# Your lamest sci-fi / horror monsters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394 "2021-02-21T17:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/1 "2021-02-21T17:23:39Z")
Couldn’t make heads or tales of this one: > **[Beast From Haunted Cave](https://www.tvguide.com/videos/beast-from-haunted-cave/2030101364/beast-from-haunted-cave/3632263/)** > > Watch Beast From Haunted Cave videos, latest trailers, interviews, behind the scene clips and more at TV Guide Just scroll to near the end. ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/3 "2021-02-21T20:34:32Z")
There seems to be something wrong with your link. Not much scrolling to be had, no content, just the title stuff and a photo or video of a monster of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/4 "2021-02-21T20:37:19Z")
Lamest? That’s a tough call. There was the killer tree in [From Hell It Came](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiP6W0ZCQRg). There were the spiders in [The Giant Spider Invasion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Mc0mgorZc). There were the title characters in Roger Corman’s magnum opus, [Attack of the Crab Monsters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHw3Wjqcytk). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/5 "2021-02-21T20:42:42Z")
> **[Attack of the Mushroom People](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/attack_of_the_mushroom_people)** > > A man in a padded cell tells of being shipwrecked on a foggy island with toadstool-eating tourists. > **[Night of the Lepus (1972) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/)** > > Night of the Lepus: Directed by William F. Claxton. With Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley. Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/6 "2021-02-21T20:44:14Z")
Definitely the cheap gorilla suit/diving bell combo that is…Robot Monster! [Robot-Monster.jpg (1778×1135) (originalcinemaniac.com)](https://originalcinemaniac.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Robot-Monster.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/7 "2021-02-21T20:44:44Z")
> **[The Creeping Terror (TV Movie 1964) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057970/)** > > The Creeping Terror: Directed by Vic Savage. With Vic Savage, Shannon O'Neil, William Thourlby, John Caresio. A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that has emerged from a spaceship to eat the citizens of an American town. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/8 "2021-02-21T20:45:47Z")
Everyone always says that’s a diving helmet. That ain’t no diving helmet. It looks to me like a cuspidor that’s been turned over on its side. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/9 "2021-02-21T20:50:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > ### [Night of the Lepus (1972) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069005/) > > > > Directed by William F. Claxton. With Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley. Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west Verry, _very_ loosely based on a pretty good book, _The Year of the Angry Rabbit_. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/10 "2021-02-21T20:51:33Z")
Another Corman special: The creature from _[It Conquered The World](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmYzZTQwMTAtYzVhMC00ODc0LTljNzgtMWU5ZDRjZTY0MTVhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc4Njg5MjA@._V1_.jpg)_. ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/11 "2021-02-21T20:58:19Z")
_The Creeping Terror_ - Carpet terror! [[The Creeping Terror 1964 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/v5twP_19CEA?t=3002)][The Creeping Terror 1964 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/v5twP_19CEA?t=3002)) Edit: Beat to it by Running\_coach _The Blob_ (1958) Red Jello! [https://youtu.be/GODDLgM1gKo?t=165](https://youtu.be/GODDLgM1gKo?t=165) _The Green Slime_ - Green Jello! [https://youtu.be/1gBxmkONJaI?t=2048](https://youtu.be/1gBxmkONJaI?t=2048) Wooo…even as a kid I knew Luciana Paluzzi was HOT! To be fair, the above Jello monsters gave me nightmares in the 60’s! _Attack of the Killer Tomatoes_ - Okay, this is meant to be funny and it is! [https://youtu.be/AV14avnmOc0?t=2379](https://youtu.be/AV14avnmOc0?t=2379) _“Attttttack of the Killer Tomatoes, Attttttack of the Killer Tomatoes!”_ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uIKzgcDxo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3uIKzgcDxo) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/12 "2021-02-21T20:59:44Z")
> [@half-elf](#): > > There seems to be something wrong with your link. Not much scrolling to be had, no content, just the title stuff and a photo or video of a monster of some sort. Odd - just tried the link again and it went right to the video. ? John Frankenhiemer must have been hard up for some quick cash at the time with “Prophecy”, a weak film based on a pulpy book, but producing, though, maybe the greatest SUDDEN NASTY ending to a film, ever, with [this thing.](https://youtu.be/Mrn3ObP8q9o?t=5990) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/13 "2021-02-21T22:18:25Z")
Gotta go with the Lepus. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/14 "2021-02-21T22:25:21Z")
[Triffid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWA_bk7a4Q) or [Tribble?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBuy-Ux-atI) …and…for the treble? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/15 "2021-02-21T22:30:35Z")
I was just noticing an incredibly lame monster last night in a very brief clip in _Midnight Cowboy_ and wondering what it was from. Anybody know? (I’m wondering if it is the inspiration for the included toy.) [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/TsYFwgZ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/y33gyqM) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/16 "2021-02-21T22:46:19Z")
_Attack of the Eye Creatures_ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rz92aKBHWLA/hqdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rz92aKBHWLA/hqdefault.jpg) _Attack of the Giant Leeches_ [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/50/91/5a5091cf9e1239536af48f8a3981474a.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/50/91/5a5091cf9e1239536af48f8a3981474a.jpg) _The Killer Shrews_ [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/movie-monster/images/2/24/KillerShrews.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/movie-monster/images/2/24/KillerShrews.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/17 "2021-02-21T22:52:47Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike1](#): > > Everyone always says that’s a diving helmet. That ain’t no diving helmet. It looks to me like a cuspidor that’s been turned over on its side. Actually, it’s a prop space helmet from some other movie like [Radar Men from the Moon.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_Men_from_the_Moon#/media/File:Radarmen2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/18 "2021-02-22T00:18:33Z")
The seaweed-men monsters from _Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_ most weeks were pretty darn lame. This thread from 6 months ago is a treasure trove of similar stuff. They didn’t all feature monster(s), but there were lots that did. > [@Let's talk about cheesy b+w SF and Horror movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cheesy-b-w-sf-and-horror-movies/923228): > > The kind they used to show on TV at 11:30 on a Saturday night. The good, the bad, and the really cheesy. You know the kind I’m talking about. Did that limited format produce any real gems admidst the multitude of stinkers? I think it did. Just today I watched “The 27th Day” and thought it was pretty good. But mostly you’d get “It Conquered the World” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/19 "2021-02-22T00:23:57Z")
Thank you. THIS is a diving helmet. There are hundreds of variants, but this is the classic Mark V U.S. Navy helmet. > **[Vintage US Navy Diver in Mark-V Diving Helmet and Suit. | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/163053566532?var=462172417572&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=462172417572_163053566532&targetid=1068323850870&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9004367&poi=&campaignid=10459841973&mkgroupid=104612009900&rlsatarget=pla-1068323850870&abcId=2146002&merchantid=113670879&gclid=Cj0KCQiApsiBBhCKARIsAN8o_4hC72-K88WosPkbCDQMXZKTS4enudlNkRfpwpxnBDYrznFMLZ3TCwIaAvQSEALw_wcB)** > > This news paper quality print is available in the following sizes. A1 size 23.4" x 33.1"/ 594 x 841 mm. A2 size 16.5" x 23.4"/ 420 x 594 mm. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/20 "2021-02-22T00:26:20Z")
Supposedly the entire last season of _Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_ involved intensely cheesy monsters. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394/21 "2021-02-22T00:39:25Z")
The thing is, the premise of some horror creature doesn’t necessarily connote how scary it’s actually going to be. I mean if we’re thinking of good horror movies, there are clowns (we accept clowns as scary now, but imagine I’m pitching a horror movie with a mime or a juggler as the threat), a kid’s doll and a random dude who can only walk slowly, among the ranks. And nothing creeps me out more than the “don’t hug me I’m scared” shorts, which just feature muppets-like characters. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lamest-sci-fi-horror-monsters/933394.md?page=2)