# Moose as monster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112 "2018-04-25T19:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/1 "2018-04-25T19:00:39Z")
Has there ever been a horror film with a killer moose as a monster? Besides Bullwinkle, I mean. (A friend and I were discussing such matters over lunch at Subway. So, I had ta ask the Dope about this one. 🙂 ) If not, I think that it would make for an entertaining SyFy original movie. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/2 "2018-04-25T19:40:35Z")
A few friends wrote and performed a rock opera (in their words, a “Rock & Roll Mythology”) about a demonic moose from the back woods of Vermont that feasts on the blood of virgins (or maybe it was that it feasted on the blood of the sinful, and could only be stopped by a virgin; I don’t quite remember). The tale actually would make a great movie; it basically followed a lot of horror film tropes. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/3 "2018-04-25T19:50:49Z")
There was a French-Canadian film short called _L’Excursion_ with a never-seen beast stalking the protagonists. It is suggested that the beast is some kind of mutant moose (you see its antlers at the edges of its field of vision in the “moose-vision” shots). [You can see the film here](http://www.fusionfilm.net/films/horreur/lexcursion/lexcursion.php). ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/4 "2018-04-25T19:51:17Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > A few friends wrote and performed a rock opera (in their words, a “Rock & Roll Mythology”) about a demonic moose from the back woods of Vermont that feasts on the blood of virgins (or maybe it was that it feasted on the blood of the sinful, and could only be stopped by a virgin; I don’t quite remember). > > The tale actually would make a great movie; it basically followed a lot of horror film tropes. Wow! Nifty! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/5 "2018-04-25T20:12:23Z")
Does the Farmers Insurance commercial count? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/6 "2018-04-25T20:12:48Z")
[Well, there is this…](https://youtu.be/SSpPyTNSlTU?t=71) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/7 "2018-04-25T20:16:33Z")
Maybe they could do an adaptation of Janet Kagan’s [_Mirabile_](http://www.baen.com/mirabile.html). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/8 "2018-04-25T20:17:23Z")
There’s always the Telepathic GOOD monster moose: > **[Hiero's Journey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiero%27s_Journey)** > > Hiero's Journey is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Sterling Lanier first published in 1973 by Chilton Book Co. The novel follows the adventures of a priest by the name of Per Hiero Desteen, a descendent of the ancient Métis people, as he explores the mutant-infested wilderness of Canada and North America five millennia after an event called The Death destroyed civilization (7476 A.D.). Riding a mutant moose named Klootz, with which he is able to communicate telepath... [![](https://isfdb.org/wiki/images/0/02/HRSJRNGNXP1983.jpg) ](https://isfdb.org/wiki/images/0/02/HRSJRNGNXP1983.jpg) [![](https://isfdb.org/wiki/images/9/90/HRSJRNDRNV1985.jpg) ](https://isfdb.org/wiki/images/9/90/HRSJRNDRNV1985.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/9 "2018-04-25T20:23:01Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Has there ever been a horror film with a killer moose as a monster? Yes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RS5lvaOGOqQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Moose The Movie Official Trailer (2015) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5lvaOGOqQ) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/10 "2018-04-25T20:28:14Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > There was a French-Canadian film short called _L’Excursion_ with a never-seen beast stalking the protagonists. It is suggested that the beast is some kind of mutant moose (you see its antlers at the edges of its field of vision in the “moose-vision” shots). [You can see the film here](http://www.fusionfilm.net/films/horreur/lexcursion/lexcursion.php). Interesting! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/11 "2018-04-25T20:30:05Z")
[quote=“Dropo, post:9, topic:813112”] Yes. [/QUOTE] Hey, fun stuff! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/12 "2018-04-25T20:40:47Z")
Moosenado? By The Asylum? I don’t think my heart can take it. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/13 "2018-04-25T23:01:07Z")
This movie seemed to be headed into killer moose territory but the premise never made it out the credits (which had to be redone at great expense). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/79TVMn_d_Pk/maxresdefault.jpg "Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Opening Credits") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TVMn_d_Pk) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/14 "2018-04-25T23:13:01Z")
Kevin Smith’s new movie [Moose Jaws](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4269346/?ref_=tx_sp_sr_3_li_tt) is going to be a horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/15 "2018-04-26T00:02:38Z")
Møøse bites can be very nasti, you know. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/16 "2018-04-26T00:08:52Z")
Nuttin’ up m’sleeve–PRESTO! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/17 "2018-04-26T03:15:10Z")
The [monster](http://horror.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/The-Ritual-2018-Movie-Scene-2-790x394.jpg) in [The Ritual](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5638642/) is kinda-vaguely moosey-looking. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/18 "2018-04-26T03:48:37Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Nuttin’ up m’sleeve–PRESTO! But that trick never works! ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/19 "2018-04-26T04:15:17Z")
I have been face to face with a bull moose. Actually seven of them at the same time. Scared the poop out of me. Yes, they would make a great horror film. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112/20 "2018-04-26T14:51:25Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The [monster](http://horror.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/The-Ritual-2018-Movie-Scene-2-790x394.jpg) in [The Ritual](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5638642/) is kinda-vaguely moosey-looking. Nifty visual! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-as-monster/813112.md?page=2)