Things I learned from Monster Movies

Apparently '50’s style monsters gave off an aura that made it impossible to run fast.

When all else fails send in Godzilla.

If you’re the last uninfected man on Earth, YOU’RE the monster!

Your fellow humans might not be what they appear. (The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

If the have the right sunglasses, you can see the monsters. (they live)

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In the 50’s, giant insects emitted shrill, high pitched electronic noises.

If the parasite living in your spinal cord tingles, screaming will prevent it from growing to a monstrous size and killing you. Also, don’t surgically remove a corpse’s Tingler. Nothing good can come of it.

The Tingler

Further to my observations about Tinglers, a free-ranging Tingler will shrink from the screams of a roomful of people. This raises the question of whether the screams of a companion will neutralize a Tingler which is active in an individual incapable of screaming for themselves.

This thread reminds me how when I was a kid the months the movie “It Came From Hollywood” was on HBO were some of my favorite months.

If you liked It Came from Hollywood, try to dig up copy of Zacherly’s Horrible Horror, a similar collection of Bad Monster Movie Moments hosted by horror host John Zacherle, who died a year ago this month. I understand there’s an expanded version on DVD

Not only does this feature scenes from Bad Movies, it includes outtakes from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Killers from Space, TV and movie interviews, trailers, and the like. It also includes this gem (excerpted from Horrible Horror – you can see Zacherley cut in there) from a promo for the movie Dracula A.D. 1972:

Helicopters are incapable of maneuvering out of range of giant apes throwing trees (Kong: Skull Island).
Lawnmowers make excellent weapons against zombies (Dead Alive / Braindead).

Not to mention that classic 1976 Korean film APE, in which he finishes by giving the crashed helicopter the finger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjA8IrIDkBM

Well, that’s not exactly something you can prepare for - there are only moments between ‘hey, thats a giant - TREEEEEEEEEEEE’

Party’s ova.

That one has a long pedigree.

Ever see this version?

As I recall, it is crudely animated - and no monster mom - but lots o’ wit and philosophizin’ make it very clear who the real monsters are.