My Horror Haul

Just a quick gloat over my stash I got over the break. First off, Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection, which has Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us in addition to the original. Then with a nifty gift card I picked up Lucio Fulci's Zombie. And biggest surprise of all, The Kubrick Collection. It has to be my favorite DVD collection yet. You get horror with The Shining (obviously), a wartime picture with Full Metal Jacket, sci-fi mastery in 2001, stylistic social commentary with A Clockwork Orange, and a thriller with Eyes Wide Shut. Yeah, I don't just watch horror. More on them later.

Our Namesake

Why haven't any of us done this before? The blog's called Misunderstood Monster and there's nary a post about some of our favorite monsters. I hope the other members will list some of their own. Note I've put a few monsters here even though I haven't seen their movie. They're on my to watch list, but really isn't this just about the monsters themselves? Well here they are.

Gill Man: Yes, Gill Man. Most people know him better as the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but that's not his name. Poor guy. Anyway out of all the Universal classic monsters I've always liked Gill Man the best. He's got a menacing fish face and sharp claws as you can tell below. Obviously he's the most dangerous in water but Gill Man can leave the water and do some damage as well. Reminds me of a terrestrial Jaws.

Mothra: Godzilla vs Mothra is unfortunately the only Toho movie I've seen. I know plenty of the monsters though, like Rodan, Gigan, and Ghidorah. I tend to have a bias for any insectoid monster (I'm studying entomology in college actually). Mothra would probably be the renown creature in that category. She only attacks when protecting her eggs or otherwise provoked. A poisonous yellow cloud helps in her battle, definitely one of Godzilla's formidable rivals.

Triffids: Plants can be threatening too, like in The Day of the Triffids. These carnivorous plants aren't the venus fly trap variety, they want flesh. They'll hunt by communicating and closing in on their target. Walking plants is one thing, but Triffids also have a deadly stinger. Humanity is pretty much hosed in this film.

Calamari Wrestler: Kani, the goalkeeping crab, came close but I had to go with the cephalopod on this one. Yeah technically his featured movie is more of a comedy but oh well it's my post anyway. Deal. It seems like a Rocky flick but with the aforementioned squid as the protagonist. Ingenious, I know.

*Update - I had to throw in the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth. I'm deeply sorry for neglecting him. Hope he can forgive me. So many more came to my mind after writing this, maybe for another post.