Monster of the Day

Saw Shin Godzilla on Saturday, and liked it quite a bit. Oddly, considering the main complaint of the latest American Godzilla was that the star didn't have enough screen time, this Godzilla might have had even less. Still, a very solid effort at a revisionist films all around.

I'm guessing some sort of Troma-like deal?

This is why flossing is so important.

Thus answering the eternal question, "What if ZZ Top were farmers, and there were only two of them, and one of them was M Emmet Walsh?"

Ah, spring, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of impalement. (Nudity? Yes.)

Hmm. Rock band / singer who makes deal with Satan? Check. Lots of nude ladies? Check. Glowing Eyes? Check. That's our quota of three cliches, anything else is gravy.

Sorry, Internet issues yesterday. I've seen nearly none of these movies. Pre-1980, and certain pre-1970, I have a fairly comprehensive knowledge of at least American and British horror movies, and fancy that I've seen a sizable majority of them. When the made-for-video age began, however, it augured a veritable flood of product and I…

Yep, it's Ye Olde Haunted Object time. Hey, it's economical, right. You know what else was economical back in 1990? Nudity! It seems at least a few of the film's three (!) sequels also featured The Cheapest Special Effect.

Nudity was so much more common in these things back in the day. This softcore riff on Beauty and the Beast was quite popular on cable, as I recall, probably because its female (and much nude) starlet was one of the main cast on the big TV hit Twin Peaks.

I saw this in theaters back in the back. It was well enough made, but it has one of those endings I just hate. For a lot of bizarre factors, the Cubs game last night was allowed to end in a tie. You don't see that in baseball very often.