Monster Gallery: Tremors (1990)
Main Article: Subterranean Terror — Tremors
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Subterranean Terror — Tremors
In the early 70s, filmmaker Steven S. Wilson was working for the Navy in an isolated area near China Lake. One day, he was sitting on a rock, surrounded by sand, and an idea came to his mind: what would happen, he wondered, if something under the ground forbade him to get off that rock?… Read More Subterranean Terror — Tremors
Army of Klendathu
“The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a giant intelligent spider, but their organization, psychological and economic, is more like that of ants or termites; they are communal entities, the ultimate dictatorship of the hive.” -Robert A. Heinlein,… Read More Army of Klendathu
Monster Gallery: Starship Troopers (1997)
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Rest in Peace, Hans Ruedi Giger
Hans Ruedi Giger died the 12th of May, aged 74, after suffering physical trauma from a fall in his own home, in Zurigo — as reported by his own family. The death of such an enormously talented individual caught me by surprise. Few other people have been as influential as he has been —… Read More Rest in Peace, Hans Ruedi Giger
Monster Gallery: Dune (1984)
Main Article: Sandworms of Arrakis
Sandworms of Arrakis
Static electricity is IGNITING in the air and the sand is swirling around the harvester. Then they see it. A wide hole emerges from the sand, glistening spokes within it. The hole is twice the size of the harvester. Suddenly the machine turns and slides into the hole, parts of it EXPLODING. The SOUND is… Read More Sandworms of Arrakis
Special: The Plant Conquered the World
In the theatrical cut of Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey II is electrocuted; the electricity triggers a reaction that makes the plant explode. At the very end of the film, with Seymour and Audrey married, the camera zooms on their garden — revealing a little smiling plant. The original ending of the film… Read More Special: The Plant Conquered the World
Monster Gallery: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Main Articles: Mean Green Mother from Outer Space Special: Audrey II conquers the World
Mean Green Mother from Outer Space
The Little Shop of Horrors began as a low-budgeted film, directed by B-Movie veteran Roger Corman. Based on a $30.000 budget and completed in a very short time, it came to receive — to Corman himself’s surprise — a wide cult following. The story of Seymour Krelborn and the voracious man-eating plant resonated within people’s… Read More Mean Green Mother from Outer Space
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