Post by trashcanman on Oct 7, 2010 9:08:49 GMT 2
Alright, I've a hankering to talk about under-rated and under-appreciated monsters that deserve mentioning with the likes of Dracula, Kong, and Godzilla but never got the exposure. here are a few of my favorites.
Outlander is a great funtime flick that mixes science fiction with classic norse-era coolness. And it has one of the coolest monsters ever. Bioluminescent, betentacled, scary, mean as hell, the last of it's kind, and hungry for people. It's used to perfection in the movie too. Give it up for Moorwen.
Yeah, yeah. You're thinking "Trashy, that monster is totally badass, but it's very unlike you to throw all the props to CG. Where's the old school, man?" I got your muthafuckin' old school. Now, when you think of early 80's cinema, "mind-blowing special effects" seldom come to mind. Well, when I was a kid watching Harryhausen's classic stop-motion monsters, I have to admit that there was a stop-motion beastie that bests even the best of the genius' works. Dragonslayer had the most convincing giant monster of all time before Jurassic Park raised the bar. That's over a decade at the top. In movie special effects, that is practically a rule of 1000 years. And that dragon still looks impressive today, if you ask me.
Lastly, in 2005 a group of awesome Lovecraft nerds created a movie utilizing only the filming techniques that would have been available in his day. That silent film was of the classic story Call of Cthulhu. The title monster belongs on every list of giant movie monsters. Here's a video with clips of the film expertly edited to Metallica's classic instrumental of the same name. Skip to the 5-minute mark if you wish to do away with the foreplay.
So, fellow Fortress dwellers, what have you to bring to this badass table?
Outlander is a great funtime flick that mixes science fiction with classic norse-era coolness. And it has one of the coolest monsters ever. Bioluminescent, betentacled, scary, mean as hell, the last of it's kind, and hungry for people. It's used to perfection in the movie too. Give it up for Moorwen.
Yeah, yeah. You're thinking "Trashy, that monster is totally badass, but it's very unlike you to throw all the props to CG. Where's the old school, man?" I got your muthafuckin' old school. Now, when you think of early 80's cinema, "mind-blowing special effects" seldom come to mind. Well, when I was a kid watching Harryhausen's classic stop-motion monsters, I have to admit that there was a stop-motion beastie that bests even the best of the genius' works. Dragonslayer had the most convincing giant monster of all time before Jurassic Park raised the bar. That's over a decade at the top. In movie special effects, that is practically a rule of 1000 years. And that dragon still looks impressive today, if you ask me.
Lastly, in 2005 a group of awesome Lovecraft nerds created a movie utilizing only the filming techniques that would have been available in his day. That silent film was of the classic story Call of Cthulhu. The title monster belongs on every list of giant movie monsters. Here's a video with clips of the film expertly edited to Metallica's classic instrumental of the same name. Skip to the 5-minute mark if you wish to do away with the foreplay.
So, fellow Fortress dwellers, what have you to bring to this badass table?
