Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy?
Take a look at these overlooked movie monsters instead…
This instinct can teeter towards the insane: Godzilla was honored withJapanese citizenshipearlier this summer.
But arent these fiends becoming just a tad over-familiar by now?
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Theres certainly no shortage of pre-existing alternatives.
All valid objections, but its a great mistake to dismiss the genre outright.
Robot Monster (1953)
First up, Ro-Man.
Love struck, Ro-Man begins to questions his orders, with dire consequences.
The 25-year-old director was upset by critics reaction toRobot Monsterand (unsuccessfully, fortunately) attempted suicide.
For all that, its a charming piece of work and Ro-Man himself remains a wonderful creation.
His boss finds Ro-Mans hormonal dithering insufferable and promptly zaps him for refusing to kill Alice.
One is sorry to see them succeed at the expense of this magnificent dominatrix.
The fact thatDevil Girl From Marswas based on a stage play, meanwhile, is simply beyond belief.
Even before I knew about Sally.
A very exciting female!
She appeals to me.
There are some aspects of the life of an earth savage that are exciting and rewarding.
Things that are missed by the brains on my planet Arous.
Hes an absolute hound, in other words.
Which he does sort of by possessing the mind of George, the March family dog.
I suppose we have to excuse him for being egocentric on the grounds that hes a giant hovering brain.
This is true of the film too.
A Soviet ambassador says of his plans: Russia would never allow it!
Gor coolly responds: There will be no Russia.
Ultimately, its probably a mistake to make any great claims on the Bs behalf.
Theyre not now and never were knowing Pop Art deserving of retrospective reappraisal.
sensibility as democratic as the resulting aesthetic is winningly haphazard.
The likes of Ro-Man, Nyah and Gor deserve your love and resistance is futile, puny earthlings.
