Posts Tagged: Monster of the Day

Aside from the pretty good Dan Curtis / Jack Palance Dracula telemovie, there was the 1977 BBC production, Count Dracula, starring Louis Jourdan. It’s comparatively faithful to the novel, but obviously short… Read Article →

I wouldn’t show Beastmaster for a Watch Party because a) it’s a bit too good (or rather, cheesy but not QUITE cheesy enough), and more important b) it’s too long, running about… Read Article →

Speaking of Amazon Prime (from Monday), I was worried for a while because they seemed to be dumping all their old schlock just when we started doing Watch Parties, leaving me to… Read Article →

At the opposite end of the spectrum from yesterday’s (presumably) low-budget practical effect driven monster movie, there was lots of theoretically cool cameos–he fights the Iron Giant!–in (which I completely forget) Steven… Read Article →

I probably did this one recently, but I can’t remember if I featured it as MotD of if it was just mentioned in notes. Anyway, no harm done if it’s a recent… Read Article →

Count Yorga and Blacula, while successfully bringing to (then) modern times a very traditional image of the undead, were kind of the last sputter of the Lugosi-esque Dracula type. After this caped… Read Article →

While Dracula was being made safe for kiddies–this is pretty natural, good at Godzilla’s trajectory in Japan–others tried to update the concept to make it relevant for the modern, groovy age. Oddly,… Read Article →

With vampires featured on Sesame Street, they had officially been established as kid-friendly. Saturday morning cartoon/kid shows were replete with Draculas, on shows like Drac Pack, Monster Squad and Groovie Goolies. So… Read Article →

Lugosi’s Dracula was so iconic–despite appearing on screen only twice–that until recently every other screen interpretation was set against his. Only Christopher Lee came close to stealing his crown. By the ’70s,… Read Article →

Surely the first really great, utterly iconic film monster was Lugosi’s Dracula. So to kick off the year, let’s take a week to review alternate takes on the Bela’s Count. The first… Read Article →