whereas Mr. BIG was known for featuring giants and giant monsters in most of his films, Band made a lot of hay out of miniature characters. Easily the most popular series Full Moon…
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Monster of the Day #3141
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Monster of the Day #3141

Might was well stick with Full Moon Entertainment for a while. I've argued before that Charles Band was the logical successor to Roger Corman, producing reliably fun, witty low-budget genre films in the '80s and '90s. Meridian was full Corman, a 'sexy' version of Beauty and the Beast that brings certain aspects of the…
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Monster of the Day #3140
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Monster of the Day #3140

Well, back to reality. Sigh. Although we do have Martin Luther King Jr Day coming up later this month. Until then, though, back to the *shudder* five day work weeks. I had never even heard of this film, Spellcaster, from 1988. However, I stumbled on the trailer on YouTube. It turns out (unsurprisingly) to…
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Monster of the Day #3139
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Monster of the Day #3139

  So way back in the day, ten or twenty (or more) years ago, Ertl put out this 1/18 scale model of The Car, as featured in the film of the same name. It's a flick I've always had a fondness for, having seen it during it's original theatrical run at the Pickwick Theatre…
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Monster of the Day #3138
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Monster of the Day #3138

With a new year on the horizon, I thought I'd end 2020 on a whimsical note. The Andromeda Strain is a silly movie about, get this, some sort of virus that we're to believe would threaten the world somehow. I'd seen some goofy premises in movies before, but that might take the cake. Anyway,…
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Monster of the Day #3137
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Monster of the Day #3137

Dude, I wish that worked, but no, you need to shovel the stuff. Look, I live in Chicagoland. So yes, eventually we're going to get snow. But if we didn't get any for Christmas (gray Christmases suck), I don't know why we need any for New Year's. Of course, I'll be inside all weekend…
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