Now I've seen the gland this is reminding me of that David Cronenberg movie with the body horror and the Canadians....I know that's not narrowing it down, but....
Apparently Bert did make a couple movies later in his career that didn't include forced-perspective critters. I almost wanna watch one, just to see how it is. #Monsterdon
"What's the matter, don't you want to talk to me" said the killer
Bet she's wishing for the bear right now...
Old Age should be conquered, bring on the 17th glands!
The 18th Gland is the secret to a good pasta sauce
@CactuarJoe In comparison to several previous 2026 #Monsterdon movies, this was downright enjoyable.
@patioboater too much exposition for a minor character in a Monsterdon movie is a death sentence
If I were this lady I'd want a lock on that door....
That was Beginning of the End! I'm pretty sure the incessant screeching has me indoctrinated to join the first grasshopper cult I run into.
Thanks as always to @Taweret for the biblically accurate entertainment, and special thanks to the #Monsterdon crew for SCREEKSCREEKSCREEKSCREEK
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Yeah, I didnβt think that guy was going to make it to 38.
They should have saved a few to eat
No #MonsterdonBingo for me. I thought about counting the boob-window outfit for "A Fabulous Outfit" since this is 1957 but erred against it.
Boom - it's over. That's what you expect from a #monsterdon wrap up.
We don't have many movies that end with something fucking off into a lake, do we?
#Monsterdon #BeginningoftheEnd
Aaaand so Bert drowns the last of his locusts. Good job, bert. #Monsterdon
letβs spend 5 minutes turning knobs to freak out this mutant baby locust and then killem cuz !science
whenever Graves leans on a desk whilst wearing a suit, you can see how huge it is fit on him. he must have like 3 pairs of shoulder pads under there. makes him look like David Byrne in Stop Making Sense.
Sir! It's a Zerg rush!
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Peter Gravesβ murse is kinda sign heβs a bit of maverick and a hippie. you know that smoke is the GOOD kinda smoke
Thirty seconds from the climax of the film and they're still wasting time on exposition π
I have βBechdel Passβ as a square on my bingo card, and I was thinking to myself, βI think this movie passes; I havenβt seen two women talking about a man at all.β
Then, it struck me. I havenβt seen two women. So, thatβs a Bechdel fail.
It's weird seeing a monster movie set in your town because then when they show the imperiled scenery you can be like "oh wow I've been there!"
Hanson here, mmmbop, over
"I'll be your pied piper."
"and i'll be your huckleberry"
"Double B - HQ here. Mission cancelled, return to base."
"That's just what the grasshoppers would say! We're going ahead!"
double B? BIG BOSS?!
OOOOooooOOOOOoooooOOOO
SCREEKSCREEKSCREEKSCREEK
OOOOooooOOOOOoooooOOOO
SCREEKSCREEKSCREEKSCREEK
Increase the tremolo! Set the LFO to 420 Hz!
I feel like I've seen some of those buildings in Sim City 4
Be a shame to drop a bomb on it all
Called it, captain dude is dead
#Monsterdon I thought he was going to use sounds humans can't hear?
Why do I still hear WoooOoooWoooOooo noises?
The thing is, a town of 105, you could probably move pretty fast. Chicago? That's gonna take some time. #monsterdon
YOURE NOT A SCIENTIST
YOURE NOT EVEN WEARING A LABCOAT
#monsterdon
#monsterdon We're trying to find the right frequency to give these giant grasshoppers the sexual liberation that they need!
Oh yes, more radiation for the radioactive grasshoppers
Chief if you keep an eye out for unusual dips you'll never get anything done around here. #Monsterdon
the compositing is incredible. like there aren't even any grasshopper puppets to make them do real attacking moves and stuff so they are just normal grasshoppers walking around all huge and menacing totally independent from the people #monsterdon
Graves looks really blonde in this movie but his hair is dark brown on the poster and lobby card on his wiki page
#monsterdon
Guess we shouldn't be too shocked Pete stole the protagonist slot, huh :/ #Monsterdon
You can't drop an atom bomb on Chicago! El Paso sure, maybe Indianapolis, but NOT CHICAGO!
#monsterdon
CHICAGO NEXT? π±π±π±
The destruction of Chicago was foreshadowed by Journalist Lady's experiences in Europe after the War which is way more effort than you usually get in a Bert I Gordon movie.
"Have you ever been duck hunting?"
I'll give you five dollars if you have a hard-boiled egg in your purse. #Monsterdon
The B-52 has only been in service for 2 years in 1957, so that's pretty fancy in addition to going for the nuclear option(tm)
Oh good at least one of them understands that the sound is the horny sound
CALL FOR INSECTS, CALL FOR INSECTS #Monsterdon
We managed to get the leader of the locusts on the phone. He didn't make any demands; he just kept screeching.
"Keep calm. Do not panic."
This always works.
#monsterdon
BTW am fascinated by Gravesβ perfectly curled up blonde bangs
...shame he made another bazillion movies after this, huh >_> #Monsterdon
This is peak Bert I. Gordon <3 #Monsterdon
this could be our anihilation⦠anihilation⦠the beginning of the end
"Still they come, wave after wave!"
The radio man was a locust undercover! #Monsterdon
"they always warn with a sound, very similar to goku charging up"
WAR! WE'RE GOIN' TO WAR!
I'm a soldier I know what guns can do.
They go bang.
Bang. bang bang.
But enough about me. How are you?
#Monsterdon
@CactuarJoe IT WAS ALWAYS HOPPING SINCE THE WORLD BEEN BOPPIN
Pete like, tooooooold ya sooooo #Monsterdon
@CactuarJoe alpha centauri, zebes, norfair, guardia, midgar
The obvious solution is to create giant birds to feed on the locusts
I had a feeling Frank wasnβt coming back from that warehouse expedition.
He said the thing. . . . That was more of an underwhelming aside than even usual for title drops. Peter Graves felt bored saying it.
#Monsterdon #BeginningoftheEnd
the giant locust of Ludlow
"I'm going to Washington"
some serious White Dude Privilege there
"Of course they'll listen to me!"
That commander really needs some new trousers, those ones are horrible
Ten should do it
This is a pretty dang good fighting retreat sequence, tbh
hell yes love this closeup cricket photography! more! more!
We drive to the army office, then barge in and yell "Giant Locusts destroyed the Town!" The army captain is like "what, no." Then the chatty scientist is like "oh no this is my fault, a normal locus ate some of my giant plants and must have turned into a giant locust."
Unaware that he's in a monster movie, the army captain does not believe him, but he agrees to send a truck full of soldiers to look for it anyway.
Poor frank was liquefied and drank, poor frank
hut hut hut hut
Watch it, guys, Dwight D. Eisenhower is listening in. #Monsterdon
Giant locusts, just like in the giant bible!
Photojournalist didn't take a photo of a giant locust?
FRANK, NOOOOO #Monsterdon
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"Ground like this is usually teaming with insects, this area is devoid of them"
*Something taps him on the shoulder*
OH LAWD HE HOPPIN'
why do I heard Goku charging up
"This week's movie sponsored by Chevrolet."
Sure are a lot of driving scenes in this one.
Behold, Peter Grains
Why are you interrupting my advances with questions? Are you some kind of MODERN woman?
#monsterdon
@CactuarJoe Never trust an Illinoisan when Springfield is on the line
End of act 1. That means this is⦠The End Of the Beginning of The Beginning of the End
1950s cars so big because radiation
AHHH that's why it's set in Champaign-Urbana. Gotta have the agricultural college back story for the giant bugs.
The USDA is going to be the villains? Who wrote this shit, RFK Jr?
"They've got a secret project."
Scully you're not gonna believe this
that entire town, nobody else gives a fuck about them but one journalist
Her Guy Friday :D #Monsterdon
#monsterdon "A town of 150 doesn't disappearβ - may we forecast a surprise to you, it's name is Dow Chemical. There will be more. Towns of 150? Wait until they start fracking! TOWNS... 150... HA HA HA.
ancient eqyptian cell phone
Fucking telephone interrupted my brown-nosing -_- #Monsterdon
It's the farmer from central casting.
#monsterdon