Recommend me some Creature Feature!!!

Galvasean

Hi guys. I'm currently on the look at for an enjoyable monster flick to ad to my collection. Any recommendations based on these ones I really liked?

Anaconda 1&2
Boa verses Python
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Rising
Eye of the Beast
Frankenfish
Godzilla verses Desutoroia
Jaws 1-4
Jurassic Park 1&2
Primal Force
Primal Species (Carnosaur 3)
Reptilian (Yongarry 2001)
Starship Troopers

tman

The Host

It's a Korean film, but don't let that put you off if you're not usually into subtitled films. It is far and away one of the best creature features that I've seen in recent years.

A few come to mind. The really must be massive appeal out there for low budget monster films as they seem to keep the Sci Fi Channel in America going. Shame they generally jsut churn out rubbish week after week.

Here are some that I would recommend:
Ice Spiders
Piranah
Alligator
Dragon Wars
Them
Evolution
Q the Winged Serpent
Lake Placid 1 and 2

monkeyfudge

The Critters movies were all fairly enjoyable.

And of course there are the Tremors movies too.

Troll is another good one... there's a sequel too... but that's hilariously bad.

Galvasean

tman wrote: »

The Host

It's a Korean film, but don't let that put you off if you're not usually into subtitled films. It is far and away one of the best creature features that I've seen in recent years.

Saw that, it was a great piece of work considering its small budget. Although I must admit that much of the Korean humour was lost on me.

Galvasean

Deleted User wrote: »

A few come to mind. The really must be massive appeal out there for low budget monster films as they seem to keep the Sci Fi Channel in America going. Shame they generally jsut churn out rubbish week after week.

Here are some that I would recommend:

Ice Spiders - Ive heard a lot of good things about this, I'll look it up
Alligator - havent seen in years. is the sequel any good?
Q the Winged Serpent - this one looks like great fun, is it worth €20?
Lake Placid 1 and 2 - loved the first one, is #2 worth €15?

monkeyfudge

Galvasean wrote: »

Q the Winged Serpent - this one looks like great fun, is it worth €20?

Ha. If a film stars Michael Moriarty then you know it's going to be fun, but extremely low budget. €20 does seem a bit steep for it... I haven't seen that film since the 80s though.

I wonder if another Michael Moriarty film called The Stuff would count as a creature feature... It's about this yogurt that comes out on the market that is super tasty and everyone loves, but it turns out that is actually alive and takes over peoples minds.

monkeyfudge

monkeyfudge wrote: »

The Critters movies were all fairly enjoyable.

And of course there are the Tremors movies too.

Troll is another good one... there's a sequel too... but that's hilariously bad.

The Critters and Tremors franchise are both great fun. Granted there is a noticeable dip in quality with each passing installement, but at the end of the day all anyone really wants from them is monsters eating people.

Troll 2 is a disaster of a film. There is a remake in development and I'm curious to see if Harry Potter will be returning.

Galvasean wrote: »

Ice Spiders - Ive heard a lot of good things about this, I'll look it up
Alligator - havent seen in years. is the sequel any good?
Q the Winged Serpent - this one looks like great fun, is it worth €20?
Lake Placid 1 and 2 - loved the first one, is #2 worth €15?

Ice Spiders and Lake Placid 2 are worth picking up, though maybe wait or a price drop.
Alligator 2 is a film I have'nt seen in a long, long time. I remember enjoying it but I was 12 when I last saw it.
Q the Winged Serpent is worth 20 euro, but I'm sure you'll get it cheaper than that.

A few others came to mind, most of which are currently being remade.

Basket Case 1-3
It's Alive 1-3
Freaked
Class of Nuke Em High 1-3
The Toxic Avenger 1-4

monkeyfudge

Oh yeah... the Basket Case films were great.

I recently picked up an old ITV series called Beasts on DVD. It was written by Nigel Kneale who wrote Quatermass.

It's pretty good fun and is fairly cheap in HMV at the moment.

Special Offer (16 October 1976) starred Pauline Quirke as a shop assistant whose unrequited love for her manager prompts a supernatural revenge.

During Barty's Party (23 October 1976) with Anthony Bate sees a middle-class couple's life overturned by rats.

Buddyboy (30 October 1976) featuring Martin Shaw and a disused aquarium haunted by the spirit of a dolphin.

Baby (6 November 1976) with Simon McCorkindale as a newlywed whose wife's pregnancy falls foul of ancient witchcraft.

What Big Eyes (13 November 1976) features Michael Kitchen as an RSPCA inspector investigating a man Patrick Magee who is trying to turn himself into a wolf.

The Dummy (20 November 1976) shows the psychological effect on an actor (Bernard Horsfall) who regularly plays a monster in horror films.

Baby is my favourite one.

I was looking at Beasts in town a few weeks back but decided to get Quatermass instead. I must get my hands on a copy.

monkeyfudge

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I was looking at Beasts in town a few weeks back but decided to get Quatermass instead. I must get my hands on a copy.

Some of them haven't aged all that well and seem overly long and drawn out. Each episode is 50 minutes long, when some of them definitely would have worked better at a half an hour.

Galvasean

Anyone seen a movie called Webworld (I think). It was about some builders getting trapped in a parallel dimension ruled by spider creatures. I'd recommend it.

faceman

+1 for Tremors & Critters

Also check out:

Ghoulies
Puppet Master
Dolly Dearest
Bubba Ho Tep
American Werewolf in London (even for the transformation scene alone!)
Childs Play 1
Alligator

constitutionus

jaysus lads how could you forget this one


the thing.

Galvasean

Galvasean wrote: »

Anyone seen a movie called Webworld (I think). It was about some builders getting trapped in a parallel dimension ruled by spider creatures. I'd recommend it.

Is that the one with Richard Grieco? When I saw it, it was called Webs. I know it was on TV3 awhile back with a totally differant name. It is an enjoyable 90 minutes or so and the performances and story are both very good.

I thought of some more, now these are cheap as they come and I picked them up for 2 euro each.

Octopuss 1-3
Shark Attck 1-3 Part 1 is very good but the sheer crapness of part 3 has to be seen to be believed.
Spider
Crocodile

monkeyfudge

faceman wrote: »

Bubba Ho Tep
Childs Play 1

Childs Play 2 was good too... like watching the Terminator. 3 was muck.

Bubba Hotep was great as well. I really hope they can get Bubba Nosferatu off the ground at some stage.

monkeyfudge

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Childs Play 2 was good too... like watching the Terminator. 3 was muck.

Bubba Hotep was great as well. I really hope they can get Bubba Nosferatu off the ground at some stage.

Paul Giamatti is all set for it, but according to him Bruce Campbell does'nt want to do it. It's a shame, as he talked about it for ages before just suddenly seeming to forget about it.

Galvasean

I saw Crocodile 2: Death Roll, it was hilarious and inspired this!


Crocodile 3: Death Row
Miracles Do Happen,
The story about the lives of guards on death row leading up to the execution of a wrongly accused crocodile who has the power of faith healing.
Starring Tom Hanks and Ali Gator.


That reminds me based on a recommendation I bought Lake Placid 2 today for €15, ill probably watch it tonight. Although looking back Tremors 1-3 was only €12.99! (the 4 pack was €28.99, didnt even like the 4th one, go figure)

Full_Circle

Would "Arachnophobia" be considered too tame for your tastes?

Galvasean

Galvasean wrote: »

That reminds me based on a recommendation I bought Lake Placid 2 today for €15, ill probably watch it tonight.

Where did you get Lake Placid 2? I was looking for the R2 DVD and could'nt find it in any shops?

Galvasean

Deleted User wrote: »

Where did you get Lake Placid 2? I was looking for the R2 DVD and could'nt find it in any shops?

Bought it in HMV Swords. Virgin Dundalk also have it.
Mind you its rubbish.

Galvasean

Galvasean wrote: »

Bought it in HMV Swords. Virgin Dundalk also have it.
Mind you its rubbish.

I enjoyed it when I saw it. I want to get it so I can sit down and watch it with the original and a few others.

faceman

constitutionus wrote: »

jaysus lads how could you forget this one


the thing.

jaysus, good point!!!

Galvasean

Full_Circle wrote: »

Would "Arachnophobia" be considered too tame for your tastes?

Ah yes a classic. it is for spiders what Jaws is to sharks

BopNiblets

Black Sheep!

Galvasean

BopNiblets wrote: »

Black Sheep!

Been meaning to see this. Does it do for sheep what Arachniphobia did for spiders?

mewso

Slither.

Galvasean

Galvasean wrote: »

Been meaning to see this. Does it do for sheep what Arachniphobia did for spiders?

No. but it's a damned good fun.