Five Classic Movie Posters For Five Classic Monster Movies

You know I have always considered myself to be something of an aficionado when it came to horror and science fiction movies, I mean I have been watching horror and science fiction movies for decades... Little did I know how truly wrong I was... For the past few years I have been diving in to all sorts of, 'B' Horror & Science Fiction movies as well as all sorts of other types of lesser recognized sub genres that are out there... And the one thing that over all else that I have come to realize, is the fact that there is a lot more then even I thought that I knew... And I look forward to watching more and more of them!

With that in mind, I thought that you guys might enjoy the artwork on some of these movie posters for some truly classic, 'B' monster movies! So enjoy!

At number 5: Them! (1954):

A true classic, and one of Leonard Nimoy's first movies! 

For number 4: DeepStar Six (1989):

A classic movie about a Sea Monster attacking an underwater base!

Next on the block, at number 3: Godzilla (1954):

The first movie that has led to a historic movie series!

At number 2: Kingdom Of The Spiders (1977):

A great B Movie starring William Shatner!

And last but certainly not least, at number 1: The Mighty Peking Man (1977):

The Shaw Brothers's, 'King Kong'!

There are a ton more out there, I just thought that you guys would enjoy these!

The Snow Creature (1954) - Movie Review

[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignright" width="258"] Official Score = 1 1/2 Devils[/caption]

One element that I have always enjoyed about horror movies are monster movies… Rather they be earth bound monsters, insects turned to monsters from toxic waste, or monsters from another planet, I have always found those to be rather interesting… Why?

Well simply put, (especially in the older monster movies), it brought together a group of people to combat (most of the time, based on the time in which the movie was made), a creature that could conceivably occur in nature (Alien or Earth Bound)… And in some cases it has shown factions that could not initially get along.

The other thing that I thought that I would mention here is the fact that most of the time, monster movies generally tend to have an awesome story line!

The first thing that I mentioned above, is what I loved about, The Snow Creature (1954)!

Written by: Myles Wilder (Phantom From Space) & W. Lee Wilder (Killers From Space). Starring: Paul Langton (Invisible Invaders), Leslie Denison (Signpost To Murder), William Phipps (War Of The Worlds), & Robert Bice (It! The Terror From Beyond Space).

[caption id="attachment_2921" align="aligncenter" width="240"] An interesting movie poster for a movie that all I can say is... meh![/caption]

This movie, (which I suspect was inspired by the movie King Kong (1933)), tells the story of a botanist by the name of Frank Parrish (Langton), who mounts an expedition in to the wilds of the Himalaya Mountains… While he is there though, word comes that his lead Sherpa’s, ‘woman’ has been taken by a Yeti…

Grief stricken, the Sherpa and his men kidnap Parrish and his British Photographer by the name of Peter Wells (Denison) in an effort to find the Yeti and destroy it…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] The expedition as they make their way up the Himalaya Mountains![/caption]

Once they find it though, and after a cave in that was caused by the Yeti, Parrish and Wells turn the tables on the Sherpas and force the Sherpa team to take the now sedated beast down the mountain so that Parrish can take it back to the United States to study.

Once they get to the States though, the monster breaks free of his prison, and it will be up to Parrish, a LAPD Lieutenant by the name of, ‘Dunbar’ (Phipps) to stop the beast from tearing up the mean streets of LA, before the beast can do to much damage!

In the end, I mentioned above about the monster that people in monster movies have to fight being cool… Well this is no exception! Considering when this movie came out, the monster in this movie looked pretty awesome!

As for the story, the truth is, is the story was to long on their time in the Himalaya’s (and frankly at first it was cool, but after a while it got to be kind of old…)

In the end though, if you can get passed the over use of their time in the Himalaya’s, then you might find this movie to be rather enjoyable… I did.

http://youtu.be/3GEL_b2oTZQ

I Am Legend (1954) - Richard Matheson - Book Review

[caption id="attachment_415" align="alignright" width="350"] Official Score = 4 Devils[/caption]

You know there is a novel that I would say is probably in the top 5 of the most valuable horror novels ever written... Not just because it revolutionized it's subgenre, but also because it helped set the stage (and in some ways could be said to be one of the bars), that filmmakers aspire to try to emulate when they are making their movies... that of course being the book that author Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) wrote in 1897... 'Dracula'!

Another one that I would say that did that as well... But to a slightly lesser extent is, 'Richard Matheson's seminal 1954 horror novel, 'I Am Legend'!

Now if you could say that each generation there is some one who creates a work of art that helps to revolutionize the whole genre until the next generation... Well then I would say that the work that Richard Matheson did in, 'I Am Legend' is to the most recently previous generation, what Bram Stoker did for his generation!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="150"] A true masterpiece![/caption]

What I mean by this is that I think people like, 'George A. Romero', and other filmmakers emulated this novel when they created their masterpieces... (In the same way as Bram Stoker's work used to be emulated)..

But in the end, what I really liked about this novel is that it changed the concept of the (Zombie/Vampire) novel, and took the super natural element out of it, and replaced it with a more down home ailment, that nearly destroys the world!

As a side note, besides the fact that this novel has been emulated before, it has also been made in to movies that have stared the likes of Vincent Price (The Pit And The Pendulum) & Charlton Heston (Planet Of The Apes)!

In the end, this novel is an awful lot of fun, and if you get a chance to check it out, you might find that you like it!