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Directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, and Gregg C. Tallas (whew!)
Written by Phillip Yordon
Run Time: 98 minutes
25 Words or Less:
Three movies, one never finished, edited into a full length film complete with God, Satan, boobs, and death machines. […]
Troll Hunter (2010)
Directed by André Øvredal
Written by André Øvredal, Håvard S. Johansen
Run Time: 103 minutes
Starting this review by saying that “Trollhunter” is like “The Blair Witch Project” meets “Cloverfield” gives the impression that this is a true Suck Fest. But it’s not – a Suck […]
Monster (2008)
Directed by Erik Estenberg
Written by
Erick Estenberg & David Michael Latt
Run Time: 90 minutes
In 2008 Cloverfield took the concept to new “heights” (sarcastic laughter) with an estimated budget of $30 million, a very cool monster design, and a cast of […]
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Written by Gregory Widen
Run Time: 109 minutes
A guest review by Karl Hoegle
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Directed by Bitto Albertini (as Ben Norman)
Written by John Thomas (who?!)
Run Time: 87 minutes
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From the Better Late Than Never Department:
The Monster Shack takes great pride in trashing the (gag) “Syfy” channel, but I was recently shocked, yes shocked!, to find it presenting something genuinely good. Thrilling even! And that thing is…..drum-roll….. The Mercury Men. It is, to quote it’s very cool retro poster, “The return […]
Written and Directed by Cullen Blaine
Run Time: 90 minutes
Tagline: Judge, Jury, and Executioner.
Few movies cry out to be reviewed as much as R.O.T.O.R. This 80’s sci-fi cheap-o movie has absolutely everything that makes a bad movie good:
Goofy character names Embarrassing racial stereotypes Odious comic relief […]
Written and Directed by Jack Perez
Run Time: 90 minutes
Tagline: Winner…Eats…All!
Yes! Get ready for the movie that went straight to video in 2009, the movie that will have you pulling your hair out, the movie that will have you spewing beer out of your mouth in laughter, the […]
Directed by Kevin Reynolds
Writer by Peter Rader and David Twohy
Run Time: 135 minutes
A guest review by Karl Hoegle.
I must admit that at the beginning of this stinker I was impressed; the Universal globe that denotes the studio that foisted this gem on us slowly […]
Directed by David Kramarsky
Screenplay by Tom Flier
Effects by Paul Blaisdell
Run Time: 78 minutes
The Monster Shack happily presents a guest review by Randy Landers.
Summary: In an inhospitable wasteland far from civilization, a powerful alien touches down and begins tampering with nature, turning calm animals […]
Directed by Christopher Ray
Screenplay by: Naomi Selfman
Tagline: Whoever wins…we lose!
Run Time: 88 minutes
A guest review by Sean Ledden
Our story begins in an African diamond mine where a white trash guard insists the impoverished black workers stay on the job even when […]
Written and Directed by James Nguyen
Run Time: 90 minutes
Summary: Global warming leads to exploding, acid-spitting birds.
How is it possible? Was this movie meant to be a cruel joke? What twisted mind can have even conceived of a production as horrid as Birdemic? Sure, we could place […]
Directed by David Hogan
Written by Rachelle Howie
Run Time: 90 minutes
Guest review by Sean Ledden
The 1950’s had the drive-in theater, and today we have the “Syfy” Channel. Its motto is “imagine greater,” which is astonishing given how much the people who run the channel evidently hate […]
Directed by Terry O. Morse
Written by Millard Kaufman
Run Time: 74 minutes
Tagline: Drilling into the forbidding depths of the Earth!
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Directed by Joe Finley
Written by Howard Cohen and Lance Smith
Run Time: 80 minutes
Although I typically wouldn’t want to review a sequel without first posting a review for the first of the series, I’m going to make an exception for this movie. Why? Two reasons:
1) It’s not […]
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Written by Alvin Sapinsley
Run Time: 75 minutes
Tagline: Deadly secrets emerge from the shadows when the full moon rises!
Classic Quote: […]
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Written by Akiva Goldsman
Run Time: A whopping 130 minutes! [Dennis: Ouch!]
Tagline: Danger, Will Robinson!
Budget: 75 million Total US Gross: 69.102 Million (136 Million worldwide)
A Guest Review by Karl Hoegle
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Directed by Roberto Mauri
Written by Roberto Mauri and Walter Brandi
Run Time: 82 minutes
Tagline: From the forest came the terror of…
Other Titles: King of Kong Island
"I can hardly wait to find out if there really is a sacred monkey."
– Diane […]
Directed by Umberto Scarpelli
Written by Gino Stafford, Sabatino Cuiffini, Oreste Palella, Amabrogio Moltaeni, Umberto Scarpelli, and Emimmo Salvi (whew!)
Run Time: 92 minutes
Tagline: See! The Dwarfs of Death! See! The City Destroyed by Cataclysm! See! Women Who Live Forever! [NOTE: There are no women who live forever […]
Written and Directed by Alfonso Brescia
Run Time: 99 minutes
Tagline: Hostile Alien Cyborgs in a Battle for the Universe
War of the Robots is another of my guilty pleasures created by one of my favorit Italian Gods of Schlock: Alfonso Brescia (aka, Al Bradly, director of Supermen vs the […]
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