Monster of the Day

I watched a couple of more episodes of Godzilla Singular Point last night. I think I've seen it through episode 10 and it's really ramping up. Great stuff.

So I finally noticed that the new Netflix anime Godzilla Singular Point (wasn't it Godzilla Singularity at first?) has dropped sometime last week. Netflix, this is the ONE show you don't email me about? Work on your algorithm. To my vast relief, I really like it. The three anime Godzilla movies Netflix produced a…

I don't think I ever got around to posting the monsters from A Quiet Place franchise, which I think now is a franchise. I'm sure there'll be a third film because the second won did quite well, just crushing the $200 million (!!) Cruella, for instance. So good on them. I will go back…

Boy, I haven't thought about The Goon in a while. Wonderful comic. I'm not even sure it they are still doing it. But hey, in a world where readers are fleeing en masse from mainstream American comics, there's Eric Powell's awesome independent comic book, full of comedy and monsters and fun, fun violence. I…

  The writers of the original Predators script are suing to reclaim the rights to the franchise--there's some sort of time limit thing, the writer of the original Friday the 13th script has been suing for the rights for years now--although they will inevitably be crushed or bought off by Disney. Predator 5 will…

Talking about Warning from Space inevitably brought up the far more spectacle-driven Gorath, also about Earth being on a collision course with a rogue planet. That one sticks with that narrative, though, and skips the aliens and whatnot. The film is kind of obscure because it's basically Toho's crazier version of When Worlds Collide.…

Even in Japan the posters for Warning from Space (this is art from a DVD release, but its from an old poster) basically lied about the film. (aka "ballyhoo") In the movie the aliens are man-sized and a neutral grey.  Here they are a threatening red and, it's suggested, quite large. All the saucers…

I've opined before that I prefer Bert I Gordon's Earth vs the Spider to the more generally respected Universal's Tarantula.This scene right here is a good example. While Jack Arnold's Tarantula lurks in the desert for the whole film, this one comes into town and wreaks havoc there. I like the cave dwelling of…

I don't really have another monster for today, so how about this fun poster for Wednesday's Oily Maniac. Man, he looks like The Heap. Notice the mix of monsters and sex. Roger Corman would have approved. Have a great weekend, everyone!