My Obsession: TV Monster Movies

Forget Seventies glamour: The decade’s made-for-TV movie monsters were the real stars

"...anthology series Thriller. But it was the made-for-television horror movies that really caught my attention...."

July 27, 2018 Screens Column by Amanda Reyes

Monster Movies

Tobe Hooper on his new film, Djinn

Aug. 12, 2011 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Monster

Charlize Theron gives a ferocious performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

"...ambulance-chasing filmmaker Nick Broomfield, and now this feature film, Monster, written and directed by first-timer Patty Jenkins. Despite its..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monster Magnet Comic Con: Dave Wyndorf

A G-rated ‘Last Patrol’ from the Silver Age

"...Monster Magnet hasn’t toured the U.S. in over a decade,..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Monster Mash

Metallica's Kirk Hammett, plus filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, marvel at Some Kind of Monster

"...for seminal documentaries, and with Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, due in local theatres Sept. 10, Metallica joins the..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

"...of SXSW selection The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster views it...."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Fantasia Review: Monster Seafood Wars

C'mon, who hasn't wondered what Godzilla tastes like?

"...especially in the realm of the kaiju or giant monster...."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rick Baker: Monster Maker

An American Werewolf in London

"...RB: I'm a fan of the monster stuff first and foremost. They're what made me want..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letting the Monster Out of the Box

Did Spalding Gray have any secrets left for his journal?

"...to Cambodia), Steven Soderbergh (Gray's Anatomy), and Nick Broomfield (Monster in a Box). Despite the impact those movies had..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...frostbite scene (the go-to thermometer of peril in Arctic movies), Harlin makes it clear that, even without external menace,..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...Vachon wants to make movies that matter. She wants to and does. The title..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Curriculum I: 10 Movies to Know America By

"...II -- The most damning fact about the Godfather movies is that we take them seriously at all --..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Bog Bodies, Blood Pulling, and Muppets: Making the Monster of Boys From County Hell

How Chris Baugh raised the evil of Irish vampire

"...Not that he's completely new to monsters. In 2010, when he was still trying to get..."

May 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Teenage U.f.O. Psycho Sex Monster Show

"...compilation of trailers including all genres from beach party movies to sex roughies, and all sorts of vintage sleaze..."

March 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...big-screen takes on D&D before, but like comic book movies in the 80s they rarely dragged themselves out of..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five aGLIFF Movies to Stream at Home

Award winners and hometown heroes of queer cinema jump online

"...After premiering at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, the monster finally comes home. The Affairs of Lidia..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Mother's Little Monster

Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton on the complexities of their Columbine-inspired collaboration

"...Swinton has also been featured in many popular American movies, appearing as the White Witch in The Chronicles of..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Titan, King, God, Monster

Ray Harryhausen in Austin, Tuesday, March 28

"...There are gods and monsters for real, flickering 24 frames per second on the..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Big Fat Independent Movies

Sending Off SXSW Film 04

"...musings do start to reveal an appreciably universal inner monster, reflected in all the people who surround him, the..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, Monster Movies. Any kid who came of age in the..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Man Japan

Midnight madness doesn't begin to categorize this bizarre Japanese superhero/monster movie.

"...a modern superhero story that combines elements from Japanese monster movies, mockumentaries, comedies, and downright demented CGI fantasies. Matsumoto,..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold Skin

Imperialism and isolation pervade this monster movie

"...is ravening hordes of mermen," then Xavier Gens' period monster flick is a must-see. It's a far remove from..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...of friends are whiling away the summer watching old monster movies and playing card games. Jay has a date,..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Mummy

Tom Cruise does the monster mash

"...is Universal’s initial foray into rebooting their classic movie monsters, now dubbed “Dark Universe.” It’s big, it’s slick, it’s..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monsters

In this startlingly original indie film, a road trip combines with an alien invasion to remind us of our ageless fear of otherness.

"...inadvertently – blessedly – scuttling any shaky-cam plans for Monsters. Instead, Edwards favors long, still, and frankly stunning shots..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Mummy

"...and Omid Djalili. In the pantheon of classic Universal monster movies, the original The Mummy, directed in 1932 by..."

May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...Kotto. More so than any other type of film, monster movies undoubtedly produce the greatest amount of sequels. From..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pacific Rim Uprising

Robots vs. monsters sequel is pure scrap.

"...maybe? Well then, check out Pacific Rim Uprising’s nonstop mecha-monster action. Guaranteed to satisfy your insatiable hunger for more..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

An affectionate parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra spoofs ’til it poops out.

"...Blaire. A knowing and affectionate parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra works just fine for..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pacific Rim

When monsters and robots engage in epic battle, puny humans huddle in movie theatres to pay respect.

"...film’s terminology) with Pacific Rim – this summer’s giant monsters vs. robots spectacular – before jumping into the breach...."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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