Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Movie Monsters: Giant Crocodiles


Monster/s: Giant crocodiles

Location: Black Lake, Maine

Movie/s: Lake Placid (1999), Lake Placid 2 (2007)

Weapons/Attacks: Teeth, tail, extreme size

Weaknesses: Tranquilizers, grenade launchers, helicopters

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Movie Monsters: Mutated Sea Worm

Monster/s: Mutated sea worm

Location: South China Sea

Movie/s: Deep Rising (1998)

Weapons/Attacks: Teeth, barbs, speed, extreme size, ability to swallow prey whole

Weaknesses: Fire, explosions, shotguns, future X-Men stars

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Movie Monsters: Pale Man


Monster: Pale Man
Location: Spain, Pale Man's Lair
Movie/s: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Weapons/Attacks: Teeth, nails
Weaknesses: Inedible shoes, girls with magic chalk

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Movie Monsters: Anaconda

Monster: Anaconda

Location: Up the Amazon River

Movie/s: Anaconda (1997), Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008), Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2008)

Weapons/Attacks: Extreme size, constriction, fangs, ability to swallow prey whole

Weaknesses: Fire, axes, knives, explosives, Jenny from the Block

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Cavebabble Episode 45: Print to Film- Philip K. Dick

Tonight's solo cast takes a look at films based on the classic science fiction writings of Philip K. Dick. Join me as I discuss eight movies, from Blade Runner to Next, and pay homage to this brilliant and paranoid author. This week's episode is brought to you by Them. (You know they're watching you.)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Movie Monsters: Cyclops

Monster: Cyclops

Location: Island of Colossa

Movie/s: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Weapons/Attacks: Extreme size, horn, hooves, fangs

Weaknesses: Torches, cliffs, dragons

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Movie Monsters: Lord of Darkness

Monster: Lord of Darkness

Location: Unknown fantasy world

Movie/s: Legend (1985)

Weapons/Attacks: Massive horns, claws, fangs

Weaknesses: Unicorn horns, virgins

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Movie Monsters: Crawlers


Monster/s: Crawlers
Location: A cave system in North Carolina
Movie/s: The Descent (2005)
Weapons/Attacks: Teeth, ability to climb walls, echolocation
Weaknesses: Climbing axes, large rocks, sharp bones, enraged women

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Movie Monsters: Mothra

Monster: Mothra

Location: Islands of Japan

Movie/s: 18 films, beginning with Mothra (1961)

Weapons/Attacks: Larval stage- Shooting silk, biting. Adult stage- Incredible size, scratching, wing-generated winds, poisonous powder.

Weaknesses: Godzilla, tiny twin women

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Movie Monsters: Talos

Monster: Talos

Location: Isle of Bronze

Movie/s: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Weapons/Attacks: Extreme size, massive bronze sword

Weaknesses: Plug on his heel, Jason of Thessaly, the whim of the gods

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Movie Monsters: Critters


Monster/s: Critters

Location: Small-town America and space

Movie/s: Critters (1986), Critters 2 (1988), Critters 3 (1991), Critters 4 (1992)

Weapons/Attacks: Tons o' teeth, fast rolling

Weaknesses: Firearms, explosives, intergalactic bounty hunters

Monday, October 5, 2009

Cavebabble Episode 44: God of War

Zeus betrayed us, and we're not happy. This week, we jump into the world of Kratos, and the God of War game series. Join us as we storm Olympus! This episode is brought to you by Spinning Death.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Movie Monsters: Pumpkinhead

Monster: Pumpkinhead

Location: Rural Nevada

Movie/s: Pumpkinhead (1988), Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994), Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006), Pumpkinhead: Blood Oath (2006)

Weapons/Attacks: Claws, fangs

Weaknesses: Suicide!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Movie Monsters: Giant Ants


Monster/s: Giant Ants

Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico; Los Angeles, California

Movie/s: Them! (1954)

Weapons/Attacks: Mandibles, incredible size and strength

Weaknesses: Submachine guns, fire, loss of antennae