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This week: The Monster That Challenged The World (1957).
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Watching in the original glorious black & white this evening to get that pre-space era vibe.
Go! Go! Go! Time to hit the surf and look for mutant invertebrates!
Atomic Experiments!
What a deadpan narrator. Earthquake and his tone barely changes. No excitement.
Don't remember the Salton Sea being quite that ... large.
Talking about a parachute tester ... "He's gotta be here - I saw him hit!"
That poster on the wall has some serious legs.
There's a pipe rack on the desk ... there's hope for smoking!
... and a MASSIVE ashtray on the secretary's desk!
Monster spunk found!
Hollister has gone all bug-eyed! One also assumes he's dead.
I'm a doctor. You can tell from the pens in the pocket of my lab coat.
"Would you like to hold ny ladybug?"
We are now in the crawling on the floor looking for a dropped ladybug portion of the film.
The pipe is in the mouth ... the matchbox is out and open ... AND THE PIPE IS LIT! We have smoking!
Ring bell for the County Morgue.
The blood was drained from the body through a puncture wound.
And, "scared to death" is the cause of death for the second one.
Ham sandwiches being served in the morgue!
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™"I'd like to talk to you about your beach."
A simple moonlight swim. Little did they know ...