Monster of the Day #490
Truly a pioneer of cinema, Méliès was one of the first to exploit the eerie uncanniness of skeletons. And jazz hands. Dance ten, looks three.
Monster of the Day #489
Pee Wee’s Playhouse, circa
Tuesdays With Lorre: Background to Danger (1943)
This was easily the most satisfying film I’ve watched so far in my Unseen Lorre Fest. Passage to Marseille was probably a better film (and certainly portions of it were markedly superior)…. Read Article →
Monster of the Day #488
Take that, Teletubbies!
Monster of the Day #487
Our week of monsters banding together to fight evil concludes with two similar TV examples. Just as Land of the Lost and Valley of the Dinosaurs were basically cartoon / live action… Read Article →
TCM DVD request…
Sorry to keep bugging you fine folks, but TCM will be showing Mask of Dimitrios on June 12th at 1:30 AM (any recorder would want to check the local time for their… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #486
So the Legion of Monsters lay dormant after their one appearance in the ’70s (as seen yesterday), but were apparently revived recently. Man-Thing and Ghost Rider were not to be found, but… Read Article →
Monster of the Day #485
In the ’70s, the voluntary Comics Code weakened, and supernatural characters came roaring back. Marvel here attempted to make a super-team of some of their monster characters, which obviously failed, since they… Read Article →
Steel Justice (1992)
Pretty much from the beginning of this site, and thus way back in the days of the VHS tape, I maintained that the last, great untapped source of Jabootu fare was the… Read Article →
UPDATE: Monster of the Day #484
I hope no one finds this too facetious, but in honor of Memorial Day yesterday, let’s remember that even monsters hated the Nazis. UPDATE: BC queried in the comment below, “I can’t… Read Article →
