Monster of the Day #3357
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Monster of the Day #3357

For whatever reason (hopefully Tom Weaver or somebody had done a really good in-depth interview with Mr. Gordon), Bert I Gordon took a year or two off after releasing King Dinosaur. Maybe he just learned a bunch of lessons, as I don’t think he ever made anything quite that silly again. Which, admittedly, left…
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Monster of the Day #3356
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Monster of the Day #3356

Bert I Gordon (aka Mr. BIG) worked the giant monster genre like few others. Although some of his films have their good qualities, the fact is that many of them are poorly written and with substandard special effects. That said, and this must always be acknowledged, making films, especially back in the day and…
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Watch Party this Friday…

Guess it's that time. I promise I won't show another soap opera this week. (Although man, I really like that kind of thing.) 9:00 EST--or whatever it is now that the moronic daylight savings time has started. Anyway, hope to see you.
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Monster of the Day #3355
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Monster of the Day #3355

During the week I was laid low with bronchitis (I'll still have it for a while, but my energy levels are improving), two of the very last stalwarts of '50s monster movie cinema, Ricou Browning and Bert I. Gordon, passed away. Truly a bitter week for fans. Ricou Browning was one of two men--Ben…
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I am alive…sort of…

So I got bronchitis again, after six years without. Oh, well. I've had to go back to work anyway because I took so many days off for B-Fest and then for Basement Fest, and then two sick days, so I'll way behind on my work. I apologize but I'm feeling highly enervated (and often…
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Monster of the Day #3354
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Monster of the Day #3354

As B-Fest 2023 entered the home stretch, monsters became sparse on the ground. Again, if I had one very minor issue with the line-up, its that they bunched types of movies together rather than splitting them up. So we got the kiddie adventure movie Space Camp, the Walter Hill musical action flick Streets of…
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Monster of the Day #3353
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Monster of the Day #3353

After Boy that Cried Werewolf was American Ninja. Not as good as American Ninja II (that's the one with the clone ninja army, right?), but hey, Cannon ninja movie. Can't go wrong there. Then it was a typically incoherent (in the best possible way) Asian sword / magic / everything movie Thrilling Bloody Sword.…
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Monster of the Day #3352
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Monster of the Day #3352

Whew. OK, after a day off in seclusion, I'm (mostly) recovered from the rigors of hanging out with my favorite people two weekends in a row. Still, I expect to be a big foggy at work today, and I have old friends over for a movie tomorrow night, and then the Watch Party on…
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Monster of the Day #3351
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Monster of the Day #3351

Revenge of the Nerds. I had sponsored X the Unknown for B-Fest. You submit five titles, and they get the first one that's available. As a bonus to me, someone else sponsored one of my other picks. Who doesn't love Fiend Without a Face? Great movie with one of the absolute best payoffs of…
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