This may interest you, this is a video made by web-comedian Dr. Ashen (http://www.ashens.com/), featuring a selection of rather crap monsters he's discovered while researching bad movies, two of which have been reviewed here before!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYC5h0jmq0
Also, be sure to check out his site Trailer Club 70 (http://www.trailerclub70.com/) that features some classic B-movie trailers, and his own musings on them. Enjoy!
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Oh man, I really want to see the jellyfish one now.
Also, I'm somewhat surprised (but not tremendously so) that Black Sheep is not the first B-movie featuring mutant sheep as the monster.
Quote from: Saucerman on June 23, 2008, 08:53:28 AM
Oh man, I really want to see the jellyfish one now.
Also, I'm somewhat surprised (but not tremendously so) that Black Sheep is not the first B-movie featuring mutant sheep as the monster.
No, the
Godmonster of Indian Flats holds that honor (at least as far as I know). One of the silliest things about GoIF is that the "monster" isn't central to the plot, and it's not really very evil or destructive. It scares a few people (who wouldn't be a little scared of an eight-foot-tall bipedal sheep with one four-foot arm and one two-foot arm?), but the worst thing it does is eat some hot dogs. The scene in the video above shows that the sheep is just hungry; it isn't trying to terrorize anyone. It just wants some nummies. That said, I don't see how this rates below the jellyfish guy. At least the makers of GoIF
tried to make a monster.
STING OF DEATH is available with DEATH CURSE OF TARTU on a William Gefe double-feature from Something Weird.
Even scarier than the jellyfish monster is the theme song Do the Jilla Jella Jellyfish sung by a cash-poor Neil Sedaka.
Hear the song at 1:30! It's got a groovy beat and the kids seem to love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJuqBDw_TT4
And somebody may want to introduce the creator of this list to THE GIANT CLAW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sKGz-hQ0yg
and, naturally, ROBOT MONSTER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMN5zgEZg-8&feature=related
His research must come from Something Weird Video collection. I have all of those on SWV releases, except the Killer Shews which is on a 50 pack. And that's just the tip of the iceberg there is 100's if not 1000's of crappy monsters.
:bouncegiggle: They didn't even make the jelly fish head opaque! That's spectacular. The GoIF monster was actually not too bad, I liked him :smile: and who doesn't love the killer shrews? The dinosaur puppet, though, made my day- that is hands-down the best thing that I've ever seen, and the guy in the monkey suit fightng a puppet? Genius XD!
I have to admit, The Mighty Gorga made me happy inside.
But still...
My personal favorite is still (and will always be) Robot Monster. I mean c'mon...
GENIUS!!! :bouncegiggle:
A few more...
.the giant Volkswagon spider from the GIANT SPIDER INVASION.
.the carpet monster from the CREEPING TERROR.
.the dish-rag monster from NIGHT of the BLOOD BEAST.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-RviHB_qc
the best way to avoid being eaten by a giant carpet would be to stand up and walk away....not to crawl into his a$$.
The 'Giant Spider' from "Mesa Of Lost Women" is a fun bad special effect.
(http://www.animalattack.info/bibliotheque/arachnides/mesaoflostwomen04.jpg)
Quote from: JJ80 on February 17, 2009, 08:00:22 PM
The 'Giant Spider' from "Mesa Of Lost Women" is a fun bad special effect.
(http://www.animalattack.info/bibliotheque/arachnides/mesaoflostwomen04.jpg)
He looks a lot like the giant spider from MISSLE to the MOON! I think the old tin can robots from countless serials and b fliks would qualify. I like this guys taste in movies. He should be hired instead of the sh!t reviewers hat Yahoo news uses.
Yes, I liked the fact that he didn't pickout the obvious 'bad' movies and included the more cult titles. Actually, I think his knight based intro animation is itself based on the old ident for "Anglia TV". Actually, the 'Rockmen' from "Missile To The Moon" are also worthy of a place on a list like this.
If you understand Spanish this all probably makes perfect sense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FRnKu4FEr0
Or not.
Quote from: Raffine on February 18, 2009, 11:24:21 AM
If you understand Spanish this all probably makes perfect sense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FRnKu4FEr0
Or not.
How much spare time DO you have on your hands, sir?
I'm irked because the chick on the left has the same outfit I do. But I look better in it. Skank.
Can't say I ever understood why a monster with huge eyes and an exposed brain would be scary. Sure it's freaky looking, but you'd have a hard time NOT seriously hurting it.
Godmonster of Indian Flats is so painful to watch but I can't help but love it. I love how the monster has absolutely nothing to do with the films' actual story.
Has anyone seen The Beast from 20 000 Fathoms? The stupid dinosaur basically just wanders around, destroying whatever happens to be there for no real reason while people briskly jog away, not even looking remotely scared or shrieking.
Quote from: Kean on February 19, 2009, 12:28:05 AM
Has anyone seen The Beast from 20 000 Fathoms? The stupid dinosaur basically just wanders around, destroying whatever happens to be there for no real reason while people briskly jog away, not even looking remotely scared or shrieking.
I'd hardly call the Rheduasurus a "Rubbish Monster". It's one of my favorite examples of Harryhausen's work.
I think a modern day rubbish monster could be "The Creeper" from
Jeepers Creepers. In the first one is a shot where you can see the zipper in the suit. And in the second one is that scene where he's looking into the bus at all the people. I think he looks like an evil muppet in that one. Totally ruined any chance he had of being scary to me.
Quote from: Raffine on February 18, 2009, 11:24:21 AM
If you understand Spanish this all probably makes perfect sense:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FRnKu4FEr0
Or not.
OH WOW! Those monsters would make nice additions to a shoddy ol' dark ride.
:buggedout:
I remember a movie called either Slithis or Spawn of The Slithis in which there was an actual rubbish monster: a garbage heap suddenly gets up and goes for a walk. :wink:
that beach ball thing from dark star