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July brings picnics and picnics bring ants. BIG SCARY MUTANT ANTS! Every culture has its Boogie Man. There's the Ashiarai Yashiki from Japan, a spirit that manifests as a giant foot that stomps into your house and reeks havoc in your home until you agree to wash it. It may not sound terrifying, but image it crashing into your living room while you're trying to enjoy the Super Bowl.
In America, we have the Hidebehind, a fierce creature that...you guessed it...hides behind trees and terrorizes people in the woods. Lumberjacks swear that the only thing the Hidebehind is afraid of is alcohol. I guess that's why they drink so much. :) In Central America, they have a Boogie Woman! She's called the Sihuanaba. This is a beautiful woman who appears naked (chika-chika-whaa-whaaa). Men see her and immediately go crazy for her and chase after her until she, well...leads them off a cliff or something else equally unpleasant. She's really only looking for a partner, but she doesn't want a human, so when she finds out the guys chasing her are human, she looks at them and she has the head of a horse...which scares the guys to death. Hey, it happens. Japan also hosts a Boogie Man Baby named...wait for it...Tofu Kozu. yeah, I know..it gets worse. It seems this is a giant baby who wears a cute bamboo hat and offers strangers tofu...by the side of the road...in the middle of the night. So sweet, right? Until you eat the tofu and it gives you a stomach fungus that kills you. I guess an agonizing death by tofu is what anyone deserves for taking a big block of the stuff from a giant baby in them middle of the night. These are just a few of the many cultural Boogie Men..uh...Women...uh...Babies...I'd say Boogie People but that sounds like we'll be talking about John Travolta. For our purposes, I have decided there's only one rule for qualifying as a monster movie: it must be a critter. That's right, a born and bred or hatched or genetically mutated or chemically douched...ew...creature that has an axe to grind with the world it finds itself in. We'll explore that Man V. Nature subject we all love to ponder. You know you sit at home at night really wondering where to hide during a Sharknado or if the can of Raid you keep under the sink will work against the giant Ant gnawing your neighbor in two. So that's what Monster Movie Monday is all about. I hope you enjoy meeting these creatures as much as I have! |
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- THEM! (1959)
- THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959)
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- PREDATOR (1987)
- DEAD ALIVE (1992)
- CONGO (1995)
- JAWS (1975)
- DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL (1978)
- LEGION OF FIRE: KILLER ANTS (1998)
- DEEP BLUE SEA (1999)
- OPEN WATER (2003)
- THE HIVE A LOOK AT LITERARY ENTOMOLOGY (2008)
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- SHARKNADO (2013)
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- SHIVERS (1975)
- VIDEDROME (1983)
- THE FLY (1986)
- DEAD RINGERS (1988)
- CHRISTINE (1983)
- THE THING (1982)
- PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)
- THEY LIVE (1988)
- IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)
- REPULSION (1965)
- THE TENANT (1976)
- THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967)
- ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
- FRANKENSTEIN (1910)
- THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932)
- THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
- BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
- SALEM'S LOT (1979)
- THE FUNHOUSE (1981)
- LIFE FORCE (1985)
- POLTERGEIST (1982)
- THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)
- THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
- THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)
- A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
- SCREAM (1996)
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KOREAN FLICKS
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- 조용한 가족 (aka The Quiet Family 1998)
- 소름 (aka SORUM 2001)
- 세이 예스 (aka SAY YES 2001)
- 폰 (aka Phone 2002)
- 령 aka DEAD FRIEND aka THE GHOST (2004)
- 거미슾 (aka SPIDER FOREST 2004)
- 분홍신 aka THE RED SHOES (2005)
- 레드 아이 (AKA RED EYE 2005)
- 스승의은혜 (AKA TO SIR, WITH LOVE 2006)
- 신데렐라 (aka Cinderella 2006)
- 아파트 (aka APT 2006)
- 두사람이다 aka VOICES (2007)
- Alone (2007)
- 므이 (aka MOUI 2007)
- 헨젤 과 그레텔 (aka Hansel & Gretel 2007)
- 추격자 (aka The Chaser 2008)
- 외톨이 (맘 LONER 2008)
- 고死: 피의 중간고사 (aka DEATH BELL 2008)
- 불신지옥 (aka POSSESSED 2009)
- 요가학완 aka YOGA CLASS (2009)
- 베스트 세러 (aka BEST SELLER 2010)
- 악마를 보았다 (aka I SAW THE DEVIL 2010)
- 고양이: 죽음을보는 두개의눈 (aka THE CAT 2011)
- 기생령 (aka GHASTLY 2011)
- 무서운이야기 (AKA HORROR STORIES 2012)
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- 뫼비우스 (aka MOEBIUS 2013)
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- DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)
- STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
- REAR WINDOW (1954)
- THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
- NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
- THE BIRDS (1963)
- STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER (1975)
- BODY HEAT (1981)
- CAT PEOPLE (1982)
- JAGGED EDGE (1985)
- BEDROOM WINDOW (1987)
- NINE QUEENS (2000)
- WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000)
- THE DESCENT (2005)
- THE EXPERIMENT (2010)
- YOU'RE NEXT (2011)
- 의뢰인 (aka The Client 2011)
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER (2012)
- TOAD ROAD (2012)
- FEAR LIVES HERE (2013)
- 런닝 맨 (AKA RUNNING MAN 2013)
- GRAND PIANO (2013)
- HOURS (2013)
- BLUE RUIN (2013)
- HOUSE OF GOOD AND EVIL (2013)
- THE PURGE (2013)
- 더테러라이브 (aka The Terror Live 2013)
- THE HUMAN RACE (2013)
- DAYLIGHT (2013)
- HOUSEBOUND (2014)
- THE GUEST (2014)
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PSYCHOS
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- DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931)
- ROPE (1948)
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- ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950)
- THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF (1950)
- WHAT THE BUTLER SAW (1950)
- THE FLYING SAUCER (1950)
- ROBOT MONSTER (1953)
- PHANTOM FROM SPACE (1953)
- TARGET EARTH (1954)
- THE SNOW CREATURE (1954)
- KILLERS FROM SPACE (1954)
- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD (1956)
- THE MOLE PEOPLE (1956)
- THE GAMMA PEOPLE (1956)
- THE LAND UNKNOWN (1957)
- THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS (1957)
- I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN (1957)
- THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED (1957)
- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957)
- THE GIANT CLAW (1957)
- KRONOS (1957)
- LA CRAVATE (1957)
- THE THREE FACES OF EVE (1957)
- THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957)
- I BURY THE LIVING (1958)
- THE MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS (1959)
- TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
- ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959)
- BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959)
- I EAT YOUR SKIN (1964)
- LES DIABOLIQUES (1955)
- PSYCHO (1960)
- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962)
- TAXI DRIVER (1976)
- ¿Quien Puede Matar a un Niño? (aka WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? aka THE ISLAND OF THE DAMNED 1976)
- THE SHINING (1980)
- FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)
- MISERY (1990)
- CAPE FEAR (1991)
- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
- SWOON (1992)
- DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1992)
- RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)
- SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
- NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994)
- THE CELL (2000)
- SEXY BEAST (2000)
- ONE HOUR PHOTO (2002)
- MONSTER (2003)
- WRONG TURN (2003)
- WOLF CREEK (2005)
- SIN CITY (2005)
- HARD CANDY (2005)
- THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006)
- MR. BROOKS (2007)
- THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
- SKYFALL (2012)
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- NOSFERATU (1922)
- CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
- LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (1971)
- THE CHANGELING (1980)
- THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
- ANGEL HEART (1987)
- HELLRAISER (1987)
- CHILD'S PLAY (1988)
- THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
- AUDITION (1999)
- END OF DAYS (1999)
- STIGMATA (1999)
- Richard Matheson Tribute: A STIR OF Memories
- THE GIFT (2000)
- THE RING (2002)
- THE GRUDGE (2004)
- THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (2005)
- THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2005)
- DARK WATER (2005)
- SILENT HILL (2006)
- PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2007)
- LAKE MUNGO (2008)
- DRAG ME TO HELL (2009)
- INSIDIOUS (2010)
- WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013)
- MAMA (2013)
- CARRIE (2013)
- OCULUS (2013)
- THE CONJURING (2013)
- LATE PHASES (2014)
- THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN (2014)
- JESSABELLE (2014)
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