the list (http://www.cracked.com/article_15634_7-most-easily-escapable-movie-monsters.html) some other funny stuff on that page
That is a funny list...especially his descriptions. I don't agree with much on the list but I took it for what it was and it made me laugh.
There are plenty of monsters that are much easier to avoid. The Creeping Terror, The Beast of Yucca Flats, and Ro-Man (along with a number of others) can be avoided by someone walking.
Not to mention all the carnivorous plants that require people to bump into the plant so that the deadly flora can grab them.
Torgo.
Gor from Brain of Blood
You could lie down and have a nap whilst the Creeping Terror tried to take a bite out of you . . .
Most shambling zombies don't seem difficult to avoid, but I guess it's all in where you are when you first notice them shambling --
As long as you have a nice stick and or a buscuit handy, I suppose anyone could avoid harrassment by a Killer Shrew . . .
peter johnson/denny astrozombie
I was always a little disappointed with that episode of Doctor Who in which it was revealed that deleks weren't inhibited by a flight of stairs.
Id Say Jason, because he always walks at a steady pace. Also, he can be easily avoided by not visiting Camp cRYSTAL LAKE, but i guess some people arnt that smart.
First thought... THE CREEPING TERROR. (Second thought: THE CREEPING TERROR).
Here is a helpful clip that demonstrates some DOs and DONT's if you find yourself facing this alien critter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP_cLwOz4zo
DO: Stand up and back away. No need to hurry about it, just get it done
DON'T: Lie there screaming and waiting... waiting... waiting... waiting for it to eventually make it's way to your location.
DON'T: Helpfully climb inside its mouth if it actually reaches you by some miracle.
DON'T: Worry about leaving your girlfriend behinf. If she's too slow or stupid to escape this creature, chances are she would have given birth to slow, stupid offspring who would be goners when Creeping Terrors infest this sector of the galaxy.
Howabout:
Triffids. They're plants. Try Roundup herbicide.
Monolith Monsters. They're rocks. I think even Stephen Hawking could outrun a rock. And I apologize for the tackiness of that remark.
Bride of the Monster octopus: Don't throw yourself on top of it, wrap its tentacles around you, and scream and flail around. If you follow this advice, you'll be pretty safe from this terror.
Where's the Mummy?!?!? I mean...the guy can barely freakin walk...!!!! Just kinda shambles along...people just back into walls and stuff...waitin' for the old geezer to strangle them with his thousand year old mitt...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8ruJ0kEB4...he was real creepy looking though...!
Ahh! BUT! . . .
Remember that the Triffids only became active after everyone was made blind by the Comet around them!
Even a houseplant can sneak up on a recently blinded hysterical flappy person!
peter blind/denny flappy
Got another one:
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera...and the mutant. :teddyr:
Leatherface was actually pretty hard to get away from ...
The Tabanga (or some similar spelling) in From Hell it Came. Another monster you can walk away from. Backwards. As demonstrated by the witch doctor.
The creature in Hybrid was pretty slow. It basically stood in the shadows and if you were stupid enough to walk right into it without seeing it, it would grab you.
not a movie monster, but I always thought the sleestcks from "Land of the lost" were particularly escapable as they were slow as molasses.
The giant leeches...from ATTACK of the GIANT LEECHES....I mean...cmon...don't go in the swamp. Easy.
Still...it's one of my AIP low budget favs....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lFuDQYNtOOE
...and Yvette Vickers...I wouldn't try to ecscape her! :tongueout:
i def don't undertand that list, the predator has to be one of the hardest movie monters to escape!
Quote from: GrandMaster on February 01, 2008, 12:37:42 PM
i def don't undertand that list, the predator has to be one of the hardest movie monters to escape!
yeah no kidding. Especially since he can usually hide until you surface.
IMO, heres a few:
Zombies (pre-the year 2000)
Leeches
Chucky, Demonic Toys, Dolly Dearest or any killer doll...
The Stuff
Like Bela mentioned earlier - definitely Kharis the Mummy in the Lon Chaney, Jr. movies. Kharis was crippled and walked verrry slowly - step draaag step draaag - and to get away from him all you really had to do was walk away at a leisurely pace. There were even a couple of time in these movies when poor Kharis would walk slowly up behind his intended victim only to have them casually walk out of reach, completely unaware there was a murderous mummy around.
Now Christopher Lee as Kharis in Hammer's THE MUMMY movie was a different matter, he could move lickity-split and catch his victims with ease!
I know this is for the EASIEST monsters to avoid, but Sil from Species would be impossible. Because she is either amzingly strong, (so she could squeeze your neck until your head explodes, or she wants to do the so called nasty, which very few men will avoid with her human form.
I took the list as more of an attempt at comedy rather than a true list of what monsters are escapable...I mean, surely if it was a real list, the blob would have had to be there. I did think some of the stuff was hilarious...especially when he talked about the exorcist.
I wanna nominate the rancor from Return of the Jedi!
Sure it's big and all but all you have to do is run towards it and go through it's legs. Okay, while your grandmother may have trouble running away from the rancor, a reasonably fit person could outsmart it.
The trouble with the logic behind many of the monster scenarios is that the victim is in some way trapped by either loyalty to friends, a large house, environment, injury. So we have to give that advantage to the monster. Most of these bad boys wait until you are trapped like a fly in a spiderweb before they'll strike. So you can't really use much of the logic dictating just running away because in most instances you can't. The victim must escape, but its on the terms of the attacker.
Quote from: Justy on February 02, 2008, 08:31:57 AM
The trouble with the logic behind many of the monster scenarios is that the victim is in some way trapped by either loyalty to friends, a large house, environment, injury. So we have to give that advantage to the monster. Most of these bad boys wait until you are trapped like a fly in a spiderweb before they'll strike. So you can't really use much of the logic dictating just running away because in most instances you can't. The victim must escape, but its on the terms of the attacker.
Or the plot. Remember the HERO'S DEATH EXEMPTION Via Jabootu? Sometimes, its all in who ya know, baby.
How about Tor Johnson, Vampira, and Bela Lugosi in Plan 9? They're only a danger if your a wimpy cop, woman or a poofy lord of space.
I think that Freddy's pretty escapeable, seriously, he can be defeated by coffee, red bull, and even some narcotics.
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 01, 2008, 11:16:37 AM
The giant leeches...from ATTACK of the GIANT LEECHES....I mean...cmon...don't go in the swamp. Easy.
I haven't seen this one, but isn't that pretty much the premise of every overgrown beastie flick?
Stay out of the water, the beach is closed, cancel the big parade, call off the tourist season, etc. etc. etc.
... & then a couple of nosy eight year olds & an arrogant scientist stir up the hive, and the whole town gets killed trying to rescue them.
Quote from: Andrew on January 31, 2008, 11:52:37 AM
Not to mention all the carnivorous plants that require people to bump into the plant so that the deadly flora can grab them.
Like Audrey, Jr., haha.
Quote from: Oldskool138 on February 02, 2008, 08:44:04 PM
How about Tor Johnson, Vampira, and Bela Lugosi in Plan 9? They're only a danger if your a wimpy cop, woman or a poofy lord of space.
heh heh, "poofy".
Jaws:
Stay on the beach.