Gymkata…man I miss movies like this

Well, I was slumming it in YouTube the other day and came across one of the most ludricrous fight scenes I ever remember seeing. Yes, the pommel horse fight scene in the Village of the Crazies from, yes, Gymkata! It really brought a tear to my eye, it’s so perfectly ridiculous, what with the mob […]

New Review: The Giant of Metropolis

Thanks to Sean for dropping off a fun review of a not-so-fun movie: Giant of Metropolis; featuring a muscle-bound lead and lot’s of walking, talking, and narration. No, the movie makes no sense. And yes, that’s why you keep coming back to this site, so enjoy!

The Giant of Metropolis (1961)

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Name that film – 3

Wow, people must think I know what I’m doing around here…yikes! Another “help me remember this film” email…

Anybody recognize this?

“he’s a short guy, about four foot tall, I believe he’s actually a puppet. Sort of like Chuckie, same sort of camera work, showing the legs when he walks/runs. I think he looks similar […]

OK, anybody know this film?

From the mailbox:

“Do you know the name of a film I saw on tv in the 70s, that featured a couple of hostile aliens found on the moon, one of which looked like a drag-strip racing timing light and the other a floating leathery sphere that ate astronauts?”

None of that rings a bell […]

Anybody know this film…The Caveman thread

From a Shack visitor who’s wondering about a rather intriguing movie…

“Hi, For the author or anyone else who may read this and who are experts on fantasy pre-historic films, maybe could answer my question.

When I was a kid, I remember watching a fantasy pre-historic film, I remember only one scene from it and […]

Please report site issues

Howdy folks, Well, my webhotel has moved the site over to a new set of servers and redid all the databases, php settings, etc. I think I’ve fixed everything that needs to be fixed, but if anything seems “broken” please let me know and I’ll look into it. Thanks!

New Review: The War of the Robots

This month’s review features yet another insane Italian space film with lots of aliens, gold lamé, and wigs aplenty!

Yes…the Monster Shack is proud to present:

The War of the Robots (1978)

It features aliens, robots, gold face paint, tons of wigs, bad special effects (that should be a given by now if it’s […]

Possible down time

Just found out that my web host is upgrading all of their servers, so all the websites that they host may experience possible downtime. So never fear, if the Shack disappears for a day, it’s all under control and we’ll be back as soon as everything is sorted out at the web hotel.

Cheers!

G.L.O.W.

OK, I have to admit setting aside an hour every Saturday morning back when I was a wee Minneapolis lad in order to see the latest episode of “G.L.O.W.” aka: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Man, that was some fun stuff.

So, anyway, I’m in a cheesy 80’s mood and I’m scrounging around YouTube for […]

New Review: The Green Slime

Just wanted to post a “new” old review to give you something to chew on in July. Since I’ve been on vacation for awhile and the weather is too nice to sit inside and write about dumb movies, I’ve dug up an old review that seemed to have fallen through the cracks when I moved […]

New Review: It’s Alive!

Mixing rednecks, caves, bad monsters, and bad scripts NEVER a good thing.

Case in point:

It’s Alive! (1969)

This movie is not for the weak of heart, head, or stomach.

By the way, sorry to start your summer out like this, but you know you love it…

Do I get spam

I guess the site is getting more and more “popular” since I get about 50 spam posts each day. (Thanks to Askimet Plug-In, it’s all filtered out instead of offending your sensitive eyes…)

Anyway, I thought I’d take a moment to share some of the wonderful praise the Monster Shack receives each and every day:

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What’s up

So, yes, another security hole has been found in Facebook.

Go here ->>> Your Open Book

enter any words you want and you’ll get a list of all matching Facebook user statuses with that word(s) in it…and you’re not even logged in or friends with them. Cool, huh?

Anyway, as you can tell […]

New Review: Kronos

Thanks again to Sean Ledden for clearing his busy schedule and giving us a great review for the month of May.

Monster Shack is proud to present…a big robot that hates humans and wants to take over the world.

Or something.

Anyway, it tries to wipe out L.A. so it can’t be all that […]

New Review: From Hell it Came

Aiiiiyeee! It’s a walking tree! Run for your lives! Beware of the Tabanga! A demonic zombie tree that shuffles, grimaces, shuffles some more…oh well. I’m trying my best to make this exciting.

From Hell it Came (1957)

Cinematic Titanic interview

Thanks to Sean for coming up with a fun interview of 3 MST3K legends: Trace Beaulieu, Joel Hodgson, and “J. Elvis” Weinstein. There out there promo’ing their live show Cinematic Titanic, so if you’re lucky enough to see it I’d love to hear about it.

Here’s the interview…sorry if you have to sit through […]

New Review: Boa vs Python

If you like big snakes eating stupid people, be sure to check this movie out. Otherwise stay far away.

Boa vs Python (2004)

Take Out

A funny independent short sent my way by Joe Douglass. It just goes to show that with a little ingenuity you can get by with a low special effects budget 🙂

Take Out

(I tried to embed this but it was giving tons of Adobe scripting errors…ack. Just follow the link.)

New Review: Supermen vs the Amazons

This one took a little longer to write because it’s just so horrible, but heck, it was still pretty fun. Why, oh why do I put myself through this?

Enjoy!

Supermen vs the Amazons (1975)

Carts of Darkness

A really cool independent documentary about some Canadian homeless guys that race their shopping carts down these gigantic hills. These guys are totally nuts but you have to admire their spirit…

If this embedded dealee-thingee doesn’t work for you, you can also check it out HERE