The Movie Creatures/Monsters Tournament
 

We have had 2-3 versions of this before, but almost all of them focused on films from the 90s and 2000s. With so many classic horror films and giant-monster films of the vintage era (30s, 40s, 50s), it was always a glaring injustice to them when they got excluded.

Not to mention the biggest name of them all - Ray Harryhausen, who literally brought the giant monsters invading into our screens.

This time, I am hoping to bring all of them together in the same space, and see which one actually dominates and rules all of them in movie history.

This will also be a part ode to the genius of Harryhausen, so expect to see a lot of him, classic monsters and the rampagers from Japan from the classic/golden era.


Could it be Godzilla? Or King Kong? The Rhedosaurus?

Maybe the Giant Ants from Them? The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms?

Or The Queen Alien? Harryhausen's Kraken or Medusa, maybe?

Mothra? The Blob? The Thing?


You shall decide.


I have a long list of recs ready. Apart from the usual, if you want one of your unsung favorite monster/creature in this, go ahead and post.

This will start later in the day.

The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are the obvious: Godzilla and Mothra, King Kong, etc.

If I think of any obscure "giants", I'll let you know.

I am seriously excited about this.:D

Is bigfoot in it?

The Giant Claw, of course!

This sounds awesome

Bring them on!

I'm only thinking of this cause I rec'd it in another thread, but is Python's Jabberwocky in there?

What about the Minotaur from Time Bandits?

What about the garbage disposal monster from Star Wars?

The Giant Squid from Disney's 20,000 Leagues...?

What about that truly horrifying creature from The Land that Time Forgot, you know the really slimy one with the weird yellow hair and the bad FX that made it look like a cardboard cutout? I think it might've been called Doug McClure:)

Much appreciated. Think of the ones which I might have missed.


Hmm...was it in any good/popular movie? I ll have to look into it.


Oh yes. They will be rampaging through HDC any moment now. :D


But of course. It's already in!


My replies in bold, Tony.

For tourney purposes, I was thinking of limiting the number to 243. My list right now has gone up to 256 so it might need some trimming. Or, if we get more good recs, we might need to stretch the number and have a qualifying round. Let's see.

Keep them coming, folks.

How about the crabs from Attack Of The Crab Monsters? I love those googly eyed freaks.

I'm sure you've thought of these:

The Id Monster (Forbidden Planet)
The Silicates (Island Of Terror)

Guiron: the weirdest Gamera villain:D

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...eravillain.jpg

The Host Monster:

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...idhdc/Host.jpg

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...arantula55.jpg

From Angry Red Planet (1959):

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...BATSPIDER3.jpg http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...BATSPIDER4.jpg


Reptilicus (1961):

http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...eptilicus1.jpg http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/...eptilicus2.jpg

I LOVE Tarantula! Still waiting for it to come on DVD.

I remember how much it scared me when I first saw some clips on a TV show or something many years ago. I thought for a moment there may be some places in the world where giant spiders walk around & attack people on the streets.:D

Come on, King Ghidora!

How did i forget The Host monster? I love that movie

In.


First one in, second still debating.


Debating on the first, Host mutation definitely in.


Most definitely in.


Will have to do some more trimming. First match will be up within the next 24 hours.

Till then, keep the recs coming!

The Triffids
The Crawling Eye

Giant Rats (Food Of The Gods)
Quetzalcoatl (Q: The Winged Serpent, The Flying Serpent)

The giant mutated Frankenstein monster in Frankenstein Meets Godzilla.

Both in.

Need to make space for the first.

Q is definitely in.


In.



I think we are ready to roll. First match up shortly...

The Scorpions

The Amazing Colossal Man - It was seeing War of the Colossal Beast on late night TV as a wee one that got me hooked on horror & sci fi. The images of him tossing about a cow and a train stick with me today.

The Amazing Colossal Man

Loved Harry...thought the bigfoot makeup was great and Kevin Peter Hall did a wonderful job in it.

but like NE....The Amazing Colossal Man was one of the first sci-fi that had an impact on me.

so TACM gets my vote

The Colossal Man/Beast

The Colossal Man/Beast - 4
The Scorpions - 2
"Harry" - blob

More votes needed...

The Colossal Man/Beast

5-2-0, The Colossal Man/Beast waltzes to the win.

The Hydra....

Hmmmm.........the Hydra

The Hydra.......................

The Hydra......

Definitely Hydra

I'm really looking forward to this tourney, thanks for setting this up!:):):)

The Scorpions!

I know they're not gonna win but i love the Tremors movies so i gotta go with The Shriekers