I watch terrible movies

I'm not sure when it happened exactly but I've become a fan of some truly terrible cinema. There is a certain cost effectivenes to it. Generally for the price of a rental you can buy one to two movies that will be a combination of terrifying, hilarious, and enjoyable if you look at them in the right way. So it was when I purchased the 1957 epic The Monster That Challenged the World (tagline: Instant TERROR...just add WATER!).



A rift is discovered off the pacific coast and in a shocking turn of events, its radioactive. The overall story involves a new naval sargent assigned to the area trying to make sense of giant irradiated sea slugs. There's a single mother involved also. Throw in the cute kid who happens to make one small mistake that leads to mass destruction and you have a winner! No its not within the same realm of Beast from 20,000 Fathoms or Them! (the one with the ants, not the remake) but it has a definite charm all its own. Unlike a number of these movies, you get sea slug death and destruction pretty much right from the get go.

Go get yourself some giant sea slugs :)

and now........ACTION SHOTS! (all pictures are screen captures taken from the movie and are not intended to violate any copyright laws or any laws in general)


Now I know I left it down here somewhere...


There really are no words...


Even less words...


As she stared at the monster her only thought was "man I bet shirley temple never had to deal with this"

Thats all for now. Big weekend coming up but nothing I'll write about here. Next week we'll discuss cartoons from the 60's and why its not necessary to do drugs to enjoy them.