Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi | Tags: 1980's, Alien, arena, boxing, chalmun cantina, charles band, karate kid, monster, Movie, peter manoogian, Star Wars
Ok, probably not the greatest movie ever but seriously check out this trailer for this sci fi monster movie from 1989 and tell me it doesn’t look AWESOME! It sometimes amazes me that there are movies out there like this that I have never seen. I can’t be certain of how rad or awesomely BAD it might be but the whole man vs. monster in a cheezy sci fi version of the Karate Kid sounds like a winner to me! It seems like Peter Manoogian who directed this movie was a huge fan of the Chalmun Cantina scene in Star Wars movie and that’s just fine by me as this one pretty much looks like it takes place there.
Of course you guessed it this movie was produced by Charles Band! Never has the idea of intergallactic monster boxing sounded so awesome! I am on the hunt ofr this one but of course it’s nowhere to be found on Ebay or Amazon. I am sure you can find some downloads online but another cool place to get crazy rare movies on dvd is Ioffer.com check that out too!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Alien, attack the block, creature, joe cornish, monster, Movie, nick frost, review, shaun of the dead, simon pegg, super 8
It’s been a couple weeks since I have posted anything here, I feel like a slacker but sometimes there’s just not anything interesting enough to geek out about! Seriously it can be tough thinking of cool shit to write about every day! However yesterday I had the pleasure of viewing an excellent sci-fi flick on the big screen-Attack the Block is a movie that you need to see in the theater as it easily defeats this summers blockbusters by a long shot.
If you haven’t heard already this one is produced by the Shaun of the Dead guys and it shows throughout the entire movie, right down to Nick Frost’s role as a slacker pot dealer middle man (more…)
Filed under: childhood nostalgia, Movies | Tags: 1980's, adventure, Alien, corey haim, E.T., eight, epic, Horror, influenced by, joe dante, Kids, Movies, review, river phoenix, Sci Fi, sherlock holmes, steven spielberg, super 8, supernatural, the explorers, the gate, the goonies, top 10, Werewolf
So I’m here to tell tell you a few things today, as you guessed “Super 8″ is the movie to see this summer, I loved it. Secondly it’s very obvious that JJ Abrams was a fan of The Goonies and E.T. and was trying his best (he succeeded) in replicating the nostalgic vibe of those movies for the big screen this year. He gave us that feeling we all have missed for so many years in our summer movies. But most of all it was a formula that had been used many times throughout the 80′s not only in E.T. and The Goonies but many more that have been all but forgotten.
It was a formula that seemed to put kids on dangerous adventures, most often supernatural ones, usually in small towns or the suburbs and most often trying to prove to their parents some crazy story to be true with often times unlucky results. These stories were filled with wonder and most of all they were so undeniably fun to watch that to see a movie like “Super 8″ or even Joe Dante’s latest movie “The Hole” in this day and age is a breath of fresh air. So here today in response to Super 8 I’d like to honor 8 more movies Abrams was likely heavily influenced by when he made his latest
1. The Gate (1986) To say JJ wasn’t influenced by this movie when making Super 8 would be a crime!! (more…)
Filed under: Music | Tags: 1981, album, album cover, Alien, bally, born this way, centaur, copy, father, game, lady gaga, mother, motorcycle, mutant, picture, pinball, rip off, video game
Ok well I just had to share this little bit of incredible info with everyone out there! I have figured out exactly where Lady Gaga comes from! Some people think that she’s from outer space and is an alien-CRAZY huh? No actually right on target! First off I have to say if any of you out there think Lady Gaga’s new album cover for “Born This Way” is original you all need to wake the hell up!
It’s totally clear what the hell has happened here ! If you are unaware of the 1981 Bally pinball game Centaur then you know where this is headed… (more…)
Filed under: comedy, Horror Whore | Tags: Alien, dave foley, frankenstein, jimmy hart, kevin nash, kids in the hall, lance henrickson, monster brawl, pumpkinhead, vampire, Werewolf, wrestling, wwe, wwf
So what if you could have a wrestling tournament set up with all your favorite monsters going head to head televised from an abandoned graveyard?? Well wait no longer folks because the upcoming horror comedy “Monster Brawl” plans to give you that exact scenario delivered to the comfort of your own home!
Enter eight of your favorite classic movie monsters and here you have it a fight to the death on pay-per-view. I am not sure exactly how this plot unfolds and why these movie monsters are participating in the first place but it’s already sounding like alot of fun.
Now add Jimmy Hart the Mouth of the South, (more…)
Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi, World's Greatest Toys | Tags: 1979, Action figure, Alien, Movie, ridley scott, sigourney weaver
These new developments of the Alien prequel have gotten me so excited I began to have visions of an action figure only a couple lucky friends of mine had back in the day. Yes this was the 1979 Alien action figure! They actually made action figures for kids back in the 70′s for movies that were rated R!
You couldn’t go see the movie but you could make your Alien action figure feast on Barbie or Ken seven days a week!! (more…)
Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi | Tags: Alien, avp, h.r. giger, Movie, prequel, ridley scott, sigourney weaver, the story
So obviously I am completely pumped on the Alien prequel that Ridley Scott has in the works! I mean the original director doing the prequel to one of the best Sci Fi films ever in this day and age?? I really never thought it would happen. Now we can really get back to business with not only the Predator but now the Alien as well. I know I could get alot of shit for this but I actually enjoyed the AVP movies! But now I also liked Freddy Vs. Jason too! Yeah just some dumb fun really that some people took just too damn seriously! Anyway having Ridley back leading the franchise in the right direction again has had alot of people wondering some of the secrets of the new upcoming movie.
Here’s some stuff I found out over at BloodyDigusting.com via MTV straight from Scott Himself: (more…)
Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi | Tags: adrien brody, Alien, arnold schwarzenegger, danny trejo, debut, new, predators, robert rodriguez, trailer
Ok so today the official trailer for Predators is out! It looks pretty bad ass to me and I now I must say I can’t wait for the real film to hit! check it out!!
“The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers – mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members – human “predators” that are now being systematically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.”
Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi | Tags: adrien brody, Alien, arnold schwarzenegger, cameo, featurette, new, predators, robert rodriguez, trailer
I just checked out the offical Predators movie website and they now have just posted a cool little featurette up about the movie with some bad ass clips and insight from Robert Rodriguez . It’s looking pretty awesome so far, much better than I expected and incredibly old school ala the original. No sign yet of Arnold, yet he is still rumoured to make a cameo near the end of the movie!
There’s even a quick shot of what appear to be Predator hunting “dogs”. This will hold you over until the 18th when the official trailer is released! Check it out here!
Also check out the full report on the Predators trailer and Q&A with Rodriguez posted today from SXSW from one of my fav websites BloodyDisgusting.com!
Filed under: Movies, Sci Fi | Tags: Alien, chekov, inalienable, marina sirtis, review, Star Trek, walter koenig
Last night I watched Walter Koenig’s “Inalienable” which was just released on dvd. The story sounded quite interesting and being a big Star Trek fanatic I always give the benefit of the doubt to any of TOS’s new ventures. Written, produced and starring ol’ Chekov himself this sci fi flick actually played more like a courtroom drama.
The story is quite simple, the films star Eric Norris (Richard Hatch) is medical researcher trying to find a cure for aids and going through years of depression after feeling responsible for the death of his family in a car accident. One day a local man stops in with a strange peice of “rock” from a meteorite crash on his property and gives it to Eric to check out. We get the drift early on that this is no ordinary rock and that it holds some creepy alien life within it. (more…)
