Monster of the Day #913

Monster of the Day #913

Rather better than yesterday's snoozefest (admittedly the epitome of damning with faint praise) was this MTV (!) throwback that combined springbreak-style teen action with lovingly stop-animated monsters. It's kind of on the nose to have Adam West play a scientist named Ray Harryhausen, but it's that kind of movie. Still, if you ever wanted…
Monster of the Day #912

Monster of the Day #912

So the day before the Tri-Star Godzilla was released, Fox pulled a Corman and telecast Gargantua. It was a sad little wet fart of a movie, and basically Gorgo meets Free Willy, about dad Adam Baldwin reconnecting with his young son on a tropical island, as in a parallel plot (wow!), first big brother…
Monster of the Day #911

Monster of the Day #911

You wonder what Roland Emmerich thinks of the new Godzilla movie, which is basically already a hit. Emmerich's film made money, although given the HUGE advertising blitz Tri-Star put into it, not enough to inspire a sequel. This decision was probably made easier by the fact that pretty much nobody liked the movie. That…
Monster of the Day #910

Monster of the Day #910

Toho is notoriously stingy on giving up the rights to their properties. Hopefully they like the new movie enough to authorize / sell the rights to another of the classic monsters for the sequel. If nothing else, they would make a ton off the merchandise rights, so it's really in their interest.
Monster of the Day #905

Monster of the Day #905

I was going to (shock) stick with octopus comics, but man, then I looked at Sea Devils covers, and nearly every one has a cool monster on it. I say this all the time, but I could easily do a full month of Sea Devils covers. Turns out the one from yesterday was issue…