Our good friends THE GHOULIGANS have been working hard for the last few weeks, recording all kinds of monster-rific Ghoultide cheer, and they’ll be hosting the FRIDAY NIGHT CHAT-ALONG MONSTERCAST this Friday, December 24 at 8PM EST on 100YMM.com! Featuring the Christmas classics Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, Silent Night Bloody Night, plus two versions of the Scrooge story, including one hosted by Vincent Price!

Next week, as the 100YMM celebration ends, a new era begins: the (soft) launch of THE MONSTER CHANNEL!

That’s right, the first interactive 24/7 channel for fans of fright films, featuring classic movies, tv series, trailers, shorts, indie horror movies, horror-rock and shockabilly music videos, the world’s greatest horror hosts, original programming, and most of all, you! Now you can join thousands of your fellow horror fans from all over the globe at any time – the chatroom will be open 24/7!

So, come by this weekend for some Christmas cheer with the Ghouligans, and join us next week at The Monster Channel!

Ms. Monster and her Melons

Last week, 100YMM‘s chatrooms were on fire as Ms. Monster and her Monster Melons hosted our weekly “Chat-Along” Double Feature Monstercast!  1940s cheesefests The Flying Serpent and The Devil Bat bookended almost four hours of madcap entertainment, featuring prerecorded and live bits by the lovely blue-skinned creature and her green skinned companions, plus trailers, cartoons and government warning films from the ’50s.  Prizes were given out every 20 minutes or so and the attendance rivaled the original 3-day marathon that started it all back in March!

So, back by popular demand, Ms. Monster and the melons, “Tit” and “Tat” will be back for A COMPLETELY LIVE HOSTING GIG this Friday night, June 11, at 8PM EST!  They’ll be hosting “Crazy People Night”, with a bit of a departure for monster movies, a double feaure of ’70s grindhouse sleazefests Driller Killer and Don’t Look In The Basement!

Writer/Director/Actor Alan Rowe Kelly

As a special added bonus, we’ll be joined LIVE IN-STUDIO by writer/actor/producer/director Alan Rowe Kelly (I’ll Bury You Tomorrow, The Blood Shed), who will be on hand to talk about his upcoming remake of Don’t Look In The Basement!  In yet another act of digital calisthenics, Ms. Monster and her team will be interviewing Alan remotely from their set in San Francisco, while Alan sits in the dank, disgusting disheveled pit that is the SphereWerx/Fourth Castle studios in the aptly-named Hicksville, New York!

Friday's prizes

All the usual MONSTERCAST elements will be in play for what could be almost FIVE hours of cheesy goodness: trailers, cartoons, ’50s educational films, trivia and prizes!  The two prizes being given away this Friday, in keeping with the ’70s serial killer theme, are the Mezco Cinema of Fear Series 3 “Leatherface” and “Hitchhiker” figures from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

This is shaping up to be the biggest night since the launch of 10YMM, and a bit more adult than usual, as there will be lots of cheap bright-red ’70s gore and perhaps a bit o’nudity, so make sure the kids get to bed on time!

The “door opens” at 7:45PM, when the player/chatroom window goes live on the 100YMM.com homepage.  A loop of trailers will cease at 7:50, when classic drive-in “countdown to showtime” films take us right to the start of the show!

Join Ms. Monster, the Melons, Alan Rowe Kelly and thousands of fellow monster movie mavens on Friday night, June 11 at 8:00PM Eastern Time (5:00PM Pacific) at 100yearsofmonstermovies.com (or 100ymm.com if you’re too lazy).

Our double feature for Friday, June 11 8PM EST

]]> http://www.100ymm.com/ms-monster-hosts-again-611-special-guest/feed/ 3 http://www.100ymm.com/100ymm-at-l-a-weekend-of-horrors/ http://www.100ymm.com/100ymm-at-l-a-weekend-of-horrors/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 18:43:08 +0000 admin http://www.100ymm.com/?p=416 FearWerx and the legendary Weekend of Horrors reunite for a triumphant return to Los Angeles, where the horror convention that invented horror conventions was born in the early days of the 1990s.

The event is headlined by the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund, and giallo maestro Dario Argento, as well as dozens of other guests, including reunions of the ReAnimator and Nightmare on Elm Street casts, and the largest gathering of men who’ve portrayed ’80s monster legends Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface!

Besides the world-class assembly of talent that made the WOH great, there are also tons of fun events such as weekend-long film screenings, a zombie walk, the “Shock-N-Roll Spooktacular”, the X-treme Fashion Show, costume and tattoo contests, and much more!

100 Years of Monster Movies is participating in the event as well, curating the “Art Ghoulery”, a gathering of macabre original pieces by amazing genre artists, all available for sale!

For more information, go to weekend of horrors.net.

It’s the first film festival associated with 100YMM and it’s a perfect fit.  Classic Godzilla films all week long in the time-honored and family-friendly tradition of guys in rubber suits beating the hell out of each other and destroying intricately-detailed model buildings in the meantime.

Aug, Patrick and Tomohiro start the festivities on Friday, May 7 with a special discussion on the entire genre, featuring rare clips and images from all kinds of kaiju films, including Gamera, Godzilla and other monsters.  The on May 8, the Viz cinema continues with a bunch of classic Godzilla films.

Here’s the flyer and press release…if you’re in the area during those dates, a) boy are you lucky and b) bring the entire family!

GIANT MONSTERS INVADE SAN FRANCICSO

THE BIGGEST CELEBRITY FROM JAPAN – GODZILLA – CRASHES VIZ CINEMA FOR SPECIAL FILM AND DISCUSSION EVENTS IN MAY

VIZ Cinema Hosts Kaiju Shakedown! Godzillathon! And TokyoScope Talk Vol. 3 Features War Of The Giant Monsters Discussion And Prize Raffle Of New Gamera DVD

San Francisco, CA, April 26, 2010 – NEW PEOPLE and VIZ Cinema welcome the 3^rd and latest installment of TokyoScope Talk – War of the Giant Monsters – on Friday, May 7^th at 7:00pm. Join Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters author August Ragone, and Japanese film critic Tomohiro Machiyama at the Bay Area’s hottest film venue for a fun and lively discussion on the “kaiju” (monster) movies featuring rare images and clips of Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera and other iconic creatures from classic Japanese sci-fi cinema. General admission tickets are $10.00.

VIZ Cinema invites Bay Area monster fans to a 5-day Kaiju Shakedown: Godzillathon!, running Saturday, May 8^th thru Thursday, May 13^th. Featured will be rare screenings of the Big G’s 4 most-loved films including Godzilla vs. Hedora (1971), Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972), Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973), and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974). Details and screening times at: www.vizcinema.com.

Don’t miss a rare chance to see the beauty and enormity of Godzilla in stunning 35mm prints with English subtitles and a premium THX^®-certified sound system! These events may sell-out. Ticket prices: General Admission: $10.00; Senior & Child: $8.00. Advance tickets on sale at: http://www.newpeopleworld.com/films/films-5-2010/#godzillathon

TokyoScope Talk – War of the Giant Monsters will feature a special raffle giveaway of premium monster collectables including the brand new DVD release from Shout! Factory of Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965). The revered classic features the original Japanese version of the film presented with fresh English subtitles and anamorphic widescreen produced from an all-new HD master created from original vault elements.

VIZ Cinema is the nation’s first movie theatre devoted exclusively to Japanese film and anime. The 143-seat subterranean theatre is located in the basement of the NEW PEOPLE building and features plush seating, digital as well as 35mm projection, and a THX^®-certified sound system.

About NEW PEOPLE

NEW PEOPLE offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan and is the creative vision of the J-Pop Center Project and VIZ Pictures, a distributor and producer of Japanese live action film. Located at 1746 Post Street, the 20,000 square foot structure features a striking 3-floor transparent glass façade that frames a fun and exotic new environment to engage the imagination into the 21^st Century. A dedicated web site is also now available at: www.NewPeopleWorld.com.

We’ve continued to run a double feature of monster movies, complete with chat-along, trivia and prizes, EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8PM EST!

We have a new double feature planned for this Friday, April 16, but we’ll let our partners at Dread Central say it in the report they just released:

First feature Friday 4/16 8PM EST

“A few weeks ago we told you about a cool idea coming from our friends at FearWerx.com, which was a live monster movie marathon webcast all weekend, with hosts doing live intros directly from the Horrorhound Weekend in Indianapolis. It was orginally planned as a one-time-only event to celebrate the 100th birthday of the monster movie, with dozens of hosts that included such big names as Elvira, George Romero and even Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman.

Well, seems like the event was huge enough that they haven’t stopped.

For the last few Fridays at 8:00 PM, the 100 Years of Monster Movies team at FearWerx have ben running a double feature of monster movies, with interacive chat (you can be your own MST3K along with hundreds of other fans), trivia tidbits scrolling across the screen and prizes awarded for answering trivia questions!.

Win this 12" Teenage Werewolf figure from AMOK TIME TOYS!

Though there are no hosts for the show yet, FearWerx President/Executive Producer Joe Sena said that doesn’t mean they won’t come back. The success of the first webcast took us completely by surprise, he said. The fans demanded that we come back with a similar experience, where they can all gather in the caht room and make fun of the movie while it’s on. That seemed to be the biggest part of the experience for them, besides winning prizes. So, for no we’re just running a double feature every Friday night at 8:00pm with chat, prizes, trailers, trivia and more until we can figure out what to do with it.

Looks like we created a monster ourselves, Sena quipped.

The next run is tonight at 8:00PM EST, when the 100 Years of Monster Movies team presents a werewolf-themed night, featuring 1973′s Werewolf of Washington starring Dean Stockwell and the curiosity Wolf Blood, a rare 1925 silent that is purported to be the first werewolf-themed movie ever made. And the big prize for the night is a 12″ action figure of the ‘Teenage Werewolf’ from the movie of the same name by Amok Time Toys.

Join in on the fun, chat with fellow fiends, enjoy some cheesy movies and win prizes tonight at 8:00PM on 100yearsofmonsters.com (or 100ymm.com for the spelling challenged).”

(Thanx to Steve ‘Uncle Creepy’ Barton for the piece)

If you’re reading this, you’re at least one of several types of people:

-       A casual fan of monster movies who, after scanning the cable guide, will land on something with a creature in the title, check it out for a few, and, satisfied that it will keep you entertained, leave it on.  You may watch the whole thing through, or leave it on “in the background”, only paying attention during a gruesome, bizarre or spectacular sequence.  In your Facebook profile, you put “monster movies” or “horror movies” in your interests, but probably after some thought.

-       An active fan of monster movies who seeks out titles on cable, VOD or download with a creature of some sort.  You consider yourself more of a “horror fan”, not conscious of your preference for rubber or computer generated beasts.  Your friends enjoy the genre as well, and it is close to the top of your list of entertainment preferences when asked.  Your Halloween costume is more creative than others’, and you either make it yourself or spend a lot of money on the well-made masks, outfits and accessories that are now available.

-       A hardcore fan of monster movies, who appreciates the horror genre as a whole but absolutely understands the nuances that separates the monster subgenre.  Your extensive DVD collection stretches back to the silents, and you’ve listened to all the commentaries.  You wrinkle your nose at CGI SyFy movies but watch them anyway (and refuse to admit that you’ve TiVo’d and rewatched several).  You go to conventions.  You have a collection of monster figures on a shelf, with even more still in boxes…somewhere.  You may even have a tattoo (or several) of your favorite creatures.  You bookmarked several of the better known horror sites, or subscribe to their RSS feeds or podcasts.  Your coworkers think you’re strange, but you know that they’re the strange ones.

-       A professional.  You spent most of your life immersing yourself in these films.  You learned how to write about them, interviewed their creators, examined their social relevance.  You may have even written some screenplays, many of you have had them produced.  You may have written a book (or several) on the topic, and some are used as texts in film study classes.  Or, you may have leaned toward the visual, graduating from scribbling monsters in your school notebook to applying pieces of rubber to actors to make them look like those same monsters you scribbled.  You may have gone from Mathlete to computer FX artist and discovered the best way to make that scaly texture map look more like millions of real scales.

Either way, you’re all here because you’re monster fans and you’re here to celebrate the genre, and we have developed this program specifically so that all of you can share in the celebration. 

The purpose of this program: raise awareness of this simultaneously fun and scary subgenre among monster fans of all levels of interest and expertise.  There are countless conventions, blogs, toys, games, collectibles, reference books, dvds, reference books, magazines…you may know them all or you may never heard of any of them, but we’re going to do our best to make as many fans aware of as much as possible. 

Many of these items are produced by friends we’ve made over the course of 20 years of being in the “fan marketing” business.  For some of them, it’s a very lucrative business;  for others it’s a hobby.  Either way, they all share a passion for this genre, and 100YMM is designed to help connect them with the fans who are seeking them out.

My first copy of FM, issue no. 67 from 1970. Yep, still have it.

For me, it’s part of a personal journey.  As a kid reading Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1970s, my one window into the genre was that magazine.  The fabled publication has been written about countless times and there is little I can add to the more eloquent anecdotes of far superior writers except to say that it opened me up to a world of imagination that only made me hungry for more.

In 1974, Famous Monsters ran a convention in New York City and, being local, I was lucky enough to convince my dad to bring me. 

This was a pivotal experience. 

Many other magazines and books with broader views on the topic were promoted or sold there.  Celebrities and production veterans talked about their craft.  Actual props and costumes were displayed and their construction talked about by the people who made them. FM’s famous cover paintings were on display and you could get up close and examine the choice of brushstrokes people like Basil Gogos used to create those magical color combinations.  Upcoming movies were previewed.

Like many of the other attendees, I went back home with a heart full of the experience of having spent days immersed in the genre, but a head already beginning to calculate how to make a living at it.  Surely, not an immature thought, as there were plenty of responsible adults at the show sharing their experiences in writing, directing or creating makeup for movies, publishing magazines, producing lines of model kits and toys. 

I saw people who were happy at their respective crafts and other people who enjoyed the fruits of those labors.  At the time, I was on the latter side of the equation.

Universal's Monster site, produced and edited by me in 1997, and apparently still accessible in parts at archive.org. Three guesses which magazine inspired the look-and-feel...

Flash forward (gulp) 37 years, and I’m on the other side.  I’ve been blessed to run a company with brands that develop toys, collectibles and apparel for fans of the genre.  Prior to that, I produced horror events for one of the world’s biggest fan convention companies, developed online monster webzines at the dawn of the internet for Universal Studios as Creative Director of their New Media Group,  and launched websites for several other well-known genre media brands, many of which still thrive.

So, when we decided to expand  the company back into my old internet career, I felt it important to create something that gave something back to the genre that got me started on this journey.  I wanted to provide a platform that was useful for people of all levels of fandom, from the casual fan to the professional.

- The casual fan can use this program to explore the wealth of monster movies reliably, without having to settle for what cable or the local video store rack provides.  We started by putting together a list right here (and don’t worry, hardcore fans, it’s just a start).

- The active fan can find ways to expand their expertise in the genre and find other friends around the world who share their passion.  We are not opening a 100YMM forum, as there are many well-run message boards that do the job better than we ever could, and many of them can use the support.  If we do our job correctly, we will help populate those boards with many new contributors.

- Hardcore fans can flex their expertise and contribute by adding their recommendations for films, products, books, periodicals sites and other items with blog entries, or comments and posts on our Facebook page.  We don’t pretend to be editors or experts here, so our primary purpose to the hardcore fan is to encourage them to share their knowledge with others.

- Professionals can consider this program a place to promote their work and help refine the flow of information.  In my opinion, the “bad side” of the wealth of information on the internet is that so much of it is conjecture, opinion, or just plain wrong.  Here, I call upon the professionals of this genre to contribute their thoughts, provide research-based facts, and help guide the next generation of fans.  Feel free to correct us as well, if we present anything erroneously.   In exchange, we will pimp the hell out of whatever you’re doing.

As for me, I’m just grateful to be able to develop this program and have fun doing it.  In just a few days, we’ll be recreating the classic days of live monster television with a 3 day movie marathon webcast complete with live hosts.  A few weeks later, we’re putting on a monster toy display at Monsterpalooza in Burbank.  A month later, my former coworkers at Creation Entertainment are letting us run several 100YMM events there such as a kaiju film festival and a monster art gallery at the upcoming Weekend of Horrors in Los Angeles.

But if you ask, “Why monsters and not horror in general?” my answer has several parts to it:

1. There is no shortage of general horror information on the web.  In no way can we get our arms around anything like that.  

2. General horror includes some subgenres that some may consider unsavory or extreme.  We certainly appreciate them as well, but it makes an effort like this one largely inaccessible from a beginner’s point of view. 

3. Monsters are responsible for getting me on this journey in the first place, and it seemed a good place to start.  The 100^th anniversary of the Edison Frankenstein film certainly provided us with a great hook, and after decades of legal wrangling, it seems Famous Monsters is returning to legitimate print.  And, as I stopped believing in coincidences many years ago, I took it as a thumbs up from the universe.

With that, I welcome you to the 100 Years of Monster Movies celebration, thank you for your time and hope that I can start some of you of on this fantastic journey as well.

Joe Sena

President, SphereWerx/Fourth Castle Micromedia

MONSTER MOVIES

30 Days of Night (2007)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Alien Nation (1988)
All Monsters Attack (1969)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Ape (1976)
Arachnophobia (1990)
A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
Army of Darkness (1992)
At The Earth’s Core (1976)
Atragon (1963)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Super Monsters (1982)
Basket Case (1982)
Beginning of the End (1957)
Beware! The Blob (1972)
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Candyman (1992)
Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
Child’s Play 3 (1991)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud (1989)
Cloverfield (2008)
Constantine (2005)
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Critters (1986)
Crocodile (2000)
Crocodile 2 Death Swamp (2002)
Cursed (2005)
Dagon (2001)
Daybreakers (2009)
Day The World Ended (1955)
The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Dogora (1964)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Feast (2005)
Fiend Without A Face (1957)
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2 – Texas Blood Money (1999)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3 – The Hangman’s Daughter (1999)
From Hell It Came (1957)
Gamera (1965)
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys (1999)
Gamera the Brave (2006)
Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
Gamera vs. Jiger [Gamera vs. Monster X] (1970)
Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Ghoulies (1985)
Ghoulies II (1987)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Gorgo (1961)
Gorath (1962)
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla Raids Again [Gigantis: The Fire Monster (US)] (1955)
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1992) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1966) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
The Return of Godzilla (1985)
Godzilla 2000 (1999) [No Usable JPG poster]
Gorath (1962) [No Usable JPG poster]
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2 (1990)
H-Man (1958)
Half Human (1955)
Hatchet (2006)
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II – The Golden Army (2008)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
It (1990)
IT Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
It Conquered the World (1956)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jaws (1975)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
King Kong Escapes (1967)
King Kong Lives (1986)
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976)
King Kong (2005)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [No Usable JPG poster]
Lake Placid (1999)
Leprechaun (1993)
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Leprechaun 3 (1995)
Leprechaun 4 – In Space (1997)
Matango (1963)
Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus (2009)
Mothra (1961)
The Mighty Gorga (1969) [No Usable JPG poster]
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
Mothra (1961)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Nightbreed (1992)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1979)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Piranha (1978)
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)
Pitch Black (2000)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Predator (1987)
Predator 2 (1990)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
Return Of The Fly (1959)
Revenge Of The Creature (1955)
Rodan (1956)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Santo vs Frankenstein’s Daughter [Santo Contra La Hija De Frankenstein] (1971)
Santo vs The Vampire Women (1962)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Sick Girl (2007)
Slither (2006)
Slugs (1988)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Species (1995)
Species II (1998)
Species III (2004)
Species – The Awakening (2007)
Squirm (1976)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Swamp Thing (1982)
Tarantula (1955)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
The Blackout (2009)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Blob (1958)
The Blob (1988)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Brood (1979)
The Crawling Eye [The Trollenberg Terror] (1958)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Curse Of The Fly (1965)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Descent (2005)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1986)
The Fly 2 (1989)
The Gate (1987)
The Giant Claw (1957)
The Host [Gwoemul] (2006)
The Howling (1981)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Lost World -  Jurassic Park (1997)
The Mighty Peking Man [Goliathon] (1977)
The Mole People (1956)
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
The Mysterians (1957)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Son of Kong (1933)
The Spider [Earth vs the Spider] (1958)
The Stuff (1985)
The Thing (1982)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Three Treasures (1959)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Them! (1954)
They Live (1988)
This Island Earth (1954)
Tremors (1989)
Tremors 2 Aftershocks (1996)
Tremors 3 Back To Perfection (2001)
Tremors 4 The Legend Begins (2004)
Troll (1986)
Troll 2 (1990)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Warlords Of Atlantis (1978)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (2000)
Willow (1988)
Wishmaster (1997)
Wolf (1994)
Wolfen (1981)
Wyvern (2009)

Or, what is it about a monster that makes it monstrous? 

It’

s not something that most people think about. 

But while working to compile a list of monster movies for the “100 Years of Monster Movies” event, I’

ve been prompted to consider this question.  Using an internet search engine provides the following results by way of definition: 

1. An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. 

2. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. 

3. A freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 

4. A cruel wicked and inhuman person. 

In these modern times, finding resources to help one to define the concept of monstrosity requires one to scroll past results directing you towards products and resources such as energy drinks, equipment cables and job search websites, which provide an interesting insight into the way that the use of the term “monster”

has evolved. 

Using the Internet Movie Database as a search engine, results in 1,544 results, 830 of them being movies.  But I wonder what kind of criteria they’

re using to determine what makes a monster movie? 

“Men in Black”

has a variety of interesting aliens, but is it a monster movie? 

The Stay-Puft marshmallow man from “Ghostbusters” is definitely a monster to be reckoned with, but does that make “Ghostbusters”

a monster movie? 

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is filled with orcs and goblins and walking trees and, of course, the formidable Balrog but does that make the Lord of the Rings series a series of monster movies? 

So, while trying to put together a comprehensive list of monster movies from the past 100 years, I’

ve hit this not inconsiderable barrier.   So I ask you this, and any and all replies and ensuing discussions would be most appreciated. 

What makes a monster movie a monster movie?

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Scott Lefebvre can write about whatever you want him to write about.  Locked in a library for ten years, he’s probably read everything that you’ve read.  He is the author of “Spooky Creepy Long Island” and a contributor to “Forrest J. Ackerman’s Anthology of the Living Dead” as well as several other stories included in upcoming anthologies.  He has reviewed books for Scars Magazine, Icons of Fright, and Fatally Yours, and tours North America as convention manager for FearWerx.

You can contact him at: Scott_Lefebvre@hotmail.com

The best way to see all the fun of Monsterpalooza is to do so through the eyes of veteran character actor and Big Time Monster Kid Dan Roebuck in this clip from last year’s show:

The 100 Years of Monster Movies program is participating in Monsterpalooza with a number of special events for monster fans:

A monster toy exhibit, featuring toys old and new, including prototypes of upcoming Universal Monster figures from Diamond Select Toys and our own EMCE Toys brand

A display of memorabilia from the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera from the private collection of Joe Sena.

For older Monster Kids, there will be a cash bar and special Monster-ized drink specials just after the Return of the Living Dead cast reunion.

Our FearWerx brand is an official sponsor of the event, represented by our West Coast show manager Jack Ulrich, bringing loads of the apparel and merch designs we’re known for.

For more information on the event, go to the official Monsterpalooza website, and check out the promo below:

More details will follow about upcoming contests and giveaways, but our upcoming event, the 3-Day Monster Marathon Webcast, features prize packages given out around the clock.

For more information on the webcast, see this article.

Here’s info on how to get a chance to win during the webcast:

How can I win these prizes?

Join in on the chat in the chat window attached to the player and pay attention for monster-movie trivia questions to be scrolled at the bottom of the movie screen.  The first person to chat in with the right answer wins, and a staffer will connect with you to send us your shipping details.

Can I enter more than once?

No, only one prize package per entrant.