A belated RIP to Heath Ledger

Yeah, I know he died a while ago, but I was surfing Wikipedia the other day and came across his name. I started thinking about how sad it was; he was a charming, handsome, damned promising actor…and what a stupid way to die! What a waste.

According to Wiki the toxology report states: “Mr. Heath […]

The Informers

Just saw this the other night, didn’t know too much about it, but I saw that it had Billy-Bob in it, so what the hell. Although I like movies with several intertwined threads of people’s lives, I found this one rather bleak. Don’t have time to talk too much about it right now (I’m at […]

New review: District 9

A quick wrap-up of a great new sci-flick produced by Peter “Bad Taste” Jackson and Wingnut Productions.

District 9.

New times

I guess you’ve noticed that there hasn’t been a heck of a lot of activity here lately.

Why?

I have very little time (which can be fixed, sort of) and I’m a bit burned out, to be honest. I started this goofy site on a whim nearly 5 years ago with a review of […]

Category links screwed up…Fixed : )

Should have been using php require_once in the reviews. Doh! Anyway, the categories are now fixed. ————– For some reason the links in the navigation bar that link to the various categories are screwed up…I don’t know why. If anybody knows what table this information is in please let me know. The main Review Index […]

Ping

I just thought I would let everybody (anybody?) know that I’m still alive, well, and running around like crazy. I’ve been traveling a bit during vacation so I haven’t had much time to do movie reviews, which seems to happen every summer. (My allergies are really bothering me too…, I guess I have to break […]

Summer marches on

Back from the mountains and had a great time despite being eaten alive by wild Viking mountain mosquitoes. Now we’re just hanging out at Monster Shack headquarters for a few days until we head off to England to visit my mom and stepdad for a week or so. Otherwise, it’s a lazy string of days […]

Off to the mountains

OK, folks, we’re off to the mountains for about a week. No electricity, no running water, just mountains, peace, and quiet. I Hope everybody is having a good summer so far. Hoping to do a bit of hiking, swimming in the (cold) waters, and maybe sqeezing in a beer or two between all the darned […]

Summer time hath cometh

Yes, time to peel myself off the sofa and get outside into the sun. Long evenings, cold beer, and lots of grilling. The review pace may taper off for a while because of the good weather, but rest assured, the dark, maniacal engines that power this site never stop their turning.

So what the […]

New review: Attack of the Monsters (1969)

If you love Gamera (and who doesn’t?), be sure to check out his antics in Attack of the Monsters.

Oh, and here’s a little teaser:

Go on. Admit it. You love these movies.

Cat Norris

OK, I admit it: I’m a cat person. Anyway, I thought this picture was kind of funny:

Norway wins Euro Grand Prix

16 “12” pointers…!

If you don’t know what I’m rambling about…well, don’t worry about it…or move to Europe 🙂

Rubber Johnny

OK, I’m not one to post links to “YouTube” videos just to have something to post. Nope. Never. Anyway, I stumbled across this video a few years ago and thought it was really freaky. Soooo…after forgetting all about, it I was at a party the other night and guess what popped into my mind: Rubber […]

The 100 Top Horror Movies From the 1970’s

An interesting article over at “eeriebooks” blog: “The 100 Top Horror Movies From the 1970’s“. Hey, and what do you know…Monster Shack’s The Swarm review was even mentioned. Small world, eh?

New Review: Attack From Space

Thanks to Sean for pulling my chestnuts out of the fire…so to speak. Once again, the Monster Shack’s overworked and underpaid proof-reader and stalwart guest reviewer has managed to find time to pound out a review called Attack From Space. As the title suggests, it’s about an attack from, yep, space. Anyway, it’s cheesy and […]

Where the heck have I been?

Despite the seeming recent vacancy at the Shack, I’ve been really busy cleaning up every. single. page. on the site so it conforms to XHTML standards. Why? Because I’m a computer geek who thrives on tedium. (As should be obvious from this site’s content 🙂 ) Anyway, so a lot of long hours doing tedious […]

Busy busy

No, I haven’t forgotten about this damp corner of the Internet called Monster Shack. I’m really busy with real life (house, yard, kids), so time is either null or at a stand still. I’m trying hard to get something or other reviewed, but it’s taking some time, so, hmmm..how about I recommend a great book […]

Motivational Poster

Digging around some old emails and found this motivational poster:

Otherwise life continues. Slowly working on reviews when time permits, otherwise enjoying the coming of spring.

Barbarian Queen — The Empress Strikes Back

Oddly enough it looks like Lana Clarkson has indeed struck back from the grave against her murderer, Phil “Wall of Sound” Spector. You can check out the sordid details on the net, I can’t be bothered to post them here. Anyway, another sad story comes to an end. Maybe everybody should check out a Barbarian […]

Monster Shack and the Flying Spaghetti Monster wish everybody a happy Easter