Monster of the Day #3708
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Monster of the Day #3708

Screen legend George Barrows along with some faceless extra. Last Friday's Watch Party subject was 1954's Gorilla at Large, a pleasing piece of hokum filmed in vibrant color and 3-D. (See the gorilla swing toward the camera!) It's a murder mystery set in a (real life) little amusement park with, of course, a gorilla…
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Monster of the Day #3707
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Monster of the Day #3707

A little "reel" terror to start the weekend. HAPPY FRIDAY, everyone! Watch something stupid this weekend. To make it easy, watch something stupid with us tonight at our Discord Watch Party.
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Monster of the Day #3706
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Monster of the Day #3706

The scariest thing? The skeleton has a nose. That's the book's host looking through the window. Apparently he likes to watch.
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Not Monster of the Day #23
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Not Monster of the Day #23

Time for a classic. I provided The Enemy Below, a nifty WWII naval film about a cat and mouse battle between an American destroyer and a German U-Boat. The cast is great, with Robert Mitchum as the American captain and Curt Jurgens as his German counterpart. Both are very savvy fighters and the film…
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Monster of the Day #3703
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Monster of the Day #3703

Friday's Watch Party selection was Star Pilot, aka 2 + 5: Mission Hydra. It's delirious '60s Italian sci-fi nonsense, and I've been keeping it in my back pocket for a while. Warning: It may show up at a future T-Fest as well. Other than the usual inexplicable inability to find any attractive actresses in…
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Monster of the Day #3702
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Monster of the Day #3702

Look, obscurities like Cyborg Cop II are fine. It's fun to find new (to us) weird, often foreign, movies to share. But sometimes, you should remember to dance with the girl that brought you. I can't remember if it was because some of the kids were in attendance, but we decided to watch Ebirah…
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Monster of the Day #3701
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Monster of the Day #3701

There comes a point in these long weekend, probably 20 movies in, when memories really start getting fuzzy. I kind of remember Cyborg Cop II, but it's not like the it has the sort of tight narrative that etches itself into your mind. It's no classic, that's for sure. But it's that sort of…
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Not Monster of the Day #21
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Not Monster of the Day #21

Our last full day at T-Fest was Monday. Chad R and I have gotten interested in the work of Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession; All That Heaven Allows). Last time Chad brought some pre-Soap entries--a murder story in a monastery, a movie with Jack Palance playing Genghis Khan (!). For my part, I had obtained…
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