Monster of the Day

So we kicked off the 15th edition of Tween-Fest with Sandy's choice of Daimajin, the first of three films built around a giant god statue who eventually comes to life to punish evil warlords. I haven't watched one of these in a while, and was pleased at how good of a general production it…

By the time we got organized, we didn't have much movie watching time on Friday, April 5th. The evening was devoted to a bunch of us taking GalaxyJane to The Bavarian Grill for her (slightly early) birthday. For the record, I abandoned my original order when I saw they had giant soft pretzels available.…

So I arrived at Dallas on April 4th, two days before the 15th (!) Tween-Fest. After dinner, Sandy showed Willy's Wonderland, one of several films ripping off the Five Night at Freddy's game made before that was officially turned into a movie itself (and made a ton of money). I'm not the world's biggest…

Not sure I'll be checking in again before the trip, I'm definitely in getting ready mode. I'll see many of you in a few days. For the rest, have a great week and a better weekend. Watch something stupid.

Now *that's" a version of Saturday Night Fever I'd like to see. Leaving for Dallas later this week, so a hiatus is coming.

"A gorilla who is not a gorilla but a man? Is that...wait. Jamie? No, Jamie! Bad! Put that woman back where you found her. Don't make me tattle on you to Jane!" You can buy a paperback of Whispering Gorilla and Return of the Whispering Gorilla on Amazon. They are novelettes, though, so you…

It's like they say, clothes make the gorilla.

Fun concept. Great art. Titles...needs work.

  So Friday's Watch Party subject was Destination Inner Space, a monster movie made by the guy who made Flipper and a lot of other scuba-themed projects.  It's a classic 50s/60s monster movie in that the movie itself is pretty bland and thus the success of the projects rests entirely on who cool the…