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This Weekend, Indulge Your Inner Blob

Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not celebrate the 50th anniversary of Steve McQueen-monster movie The Blob at Phoenixville, PA's Colonial Theatre? The three-day event features not just the geltastic movie, but also special guests, audience participation and the chance to discover the best way to avoid alien brainwaves. More »

2:20 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Graeme McMillan
423 views, 7 comments

The Creature from The Black Lagoon: The Musical

Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Musical?

Join a dancing and singing Gilly on stage at the Universal Studios' production Creature From The Black Lagoon: The Musical. The musical romp about an Amazonian lagoon monster who prays upon an unsuspecting science team will be replacing the theme park's "Fear Factor" stage show. The concept art poster asks the question, "Gill meets girl, was it love — or lunch?" Fingers crossed that they have the monster actually devour the lady in the white bathing suit with blood squirting sequences akin to Kill Bill in front of a crowd of crying children. Suck it up kiddies: this is Universal, not Disney. [LA Times]

10:40 AM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Meredith Woerner
528 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: Are You SHITTING me?? GAWD the end is REALLY near.... more »

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The Creature From The Black Lagoon Reemerges Gill By Gill

The Creature From The Black Lagoon's fish-man is back, in a new remake of the 1954 classic. And the new version of the Creature has already been designed. Director Breck Eisner wants the new movie to be as scary as the original, but also wants you to empathize with the misunderstood and woman-craving mutant Gilly. More »

11:50 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Meredith Woerner
1,510 views, 15 comments

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Your Chance To Wear Christopher Reeve's Shorts

Now you can literally tug on Superman's cape (or the whole outfit), slip on Batman's boots, and put on Marty McFly's jacket... all at the same time. The Pugliese Pop Culture Collection, featuring a slew of original items from classic scifi, is currently on auction. You can bid on everything above and more, including the Creature to the Black Lagoon's mask, and Oddjob's razor-brimmed hat from Goldfinger. More »

10:20 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Kevin Kelly
839 views, 5 comments

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The Rubber Suit From The Depths Of Science Fiction

Ben Chapman, who portrayed "The Gill Man" in Creature From The Black Lagoon (at least, whenever he was above water) passed away two weeks ago after a lifetime of being identified with the iconic sea beast and loving it. Although he only acted in one film following the original movie, he would travel the mainland United States (he lived in Hawaii) to attend autograph shows and make appearances until late in life. While he wasn't credited with playing one of movieland's most famous monsters, he embraced the infamy that came with it. Both Ben and his rubber-suited counterpart are the subject of today's triviagasm below. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,214 views, 7 comments

Latest by PAgent: "Creature" was one of the finest pinball games I ever played. Really well designed. more »