Monster of the Day #3044
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Monster of the Day #3044

Historians have marked this as the first appearance of a Scottish Kaiju, as evidenced by his kilt and the fact that he's living in a cave, indicating he's cheap. (What? My ethnic joke book from 1972 says this is hilarious.) Have a great weekend, everyone.
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Monster of the Day #3043
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Monster of the Day #3043

Thursday! The weekend beckons. To me this looks like a dry run for the cocoon Adam Warlock (or 'Him,' originally) eventually came out of in Fantastic Four.
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Monster of the Day #3039
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Monster of the Day #3039

Here's a good one for the weekend. Alligator was written by John Sayles (hence the sly sense of humor and great characterization) and starred fan favorite Robert Forster. This is certainly one of the better Jaws knock-offs, probably rivaled only by Joe Dante's Piranha. Available for viewing on YouTube (although their new commercial break…
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Monster of the Day #3035
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Monster of the Day #3035

Let's give Roger Corman some love. I'm sure this monster was nightmare fuel to more than one kiddie viewer back in the day. Corman was a great environmentalist. He recycled an earlier film, Naked Paradise, here and added a monster. Then he remade that a few years later with Creature from the Haunted Sea.…
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Monster of the Day #3033
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Monster of the Day #3033

Not many films have a cheaper, mangier monster suit than The Snow Creature. It's so bad that they really keep it in shadows, as seen here. And this was directed by W. Lee Wilder, Billy Wilder's muuuuuuuuuuch less talented brother, who turned a proud spotlight on the aliens-with-ping-pong-ball eyes in Killers from Space. An…
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Monster of the Day #3027
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Monster of the Day #3027

The Cult Cinema Classics channel on YouTube has been on a vintage schlock run lately. In the last week they've post Fog Island (with George Zucco and Lionel Atwill), the previously mentioned They Saved Hilter's Brain, The Corpse Vanishes and Jabootu subject Invisible Ghost (probably the daffiest of the Lugosi poverty row pics), Bride…
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Spring T-Fest cancelled….

No big surprise here, although it's sad news (admittedly, in a small beer sort of way considering the larger picture) considering we haven't skipped a fest since we started doing this going on 20 years now. While sitting on my ass all day alone and watching anime is no hardship to me--indeed, it's largely…
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Off on vacation for a bit…

I'm heading down to Kentucky to visit with family, so everyone have a good week-ish. I'll be back on Thursday (although hopefully I'll be sleeping in that first morning.)
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Monster of the Day #1989
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Monster of the Day #1989

1989 was a pretty lame year for horror movies. Most of the horror flicks that came out were remakes. (Thank goodness those days are over!) There were a few decent little flicks (Shocker, Warlock), but of all the movies that came out that year, I would go with this one, which I personally consider…
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KyoAni burned down by arson, at least 23 people murdered…

Sorry to be a huge bummer. I just heard about this after waking up. Kyoto Animation, who has produced more anime masterpieces than anyone this side of Ghibli, has been burned down by some murderous asshole. The BBC reports at least 23 people are dead. There are some literally world-level talents working at KyoAni,…
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