First off, this is a sequel. Normally I do not support sequels, but this is better than the original, Book of Monsters. The director/writer learned from that first film and brought improvements to this sequel. If you desire to watch the first movie you can click on it in the embedded link. How to Kill Monsters stands on its own quite well, so I felt it was appropriate to move past the first film and post the sequel.
This is a film by Stewart Sparke, who followed a common path for people who want to make films nowadays – make a number of great shorts, get recognized, do some TV work and then go for the full length films. He now has three full-length films under his belt as director and writer. He also made 14 other short subjects and he just started in 2010! That is someone who remains dedicated to the craft. I expect we will hear more from Stewart in the future (besides “Help me! I am trapped in dystopian England!).
So what is it about? Courtesy IMDB:
The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with a rag-tag bunch of rookie cops and lawbreakers to defend a police station from an invasion of monsters from another dimension.
…And hilarity ensues! It is a horror comedy so that is supposed to happen. If you enjoy this, look for more projects by Stewart Sparke in the future.
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! I am in the process of rebuilding the list of future posts, and I have not yet settled on a film for next week. This is what happens when you delete your entire movie queue. It’s a good thing, as my suggestions were getting stale and I needed a change in direction. As always, if you hate the film, talk about something else. There are no rules on Thursdays!
Bonus Content
Here is a solo outing from Shemp Howard called My Mummy’s Arms. This is prior to the Three Stooges We Want Our Mummy. I often wonder if Shemp fed ideas to his brothers…
Knife crime is for children.
Or the poors in England.
Sad.
It is! They should have access to all the same weapons as Americans. Britain is afraid of their own citizenry.
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MonsterAlien!…And hilarity ensues! It is a horror comedy so that is supposed to happen. If you enjoy this, look for more projects by Stewart Sparke in the future.
Hmm….
Diving in in a few minutes.
You just know that any movie that opens with a woman in pigtails and a blood stained dress is going to be good.
There is a slight “Where we were last chapter” update for the first 10 minutes or so. It’s somewhat helpful if you want to go back and watch the first one.
Tulpa?
MLW?
Welcome?
Returning.
IT’S A UNICORN!!!
Dear Stewart Sparke,
Hire a fucking cinematographer.
XOXO
CT
Ha! I was going to comment on how you should not shoot an entire movie in low light but….
Are there tits? I just got home (to my palatial hotel suite).
I require tits.
No. Not tonight. Q will be along presently I think.
There have to be some tits close by, your in America for fucks sake.
Good luck
Every country has tits. It’s in the Bible.
I have tit’s, but you can’t see them. Sorry. 🙁
Same. But they don’t want to see them.
My dad said you meet the nicest people in prison.
One encounter at chow he recounts involves a guy who the cops found a breast in his pocket when arrested.
What happened to Jugsy?
I am at the lanternfish scene. It’s a great concept.
I’m to where they lock themselves in the jail cell.
It starts to get busy right after that.
I have to drop off for the night. I think this has potential. I’ll finish it tomorrow and I’ll second Common Tater’s comment about a cinematographer. It’s a bit too dark to make out details.
For the record, I’m team “Old Guy Who Steals The Axe”.
NM, that ended badly.
Heh! Yes. Yes it did.
That pic….not doubt from KhazakMeet.com
OMG are those Labubus?
AG and I thought they were gremlins. We aren’t as hep to the trends.
Honey Bubus?
This is next weeks’ film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-AAF2mWOvU
Wow.
I can’t start watching quite yet, but it sounds like it’s vaguely similar to The Mist, which I quite enjoyed.
If you haven’t seen The Mist, directed by Frank Darabont (sp?) do so. Choose to watch the B&W version because that fixes the unfortunately bad CG FX. Also, the ending is a surprise.
I flurv that film and was not aware of a B&W version. … My DVD doesn’t mention any such thing so I guess I will have to keep an eye out for it.
But yeah, one of the best King adaptations.
King has said that Darabonts movie frightened him.
My copy disappeared years ago, but I think the B&W option was on Blu Ray. I think.
I wonder if I can just set my teevee to B&W or are there other adjustments.
But dayum… the last ten minutes or so knocked my socks off, not even accounting for the inclusion of my favorite Dead Can Dance track.
I read The Mist in my teens. It informs quite a bit of my writing.
This article about vitamin D posted in the AM links has some perplexing stances:
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-vitamin-d-paradox-what-they-dont
Regarding the production of synthetic vitamin D3, he mentions chloroform, sheep grease (lanolin), and irradiation about a dozen times.
Chloroform bad! Radiation bad! Herp herp herpa derp!
The other odd thing was his insistence that vitamin D has never been observed under a microscope. Molecules are generally not visible with optical microscopes. Chemical structure is usually determined from spectroscopy
and x-ray diffraction.
Some atoms are visible with a scanning tunneling microscope, which is how this lovely short film was made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
It’s nice to see IBM doing something useful again.
Ill have you know that vitamin D is why I still dont have skin cancer!
/very much….
The radiation and chloroform should not be troubling.
The bromide should be.
Ill take my radiation the old fashioned way,
George Hamilton style
Good idea. He looked great for decades.
Avgeeks, this is pretty cool:
https://www.wcvb.com/article/plane-emergency-landing-cape-cod-beach-falmouth/65864141
I’m sure you have seen this one. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jeQP-H_31JQ&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD
Why? Just why
So, like every day on Alaska?
Add float planes and whisky.
That’s not an episode of Wings.
Watched this a few months ago, then I had critiques for what didn’t work and why; now I just remember that it was a movie fairly well done that didn’t pull off the execution.
I keep waiting for Grave of the Vampire to come up. Despite fierce competition it is or was considered the worst movie ever made. Also, my father is in it.
? Do tell.
A relative of mine was an extra in a Pierce Brosnan movie, whatever one calls a significant non-speaking part. I was surprised how good he was.
I dont know much really. He was living in LA and in the social scene phase of life. The director called him up and asked him if he would play the part of some guy that lost the part for some reason so he said sure, why not. A star was born. Or not. It was a supporting role. I have never actually watched the movie myself, just heard the stories about it. He was in some other movie but he wont tell me the name of it. I think it was soft porn…early ’70s so you can imagine.
Hubba hubba!
Hey Glibs and Glibettes!
Have a fantastic day.
😁☀️👒
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nPiBai66M
🎶🎶
Morning, Sean.
At least it’s Friday….
So the weekend is already almost over, and I’ve still got the whole workday to work.
But Not in Love
suh’ fam
yo whats goody
It’s Friday, which is always good.
Slept in but made it on time. Cutie Colleague, now Colleague Crush, is here! But not in a good mood.
I’ll attempt to rectify that. We start our assignment together in 10. Interesting creature, she.
Cubs took 3/5 from the Brewers, but lackluster yesterday.
Onward on your quests today. May they be fruitful.
Mornin’, reprobates!
Good morning, ‘patzie, EfE, R.J., homey, Ted’S., U, Sean, TO’G, and Suthen!
How goes it?
Very well so far, thanks! Should be a quiet day at the office, as my boss is working remotely in the morning, then taking the afternoon off.
How are you?
I woke up at a normal time, though despite most of me being rested, my eyes felt tired.
I’m at the office for a quiet friday.
That’s very good! The question, though, is whether you went to sleep at a normal time. If so, it sounds as if you’re back on track. 👍
Hope your Friday is indeed quiet!
I actually went to sleep early yesterday. A brief interruption around midnight when I woke up and went “You forgot to brush your teeth”, fixed that and went back to sleep.
😃👍
TFIF!
::mentally scrolls through short list of known pagan deities for one that starts with “F,” comes up empty::
Freyja?
Frigg?
When my dad worked for Ma Bell, payday was Thursday, so the phrase everyone used at work was “Sure Happy It’s Thursday!”
Finally Friday.
The super early but most traditional Oktoberfest is upon us.
Looks like the weather decided to treat us to mild temps, relatively low humidity and some clouds for tomorrow.
Shouldn’t Oktoberfest be in October?
Traditionally late September until the first Sunday of October.
I think this place, the Germania society runs this one so early because of the glutten of festivals this area has.
Are they still using the Roman calendar where OBE lives?
Technically, wouldn’t the most traditional be the original?
Wow. That is early. It’s still way too hot here to drink nice beers in a tent.
That’s why RJ is drinking Bud Light in a Yurt.
Touché
RJ I dont watch your films but wanted to give you a big thanks for running the series for us.
Always glad to do it. Can I tempt you with a midget James Bond movie next week?
I have a short attention span, but maybe…
It’s a compact production
Well, that trailer was possibly the greatest thing I’ve ever seen….
At college we used to crack jokes about the “Packaging Science” majors.
They continue to get their revenge…
Thank goodness I have no need for woven baskets.
Hey! That was a rec class.
The next time you buy something that is impossible to free from its protective packaging, you will know what I am talking about.
https://www.uwbw.org
I can imagine. Especially if it is one of those clamshell plastic things that draw blood.
Yes, Toxteth, I know the form, but that is really more of a Studies Major, the Packaging Science curriculum was actual engineering.
I know, I was teasing rhywun.
Can you elaborate?
We used to make fun of the civil engineering majors. The joke was that they all cheated in the weed out classes.
“Ed is going to be designing your bridges one day and can’t pass statics without his moment arm covered in formulas. “
I don’t remember the jokes, but we found the major funny.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/breaking-obama-judge-bars-trump-admin-bringing-new/
CWAC.
I signed a judgement last night demanding the moon stop orbiting earth. My judgement will have the same effect as asking Alligator Alcatraz to be closed.
Move them all into the judge’s back yard.
“Go get stuffed” – Ron Desantis
I see no listing of ‘environmental violations’. It looks like the judges are just issuing fiats now justified with ‘fuck you, that’s why’.
“New Criminal Illegal Aliens to Alligator Alcatraz –”
But old criminal aliens ….”You have to be this tall to stay in AA”