Stupid Looking Monsters

[Fuzzysnail]

What? nobody named the scary sleestack from the land of the lost? They moved at the rate of a tottering child learning to walk, and had the flexibility of Bill and Ted in their suits of armor. (they still gave me nightmares)

[palitoy]

I have this awesome poster in my living room, I love it but the monsters are gawdawful.


Zontar : The Thing From Venus is a cheaper remake of "It conquered the world"


Larry Buchanan is a god of the paper mache monster.

[ctc]

>Just about anything that fought the original gamera. Especially that 4 armed squid or tha thing that had a knife nose.

>He'd shoot Chinese stars out of his nose-horn

You guys are mixing up two of 'em. The squid thing was from one of the later moves; and the shuriken monster is from the third film. I can't remember the names. (And I'm kind of ashamed to admit that....) The shuriken monster is actually a ninja monster. (And Japanese, not Chinese. Wow, I am such a nerd....) Not only does he shoot stars, but his head is modeled on a ninja sword.

>How about that ridiculous bird monster from "The Giant Claw"?

NOW we have a winner! Not only is it obviously of the breed "wooden puppetus cheapus" BUT in the story it's from another dimension, and is made of material SO DENSE that Earth weapons can't harm it.

*snicker*

>Tor Johnson

That is SOOOO fake looking! You can tell it's two kids in a suit!

>Is "stupid" a trait you look for in a movie monster?

HELL YEAH! Effects are nice; but they don't impress me so much 'cos the monsters in a movie AREN'T real. So making them look real is nice; but I'd rather see something totally off the wall. Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed the idea of a monster more than the technical bits. (Be it SFX or realistic conceptualization.) Case in point: you guys have mentioned a lot of my favourite beasties on this list.

One thing that bugs me about current effects, especially CGI is that it took a lot of the imagination out of movie monsters. Since they've all got to be "realistic" they tend to fall into fewer more easily defined categories. And when designed for CGI they tend to use a lot of already established vectors. Was it just me, or were the mutants from "I Am Legend" A LOT like the morlocks from the last "The Time Machine" movie?

Now, I'd LOVE to see something like "The Giant Claw" rendered with modern effects; but keeping the same look. Nobody does that though.

'Course the line between "stupid" and "totally rocks!" is a narrow one. Take the Dalek; one of the world's most recognizable and beloved (is that the right term?) monsters. It's also one of the STUPIDEST ideas for a bad guy. A salt shaker with a gun. That probably shouldn't be able to climb the stairs. OR use a doorknob. BUT it's always PRESENTED as being threatening, so the audience accepts it.

Don C.

[apes3978]

Yeah, man, how can you dis Harryhausen? Unless by "stupid" you mean stupidly frickin' awesome!

Is "stupid" a trait you look for in a movie monster?

[HardyGirl]

Hey, my kids love the Monolith Monsters. One of them even asked me to record it for her.

[ramsey37]

There was this one monster movie , I dont remeber the name but there were these giant crystals. They would grow out of the ground a couple of hundred feet then fall over and regrow. They were attacking this town. One of the stupidest ideas for a monster ever.

That would be Universal's "The Monolith Monsters". I remember seeing that as a teen and being disappointed that there were no actual monsters in the movie
George

[HardyGirl]

How about that ridiculous bird monster from "The Giant Claw"? That was supposed to be scary? It looked like a large version of "Nutty Bird" from "The Bugaloos"!

[Seeker]

There was this one monster movie , I dont remeber the name but there were these giant crystals. They would grow out of the ground a couple of hundred feet then fall over and regrow. They were attacking this town. One of the stupidest ideas for a monster ever.

Lets see does anyone remember the Attack of the Giant leeches?


I also might add any movie that glued sails or spikes to some poor iguana to make a cheap dinosaur movie.

[Mikey]

Tor Johnson
MST 3000
YouTube - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (11 / 12)

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[Hector]

The critter from "The Creeping Terror" beats them all, hands down. It looks like a couple of guys crawling underneath a moldy rug
George

We have a winner here, lol.

That one was beyond terrible, great call.

[BlackKnight]

I recently saw some sorta Fish/Gator thing on the SciFi channel,.. it was so damn stupid,.. & could bairly move. This thing would crawl up to it's victims,.. then eat them,.. all they really had to do was walk away.

... Come to think of it,.. I've scene some really bad Monsters on SciFi's low budget,.. or no Buget D movies as of late.

[Mikey]

How about the horta from star trek...Now that was a cheap monster/alien costume if I ever saw one.

Nahhh,
The Horta was TOP NOTCH SPECIAL EFFECTS compared to that Gamera Chinese star monster

[fallensaviour]

How about the horta from star trek...Now that was a cheap monster/alien costume if I ever saw one.

[Mikey]

Just about anything that fought the original gamera. Especially that 4 armed squid or tha thing that had a knife nose.

That newer movies had much better monsters.

I forgot about that thing

He'd shoot Chinese stars out of his nose-horn

If i'm remembering correctly. you could also see he was clearly a guy on his hands and knee's

[Seeker]

Just about anything that fought the original gamera. Especially that 4 armed squid or that thing that had a knife nose.

That newer movies had much better monsters.