Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension

Hmm, this series' monsters were far goofier than I remember, although they seem to have gone for sadly elliptical shots of them.

Grimace, no!

So I started watching Stranger Things, the new horror series on Netflix. It's both set in the '80s and shot like an '80s horror movie. The main characters are a group of junior high aged boys, the expertly imitation John Carpenter theme music, etc. It's pretty good and I look forward to catching the…

This is the figure I came closest to buying (with the Horror of Party Beach monster a close second). It was in pre-production and that would have been the time to get it. Now it's an expensive secondary market buy. Oh, well, I'll have to be happy with my life-sized rubber Fiend Without a…

This issue was raised yesterday, but this is a clearer example. I love the puckish sense of humor of Amok Time's B-Movie figures, as indicted by the gap revealing the ankle of the "actor" playing the monster here. That's just fabulous.

I wonder if they spent more on this sculpt than Robert Clarke did on the original suit.

I know you have a civil tongue in your head, I sculpted it there myself!

Toys have gotten significantly better since I was a kid. Amok Time does a nice line of 12 inch B-movie monsters, although they are a bit pricey. I don't own any of them, sadly, although I do have Sputnik Supplies It Conquered the World figure sitting around in an unopened box somewhere. Anyway, things…

Pick your poison, folks. Last night, due to G-Fest being in town, I was able to see The Green Slime in a big old theater. I don't want to oversell it, but it's pretty much the greatest movie in cinema history.

"Quick, Henry, the Flit!"* [*C'mon, I haven't used that one in like a year now.]