Spiders and relatively normal sized ones aren’t really monsters but enough people are scared of them to make this a monster movie. I think spiders, heights and small spaces are the most popular phobias. Strange thing is most people don’t know why they are scared of spiders and most even know that they shouldn’t be and that fear is what makes this film so damn good.
The mid 90’s to early 2000’s seemed to bring forth quite a few giant monster attack films, sharks, sea beasts, snakes, crocodiles, spiders lots of either giant real animals or made up big monsters wanted to attack people. Whilst Deep Rising had slipped my mind until someone mentioned it on Twitter, Deep Blue Sea I knew about and being as I reviewed Jaws, The Shallows and even Sharknado it seemed right to re-watch and review this one for my Monster Movie Month.
This is the only non monster film I’ll be reviewing this month, I figured with it being new and me looking forward to it I had to write something about it. Since starting this blog there’s been a handful of films I’ve been really hyped about seeing, this is one as I’m a fan of most Rob Zombie stuff, Train To Busan which I’ve yet to see as well as Death House which I cannot wait for! So for better or worse here’s my thoughts on the new Rob Zombie film.
I’ve been waiting so long to see this film it’s ridiculous along with a slight fetish for found footage films (despite them mostly disappointing) I also strange as it may sound love a film set in one place. So along came The Shallows set mostly on a rock out to sea with a bit on the beach and an opening scene of arriving at the beach. Here’s my thoughts on this movie.
I’d seen this movie around quite a bit when looking through various streaming services’ horror sections but never really fancied watching it. Then with this month dedicated to monster movies I did a bit of searching for the generic “Greatest Monster Movies Ever” articles. When I searched for modern ones Splinter was often listed quite high, one person even comparing it to The Thing. With that type of compliment I thought why not give it a watch.
Continuing the monster movie theme for this month I decided to watch Deep Rising, someone had mentioned this on Twitter when I asked for some recommendations for monster movies. Strangely or not if you know me this film had dropped completely from my mind until someone mentioned it. As soon as I looked it up I remembered having it on VHS and watching it quite a few times in my late teens, so the question is does it hold up or not?
No monster movie month would be complete without a review/look back at Tremors, as a kid this was one of the coolest films I ever watched and it still remains that way today over 25 years later. I’d be very surprised if there’s anyone who hasn’t seen this and better still Kevin Bacon is being linked to a new Tremors TV show after all these years. Hopefully it will make up for the lackluster sequels that it’s spawned, anyway on to the film at hand…..
Carrying on the Monster Movie Month theme today’s review is Rogue, I had somehow never seen this and someone recommended it on Twitter. I looked it up and thought yeah why not? Looks decent enough. Makes sense to watch a giant killer crocodile after watching a big shark eat people.
Jaws is one of the first monster movies I ever remember watching as a kid and it was the one that made me think of doing a month of monster reviews. It’s obviously considered one of the classics in any genre but does it still live up to today’s standards?
After a night of drinking I sat down today and thought what could I watch as I went about a lazy Sunday. Decided on the classic Jaws because this is obviously a superb film and it got me thinking about how much I enjoy a monster movie. So I’m dedicating this month to watching and reviewing some classic and some not so great monster movies.
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