Monster Gallery: Deep Rising (1998)
Main Article: Beast of the Deep Sea
Beast of the Deep
Finnegan turns as the DANCE FLOOR and the D.J. BOOTH EXPLODE as SOMETHING RISES UP from below them. His eyes widen. And there it is — The huge, horrible, mutated, mucus-covered, sucker-faced HEAD OF THE CREATURE. A giant mutated protoplasm. Jutting up from a breach in the floor. The trunk of the Creature, the part… Read More Beast of the Deep
Monster Gallery: Don’t be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
Main Article: Exclusive: Art of Darkness
Exclusive: Art of Darkness
Magazine Journalist Joe Nazzaro had composed an article regarding the design and realization of the homunculi from the 2010 remake of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. Written for Monsterpalooza Magazine — which eventually went no further than its first issue — it was left unused. As an Exclusive to Monster Legacy, Joe Nazzaro was… Read More Exclusive: Art of Darkness
Monster Gallery: I, Frankenstein (2014)
Main article: Exclusive: The Demons of I, Frankenstein!
Exclusive: The Demons of ‘I, Frankenstein’!
Creating the demons for I, Frankenstein was a task assigned to the special effects artists of the Make-Up Effects Group. Monster Legacy had the chance — and the honour — to interview Nick Nicolaou, co-founder of the company, again — following our last exclusive — discussing the make-up effects of the film. Read on! Monster… Read More Exclusive: The Demons of ‘I, Frankenstein’!
Abraham Sapien
Abraham Sapien first appeared in the Seed of Destruction arc of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy comics — and was featured in Guillermo del Toro’s film adaptations. Abe was the director’s favourite character from the comic series, but despite that he wanted to take a different direction, character-wise: “[he was] completely different from the Abe Sapien in… Read More Abraham Sapien
Monster Gallery: Falling Skies (2011 – )
– – Main articles: Skitters Overlords [COMING SOON] Cochise [COMING SOON]
Skitters
‘Skitter’ is the name used colloquially to label the eight-limbed extraterrestrial creatures that have a major role in the TV series Falling Skies. Thought by many to be those responsible for the invasion of Earth, they are actually the enslaved subordinates of another sentient race — the Espheni — who hijacked them from their home… Read More Skitters
The River Ghost
In Predators, the group of stranded characters — lost in the alien jungle — stumbles upon a cage with molt skin and insectoids crawling on it. Later in the film, they discover an agile creature running through the woods — and decide to take it down using Edwin as a bait for it. The creature… Read More The River Ghost
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