Favorite Monster movies...

[Jim Eck]

Originally Posted by Grainger49

What, no mention of Walter Pidgeon and Earl Holoman (Police Woman)?

Holoman is the cook!

Yeah, I loved that movie. I saw it when it was first out when I was a kid. Warped me for life!

Didn't Robbie make him up some home brew?

Jim

[Grainger49]

Kentuckey Burbon.

And no hang over!

That's not right!

[Mr Natural]

Originally Posted by Grainger49

Kentuckey Burbon.

And no hang over!

That's not right!

"And it's smoooth too!"

[corporalcripp]

How could anyone forget this? Frank Gorshin was in it.About a bunch of amorous "teens" being set upon by aliens in the nightime.The aliens went up in smoke when a light was shined on them.
It Came From Outer Space-Richard Carlson as an astronomer who finds that aliens have taken identities of people.Turns out the aliens were only repairing their ship so they return home.Think it's from a Ray Bradbury story.
It Conquered The World-Think it's Roger Corman's work.About a giant turnip-looking alien that spits out bat-like creatures to....oh,just see it.
Monolith Monsters-nice twist onthe monster attacks Earth theme. Shaft shaped crystals from outer space grow to enormous size,crumble under their weight,start growing anew,crumble, crushing everything under them,repeat,..just add water-lot's of water.

[Sandy G]

Anybody remember "The Green Slime" ? Or another green themed movie- Soylent Green ? The "Green Slime" monsters looked like big boogers, & went "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEE" all the time. Soylent Green was made about the time the first energy crisis hit, I always thought it was a bit preachy. Still, Edward G. Robinson & Charlton Heston were GREAT in it. I think Edward G. died right after it was made.

[Cleve]

Originally Posted by corporalcripp

It Conquered The World-Think it's Roger Corman's work.About a giant turnip-looking alien that spits out bat-like creatures to....oh,just see it.

"And I'm Peter Graves!"

[Toasted Almond]

"It Conquered the World" made it into a Zappa song called "Cheepnis" from the "Live at The Roxy and Elsewhere" album. Seems "The Maestro" enjoyed budget sci-fi flicks, the cheaper the better.

Originally Posted by corporalcripp

How could anyone forget this? Frank Gorshin was in it.About a bunch of amorous "teens" being set upon by aliens in the nightime.The aliens went up in smoke when a light was shined on them.
It Came From Outer Space-Richard Carlson as an astronomer who finds that aliens have taken identities of people.Turns out the aliens were only repairing their ship so they return home.Think it's from a Ray Bradbury story.
It Conquered The World-Think it's Roger Corman's work.About a giant turnip-looking alien that spits out bat-like creatures to....oh,just see it.
Monolith Monsters-nice twist onthe monster attacks Earth theme. Shaft shaped crystals from outer space grow to enormous size,crumble under their weight,start growing anew,crumble, crushing everything under them,repeat,..just add water-lot's of water.

The first flick that you mention with Frank Gorshin was "Invasion of the Saucer Men". Hilarious movie! "It Came From Outer Space" was from a Bradbury story, and directed by the great Jack Arnold. He is the man that brougt you "Tarantula", "The Incredible Shrinking Man", and "Monster on the Campus" among others. Who didn't love the Corman cheapies, which have been mentioned thruout this thread, with one of my favs being "Not of This Earth". You are the only other person besides myself to mention "The Monolith Monsters" in this thread. A truly standout fifties sci-fi movie. As they grow they suck the silicates from everything around them. Grant Williams, who was also "The Incredible Shrinking Man", was great in this old flick. Good script and good special effects by Clifford Stine make this a true classic.

[Mr Natural]

Originally Posted by Toasted Almond

"It Conquered the World" made it into a Zappa song called "Cheepnis" from the "Live at The Roxy and Elsewhere" album. Seems "The Maestro" enjoyed budget sci-fi flicks, the cheaper the better.

I have been listening to that cut for the past several years, every alternate Thursday morning. A DJ on Stonybrook radio (90.1 WUSB) uses it as her intro. Hysterical!!! "Nooooo! Pull it baaaack!!"

That is cheepnis....and he's some more.......

[Sandy G]

Anyone ever see the 1973 flick "Sisters"? It had Margot kidder, Charles Durning, & a bunch of unknowns in it. Wasn't too creepy a movie by itself, but the MUSIC...Aye Yi-Yi !! It was by the late master Bernard Herrmann, his last score, IIRC, & boy did he go out on a bang. The music alone will make you pull the covers up over yr head...

[SPL db]

Originally Posted by NewYorkView

The original "Tales from the Crypt" movie. A classic!

Where's my cake, Bedelia?

Scott

[corporalcripp]

Jeff Morrow was in this stinker.Looked like a blown-up rubber chicken swooping thru the air,snatching airplanes,uh,let me stop for a bit,I'm laughing too hard.............
Invader From Mars
Love this one,even with clearly visible zippers on the backs of the Martian drones-and that head in the bubble,weird,man.
Island Of Lost Souls
This is the first film version of the HG Welles story,Island Of Dr. Moreau.Stayed true to the original story line.Had Bela Lugosi as the Sayer Of The Law character.
Freaks
Not really monsters but circus freaks who take revenge on the circus Beauty for taking advantage of her midget husband.
How come only two of us in this thread mentioned Monolith Monsters?
It Came From Beneath The Sea
R Harryhausen got cute in this one,he had only 6 arms on the giant octopus,anyone notice?

[ManFromPorlock]

I can't remember the name (if I ever knew it -- saw it on TV) but for me the one greatest scene is in a Japanese monster movie where the monster, a giant turtle, is cornered by the army; it is doomed, until it pulls its legs into its shell, begins to rotate, turns into a flying saucer and flys off!

For dramatic chutzpa, I don't think that can possibly be topped.

Originally Posted by corporalcripp

Jeff Morrow was in this stinker.Looked like a blown-up rubber chicken swooping thru the air,snatching airplanes,uh,let me stop for a bit,I'm laughing too hard.............
Invader From Mars
Love this one,even with clearly visible zippers on the backs of the Martian drones-and that head in the bubble,weird,man.
Island Of Lost Souls
This is the first film version of the HG Welles story,Island Of Dr. Moreau.Stayed true to the original story line.Had Bela Lugosi as the Sayer Of The Law character.
Freaks
Not really monsters but circus freaks who take revenge on the circus Beauty for taking advantage of her midget husband.
How come only two of us in this thread mentioned Monolith Monsters?
It Came From Beneath The Sea
R Harryhausen got cute in this one,he had only 6 arms on the giant octopus,anyone notice?

The Jeff Morrow stinker you mention is "The Giant Claw". I think Mara Corday was in that also. I remember reading somewhere that the actors had no idea what the monster looked like during filming. When they finally saw it they were horrified, and not in a good way.

[Jim Eck]

Anybody remember Giant Robot? Very cheesy Monsters as well as cheesy robot.


Jim