Monster of the Day

Best vampire film of the modern era, I think.

Those ray guns are also helpful against pesty flying saucers.

Pulp expert Luke B. elaborated on this cover yesterday, noting that it featured the same monster from the same story. Turns out it was already in my posting queue, so here it is. I kind of like getting both versions, the goofy one and the more straight horror one. Obviously either one would have…

I like how what's happening to her left is apparently only the second most interesting thing going on.

"AIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! It's adorable!"

Well, that's just nice.

This probably was the most beloved monster from Ultra Q, he reappeared on the show, and on the subsequent Ultraman, where he became a good monster. He had a weird hopping motion and long flapping hands, which probably made him fun for kids to imitate just like Daleks were. (Indeed, I've seen one of…

This was another kiddie-themed show, although more tragic than comedic. The bird featured here basically just pops up at the end is and seen elliptically enough that it was hard to grab captures. It starts out a regular pet bird, then grows itself out of the cage here, smashes out of a building, and…

Up, up and away, in my beautiful, my beautiful....

This show is so great. The tones of the episodes are all over the place, so it never gets repetitive. This is one of the kiddie surrealistic comedy adventures. Great stuff.