tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:09:38 +0000IFCWTFCthulhuSidenotesDatenightAbyssTree MonsterWerewolfABCskaijuPlotsRubber SuitchangedrobotsharkweekwherearetheyyoudontknowSaying Great Things about Terrible Movies!http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)Blogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-2211167245082834070Tue, 08 Aug 2017 04:45:00 +00002017-08-07T23:50:18.817-05:00kaijuSidenotesIt was announced this morning that Haruo Nakajima, Godzilla suit actor for twelve consecutive films including the original 1954 Gojira, has passed away at age 88. http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2017/08/rip-godzilla-suit-actor-haruo-nakajima.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-5131340484609614970Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:45:00 +00002017-07-20T23:25:35.721-05:00Sidenotes I was once told to never make excuses as to why you haven’t been as consistent in writing as you should be, that no one cares why you have been lazy but I feel I owe you guys an explanation. Funny story, you’re gonna love this.  Apparently my meds haven’t been working for awhile and the odd thing about being diagnosed with depression is not only do you not feel like doing anything (like http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2017/07/ok-heres-situation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-2037282272612828145Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:49:00 +00002015-01-28T23:49:18.252-06:00WTFWithout Warning, which is also known as “It Came... Without Warning” and “Alien Shock” (German title), is a 1980 science fiction horror film starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter, and Kevin Peter Hall, and directed by Greydon Clark.  Special effects designer Greg Cannom, who was later involved in major studio productions such as Jurassic Park, Hook and Titanic, created the http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/wtfw-without-warning-1980.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-4306298802832462844Tue, 27 Jan 2015 05:54:00 +00002015-01-26T23:54:33.779-06:00IFCJoker is an 2012 Hindi science fiction comedy film directed by Shirish Kunder, and also his second directorial venture after Jaan-E-Mann.  The film stars Akshay Kumar opposite Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles.  This was the second film in which Sinha paired opposite Kumar after Rowdy Rathore (2012).  The film released worldwide on 31 August 2012, and received mixed to negative responsehttp://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/icfifc-joker-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-6024518935419165115Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:52:00 +00002015-01-21T23:52:23.979-06:00WTFTammy and the T-Rex is a 1994 science fiction/comedy starring future stars and celebrities Denise Richards, Paul Walker and George Pilgrim.  The low-budget film centers around the life of small town high school student Tammy, Michael (Tammy's boyfriend), and Billy Bad (Tammy's Ex-boyfriend). Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) Genre: Comedy – http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/wtfw-tammy-and-t-rex-1994.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-7738964909819883365Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:37:00 +00002015-01-19T23:37:25.251-06:00IFCThe Touch of Satan is a 1971 horror film.  It was directed by Don Henderson, and it starred Michael Berry and Emby Mellay in their debut roles.  The film was shot in 1970 in the Santa Ynez, California area and featured early work by movie makeup artist Joe Blasco.  The film was relatively obscure, playing only in drive-in theaters and dollar movie houses until a 1998 appearance on http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/icfifc-touch-of-satan-1971.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-3817938071784007057Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:25:00 +00002015-01-16T01:25:16.873-06:00CthulhuTonight I want to talk about what is easily one of my favorite vampire stories of all time.  I had access to both versions of the movie and decided to start with the original and enjoy the subtitlely goodness.  I was blown away by how amazing Let The Right One In is.  Expecting the English adaptation to not live up to it’s source material I was pleasantly surprised to find Let Me http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/cc-let-right-one-in-20042008-let-me-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-731875242925669812Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:56:00 +00002015-01-14T23:56:36.063-06:00WTFWhat if I told you Mr. Walker Texas Ranger Chuck Norris made a science fiction movie?  Insert favorite “Chuck Norris Fact” about aliens, mine is Extra Terrestrials often visit Earth from other galaxies - they're here to see if Chuck Norris really exists.  Ha ha, I kid.  No really, Chuck Norris made a science fiction film. Silent Rage (1982)http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/wtfw-silent-rage-1982.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-1487397945895175906Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:59:00 +00002015-01-12T23:59:44.576-06:00IFCPeter Greenaway, CBE (5 April 1942) is a British film director.  His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular.  Common traits in his film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death. In 1962, http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/icfifc-falls-1980.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-3842557687566674402Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:30:00 +00002015-01-10T02:30:21.270-06:00DatenightWitty banter, Divine Search Engine™ reference, computer pun and more witty banter ending with… S P I N   T H E   W H E E L ! ! ! Well Crap! Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American socialite, television personality, model, actress and singer.  She is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels.  Born in New http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/dndf-from-paris-withlove.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-2257733578527723309Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:09:00 +00002015-01-09T02:09:42.028-06:00CthulhuThe Body Snatchers is a 1955 science fiction novel by Jack Finney, originally serialized in Colliers Magazine in 1954, which describes the town of Mill Valley, California, being invaded by seeds that have drifted to Earth from space.  The seeds replace sleeping people with perfect physical duplicates grown from plantlike pods, while their human victims turn to dust. The duplicates live onlyhttp://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/cc-body-snatchers-19551953197819932007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-507996370835649193Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:43:00 +00002015-01-08T00:43:23.116-06:00WTFThe Apple (a.k.a. Star Rock) is a 1979 musical science fiction film starring Catherine Mary Stewart and directed by Menahem Golan.  It is a discoesque rock opera-styled feature, set in a futuristic 1994, dealing with themes of conformity versus rebellion and infused with Biblical allegories (namely the tale of Adam and Eve). The film was a low budget attempt by the young Cannon studio to http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/wtfw-apple-1980.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-3456685719612877252Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:27:00 +00002015-01-06T01:27:20.462-06:00IFC…and we’re back from the holiday break and I hope Krampus didn’t find you!  I look forward to another year of saying great things about terrible movies with you guys, which by the way we are entering our sixth year of doing this thing we do and maybe if I can get off my butt there may be new things coming up for the MMTV fans. Tonight we visit with one of the greats and one of his http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2015/01/icfifc-laserblast-1978.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-7678787930648093185Tue, 02 Dec 2014 06:42:00 +00002014-12-02T00:42:09.083-06:00IFC+1 (also known as Plus One) is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Dennis Iliadis (The Last House On The Left).  It premiered on March 10, 2013 at the SXSW and stars Ashley Hinshaw (Chronicle), Rhys Wakefield (The Purge), and Natalie Hall (Pretty Little Liars).  +1 was released in theaters, iTunes and VOD on September 20, 2013.  For the VOD release Iliadis worked on http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/12/icfifc-1-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-2483963841875951770Fri, 21 Nov 2014 06:32:00 +00002014-11-21T00:32:45.729-06:00CthulhuBooks of Blood are a series of horror fiction collections written by the British author Clive Barker. There are six books in total, each simply subtitled Volume 1 through to Volume 6, and were subsequently re-published in two omnibus editions containing three volumes each.  Each volume contains four or five stories.  The volume 1–3 omnibus was published with a foreword by Barker's http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/cc-books-of-blood-and-dread-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-4822767592634612452Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:58:00 +00002014-11-20T00:58:15.973-06:00WTFIn the history of freaky, incoherent movies one name bubbles to the surface of the steaming pool of crap films over and over again.  Above I have referred to that film by it’s one true name, in an attempt to steal it’s power, most people don’t actually know the plot or story behind that film.  That film will be the subject of tonight’s article, and no three word title is as infamous andhttp://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/wtfw-dunyayi-kurtaran-adam-1982.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-8050483311853400377Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:07:00 +00002014-11-18T01:07:33.405-06:00IFCCertain tropes in horror resonate better than others and one that works almost every time is the creepy kids as a plot device.  Tonight is one of the freakier uses of that premise.  The Children (a.k.a. The Children of Ravensback) is a 1980 low budget horror film, written and produced by Carlton J. Albright.  The movie is about five children in a small town who, thanks to a yellow http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/icfifc-children-1980.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-7432803731773855859Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:05:00 +00002014-11-14T00:05:27.876-06:00CthulhuDennis Feltham Jones (1917–1981) was a British science fiction author who published under the name D. F. Jones.  He was a naval commander in World War II and lived in Cornwall. His novel, Colossus, about a defense super computer which uses its control over nuclear weapons to subjugate mankind, was filmed as Colossus: The Forbin Project. Colossus (1966) is a science fiction novel abouthttp://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/cc-colossus-forbin-project-1970.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-3332506025312250944Thu, 13 Nov 2014 07:06:00 +00002014-11-13T01:06:26.024-06:00WTFSeconds is a 1966 American science fiction drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson.  The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino was based on Seconds, a novel by David Ely.  The film was entered into the1966 Cannes Film Festival and released by Paramount Pictures.  The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award. David Ely was born in http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/wtfw-seconds-1966.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-4950280660862918913Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:16:00 +00002014-11-10T21:16:49.767-06:00IFCThe spider originally bearing the name "tarantula" was Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider native to Mediterranean Europe.  The name derived from that of the southern Italian town of Taranto.  The term "tarantula" subsequently was applied to almost any large, unfamiliar species of ground-dwelling spider, in particular to the Mygalomorphae1 and especially to http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/icfifc-kingdom-of-spiders-1977.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-2948463070550175726Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:30:00 +00002014-11-10T08:30:46.749-06:00Sidenotes New website! 2015 Tickets on sale now! Puzzling to explain, nigh impossible to describe, but absolutely delightful to experience, The Edwardian Ball is an elegant and whimsical celebration of art, music, theatre, fashion, technology, circus, and the beloved creations of the late, great author and illustrator Edward Gorey. This year's featured Gorey tale is The Beastly Baby, "A calmly http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/announcing-edwardian-ball-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-9122345365250704801Fri, 07 Nov 2014 06:52:00 +00002014-11-07T00:52:36.073-06:00CthulhuChris LaMartina is an American director, writer, and producer that works out of Baltimore, Maryland.  He studied film at Towson University, during which time he filmed the 2007 movie Dead Teenagers.  As hard as I tried using various search techniques, that is pretty much the extent of information I can find on the man other than a few interviews but no real background.  Other than http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/cc-chris-lamartina-and-call-girl-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-713019841167135437Thu, 06 Nov 2014 03:31:00 +00002014-11-05T21:31:20.062-06:00WTF…And now for one of the odder introductions to any article ever done on this her schlocky movie site, let us discuss hair extensions! Artificial hair integrations, more commonly known as hair extensions (and rarely referred to as a hair hat), add length and/or fullness to human hair.  I had never hear hair extensions called a hair hat before but I’ll be sure to use that phrase from this http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/wtfw-exte-hair-extensions-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-8964017133854647559Tue, 04 Nov 2014 07:18:00 +00002014-11-04T01:18:11.573-06:00IFCIf there is one thing I like talking about to people who grew up outside of New Jersey it would have to be the legend of The Jersey Devil.  The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States.  The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many different variations.  The common http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/11/icfifc-last-broadcast-1998.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096734394859105773.post-5535533946412778544Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:23:00 +00002014-10-30T13:23:19.904-05:00SidenotesOn Sunday October 5th my dad died.  I apologize for the lack of articles but I seem to be having problems getting over it.  The funny thing about depression isn’t that you’re sad or having dark thoughts, it’s the lack of motivation to do anything and the self-doubt.  I promise I will return soon, I’m hoping for the first week of November. M. Nelson – Lead Scientist MMTV http://monstermovietv.blogspot.com/2014/10/fyi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monster Mike)0