Cactuar Joe20h ago

Folks it us now, uh, about 40 minutes until #MONSTERDON the weekly monster movie watch party! Best set up a filter if you want to avoid it.

If you'd like to join in, this week's movie is THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD (1957), in which crustaceans attack the human race.

The flick's free with ads over on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100053389/the-monster-that-challenged-the-world

Or Archive.org has a colorized version: https://archive.org/details/monster-that-challenged-the-world-1957-colorized

Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along!

#horror #scifi #movies #cinema #cinemastodon

Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

Show threadCactuar Joe20h ago
Fifteen minutes 'til #Monsterdon! Get your stuff together!
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
God I hope this movie is dumb as fuck. I need this movie to be dumb as fuck. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

💡 TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS 💡

(they scare the crabs)

#Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"...A region almost as salty as the internet." #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
The ~wild ♪ rock formations~ ♫ 👉 👉 #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
...Wearing *intensely* stupid hats. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
MAAAAAAVRIIIIICK #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
They're always hitting the silk, but have they ever considered just sitting down with the silk and talking though their problems? #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Come in."

Sorry, can't respond, too busy investigating the hot dog legs on the poster behind me. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
*touches the surface of the water* Clams. Two, three days old. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Johnson's chowder, chief. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Aah. Aaaah. Aaaaaah. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Okay, is it cutterboy, butterboy, or flutterboy? #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"Now wait a minute! I need to display to the audience what a hardass I am!" #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"Yes mom, that's right. Uh huh. Yeah, I'll be screaming alone in a dark room while dramatically lit. Mm hmm. Yeah, third act. Yes, they COULD hire more women, mom, but it's the fifties." #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
This is a movie that feels like it should have Raymond Burr in it, y'know? #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
OH ICK #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Salton sea spooge :/ #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"It's Hollister."

No, Hollister was less wrinkly than that. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Not A substance, THE Substanceâ„¢. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Traditional monster movie line detected! "[X thing] does strange things to the human body..." #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Yeah you can't see Grace today, she's having her eyes propped open to test oven cleaner >:( #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"He's cute"

If you like hardasses, I guess. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Yeah, thanks for the lung cancer Commander. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Take a look at the microscope."

Yes, it's a lovely model. Now look INTO it. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
WE'VE GOT TO CLOSE THE B- oh htey actually are closing the beaches huh #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Phone, doctor"

Now!? But I'm working on the new Ovaltine formula! #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Jodie? I've just learned you're about to be killed. It's part of the horror movie morality."

#Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"You get home early."

No, Mom, I'm gonna FUCK ALL NIGHT LONG. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
...The guy's name is Mort. Now THAT'S a little on the nose. You wanna start the countdown to his death or should I? #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
The giant clams are gonna run into the She-Creature coming the other direction. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"I'll tell you what happened! She's trapped in a horror movie where cultural norms around misogyny are reiterated!" #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
OH GOD, JODIE TURNED INTO A PILE OF SEAWEED! #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
#Monsterdon
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Well, at least they found their missing se(a)men. #Monsterdon
Apr 6 at 1:26amWeb
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Oh great, just what every movie needs. Diving scenes. 9_9 #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"Try a reading! Open your books to page 47!" #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"what's the bottom like?"

That's rather a personal question, commander. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
"We won't take any chances. We'll just keep traveling blindly into the depths, and-- oh hey, there's something weird, let's go poke it." #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

MY BABIES

#Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Oh hey, they found the dummy from The Devil Doll. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Oo, Blake got shrimped! #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
This is gonna be an Octaman situation where the scientists walk away with the creature's babies and then get mystified that it follows them home. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
He's shrimp food, ma'am. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
On the other hand, we now have a good baseline for this movie -- the creature is NOT better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Would you like a cigarette?"

They're toasted! Barely any asbestos! #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"What did your husband do?"

He DIED, dipshit. Try to keep up. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Is there any danger the egg might hatch?"

Oh no, we'll need to wait for the third act when this Rube Goldberg Machine fucks up and sets up the final rampage. #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
OH GOD IT'S SLUGS, these movies have crashed! #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
The All American Canal system! Red white and blue water! #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
Yes, you should DEFINITELY wait until someone gets eaten to warn people about the giant shellfish. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
These two have all the chemistry of dry milk. #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
DUCK PATROL #Monsterdon
Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago

"Nothin' but midnight."

And the prettiest Corporal on the force <3 #Monsterdon

Show threadCactuar Joe19h ago
GET OUTTA MY RESTAURANT GRINGO #Monsterdon
Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

@CactuarJoe "I'm actually a switch, captain"

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

My god it's a plastic bag

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

oh hey it's the Prisoner

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

CREATURE SPOTTED

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

weird lookin' mothra

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

"MY GOD BLAKE WENT CLAYMATION"

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

ewwwwwwww

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

welp movie's over good ni- oh, nevermind

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

"Where's George?!" "He's chum, Jim"

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

@CactuarJoe sensors indicate this movie sucks, captain

#monsterdon

Show threadChris Hayes19h ago
@xerozohar @CactuarJoe Sorry it seems you're cutting out, I didn't hear that.
Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

@CactuarJoe you little-

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

*adam savage voice* IS EVERYBODY READY FOR DIVING

#monsterdon

Show thread🤖Robot Enby Xero🤖19h ago

"We've got you on the frequency! but you'll have to pay extra for the amplitude!"

#monsterdon