Monster Gallery: Damsel (2024)
Main Article: A Dragon Scorned
Tag: Dragon
A Dragon Scorned
Spanning from the 1998 Godzilla to the Moorwen from Outlander, production designer Patrick Tatopoulos had crafted dragon-like creatures before Damsel, but never an actual flesh-and-blood dragon. He thus strived to deliver an innovative design. “I had to create this amazing, ancient, female dragon from scratch, and I was ecstatic,” he said.
Special: Of Dragons and Wyverns – Part 2
The overall idea we now have of the so-called “Western” dragon is the result of a stratified conflation of different traditions, and this process culminated in the Middle Ages, wherein traditional dragons, due to their innate serpentine quality, as well as common traits with the Leviathan of the Book of Job, began to be… Read More Special: Of Dragons and Wyverns – Part 2
Special: Of Dragons and Wyverns – Part 1
Here be Dragons. When a dragon in a fantasy work — be it a novel, a film, or a videogame — is depicted as having just two wings (often also locomotory limbs) and two legs, the argument is often made that “it is not a dragon; it has two wings and two legs, therefore it… Read More Special: Of Dragons and Wyverns – Part 1
Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 3
The Monstrous Hundred continues with the 90s, a turning point in effects-making with the advent of CGI. Tremors (1990) Kicking off the 90s roster of creature features on a fabulous note, Tremors is one of the most brilliant, all-around engaging monster movies of all time. From the witty dialogue penned by S.S. Wilson and Brent… Read More Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 3
Exclusive: “The Mechanics of Monsters: From Carlo Rambaldi to Makinarium”
“Three years ago, when I was here for King Kong,” humbly said Carlo Rambaldi at the 1980 Academy Awards, “I don’t know English, and I said ‘Thank you’. Now I learn very well English, and I say, ‘Thank you very much!’”. Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects… Read More Exclusive: “The Mechanics of Monsters: From Carlo Rambaldi to Makinarium”
Norwegian Ridgeback
All at once there was a scraping noise and the egg split open. The baby dragon flopped on to the table. It wasn’t exactly pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled, black umbrella. Its spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body and it had a long snout with wide nostrils, stubs… Read More Norwegian Ridgeback
Monster Gallery: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
Main Articles: Troll in the Dungeon Fluffy Norwegian Ridgeback
Monster Gallery: Reign of Fire (2002)
Main Article: Sovereigns of Fire
Sovereigns of Fire
What do we do when we see them? Dig hard, dig deep, go for shelter, and never look back. In early 1996, writing duo Gregg Chabot and Kevin Peterka conceived a post-apocalyptic story depicting the last stand of humanity against monstrous dragons; aptly titled Reign of Fire, the script would have to wait several years… Read More Sovereigns of Fire
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