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Beware Giant Radioactive Turtles of the Soviet Era

It's comforting to know that during the height of Reagan's Cold War in the 1980s, the Soviet Union was making movies that were just as cheesy as the ones you could see in the United States. When you see this clip of the scary, growling radioactive giant turtle from Мутанты (which means Mutant), you'll be forced to concede that the Soviet Union would not ever have lost the cheesy flick arms race. Especially if the cheesy movie war had been fought with giant monster movies. Alas, I don't speak Russian so I can't understand the dialog. But that didn't get in the way of my appreciation at all. I had a genuine moment of cross-cultural understanding. [English Russia] (Thanks, DieR!)

8:20 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,940 views, 15 comments

Latest by phoenix: @Miranda Kali: You are now my favorite person ever. more »

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Dragons vs. Helicopters - Who Wins?

This is probably my favorite giant monster scene ever, just because it shows dragons fighting helicopters. I'm not sure why it's so satisfying, but my heart just leaps when that huge snakey dragon BITES A HELICOPTER. With his MOUTH. Oh, you need back story? This is a clip from D-War, AKA Dragon Wars, which is about some ancient prophesy blah blah blah dude from Roswell stars blah blah DRAGONS FIGHTING IN DOWNTOWN LA. On that cool round US Bank building! First there's the big giant dragon, and then his little buddies come to help out. This is such a great fucking scene. I don't understand why this movie didn't become a blockbuster. [D-War]

5:15 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Annalee Newitz
4,712 views, 87 comments

Latest by broomstick: Saw It the other night: it is at the same time the worst thing and the best thing I have seen in a while :D more »

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Nevermind the Monster -- Cloverfield Is All About 9/11

All this rampant speculation about the Cloverfield monster has been distraction from the real thrill of the movie: Getting to watch a reenactment of 9/11 without all the scary political implications and the guilt over one's fascination with mass death. Like the disturbing original Gojira from 1954, Cloverfield is a monster movie whose purpose is nakedly therapeutic. New York must recover from the historical trauma of 9/11, and what better way than by containing its reenactment in a completely generic story whose monster-comes-to-town-monster-leaves-town narrative structure is as familiar as the fairy tales we heard as kids? (spoilers ahead) More »

8:40 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Annalee Newitz
8,710 views, 36 comments

Latest by ceejeemcbeegee: I still say that Statue of Liberty head was way too small. That is all. more »

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Ravers Crushed By E.T.-Controlled Vampire Mammoth

A bunch of innocent teens are raving in the forest when . . . they're trampled by a giant woolly mammoth, re-animated after thousands of years in ice by an alien implant that tells it to KILL KILL. Summer Glau, whose powers of acting have been used more wisely in Firefly and upcoming Sarah Connor Chronicles, is the teen whose geek dad wants to save the mammoth because (you guessed it) IT COULD BE THE SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON OF THE MILLENNIUM. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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