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"Sorry folks, it turns out zombie monsters are indeed prowling the streets. I take back what I said about not panicking. Get to it."

I give #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain 2/5 broken radioactive dolls. It wasn't completely boring, but it wasn't quite as goofy as I hoped it would be. I think the remote controlled zoom zombies were an interesting menace at least.

The best character was the little girl, because she just wanted to putter around and tell everyone about her doll. The worst character was whoever approved mind controlling a dog with electrodes. You monster.

Anyway, thanks to @Taweret@octodon.social for hosting another #monsterdon!

#monsterdon Uncle Dave is going to be uhhhh away for a while, he went to a farm upstate

Oh wow is that the end?? IT IS! And that's a wreck! And while not one creature fucked off into the sea, our hero also starred in The Creature from the Black Lagoon and that was definitely kind of watery.

Thank you, @Taweret@octodon.social! That was fun and quite weird. Please do not get mauled by a hippo.

Penny breaking gender barriers in 1955.

When a Nazi scientist tells you he's had enough bloodshed.....

Waving the radium tube around like Marie Curie died for nothing....

#monsterdon The name of that store in the background there is "EAGLE DRUGS" and honestly I'm a little surprised those are needed often enough to warrant a whole store for the purpose

@ottaross it got wet and she forget the recipe and nobody will ever have a cake like it again #monsterdon

How did the wife's cake turn out? Don't leave us hangin' man.

These are the best dressed zombies ever. Not a single untucked shirt, nor tie out of place.

#monsterdon If you can't send good cops, sent MORE cops

I like how these zombies can barely function, but they can still handle a stick shift.

The P.O.V. video shots are rather ahead of their time.

Back in those days they paid a child to hurl the news at your face

Oh man, we got a classic "take him away boys." That's worth the price of admission right there.

I wasn't paying attention, is this a mmf polycule situation here #monsterdon

"Why don't you name your new dolly Henrietta"

"Why don't you fuck off dad"

A bar, exclusively full of middle aged men.....hmmm....

#monsterdon That dark lampshade with the ruffles around the top and bottom looks altogether too much like a chocolate layer cake on a very tall stand. bite it bite it bite it bite it

every single character in this movie is a middle aged white man, ...oh wait, a woman in a nightie!

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain we start with one of them bubbly 1950s cars approaching a fancy house, whose owner has a tiny moai and just received $20,000, which I assume in 1955 was enough to buy a small ocean liner, implying that he is a MAFIA BOSS.

Then a hulking zombie guy in a suit who stepped out of the bubbly car, threatens the rich guy with a robotic voice then kills him. The mob flunkies chase the zombie guy and shoot him with their puny firearms but To No Avail!

Yeah doc, your plan was to use zombies to help people. That's nice. #monsterdon

Verb

SarraceniaWilds@cr8r.gg

#Monsterdon #TheCreatureWithTheAtomBrain

Brad

bk1e

A couple connections to other Monsterdon features:
- Richard H. Cutting was in Attack of the Crab Monsters
- The writer, Curt Siodmak, was one of the writers for Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers

SnoopJ

SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

Contributing one to the #Monsterdon #PaperConveyerBeltFanClub cause

@ricci @jonny @SarraceniaWilds @dan

Rufus J. Cooter

RufusJCooter@mstdn.social

Huh! That was fun! Lots of things I didn't see coming this time!
Like:
1) Baddies understand the importance of PPE; good guys, less so
2) Sure, there was lots of sexism, but also, lots of "Penny, you just have to be understanding of Daddy's relationship w/ his 'partner', and not ask so many questions"
3) Don't recall any coffee in this one, but wow, was there some tobacco!

Thanks everyone for joining in! Thanks @Taweret for hosting! See y'all next week!

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain in our post victory scene, the main character gives his daughter a new doll, which she names "Dave" after the Zombie Other Cop, who the parents say is "away on business". She is chided for this name not matching gender expectations, but her parents decide to be extra tolerant and let this slide.

Then the movie ends.

It's a wrap.

My favourite scene was the low-energy hand-to-hand fighting at the end, while the senior investigators stood around and offered colour commentary.

This is how the Borg started y'know....mobster shenanigans

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain things escalate dramatically and we get a montage of various means of transportation start exploding for some reason. Because of the atomic zombies I guess. Like they explode the busses and airplanes somehow and also derail the trains. Somehow.

A governor appears and announces martial law and also says that the planes and cars will continue looking for the source of the zombies, showing that the state is functional and you should trust the authorities.

#monsterdon The lady choking on water is VERY IMPORTANT, you will probably see that it all makes sense later

Bluedepth

#Monsterdon now we know why the boomers were like that. LOL.

#monsterdon "DO DEAD MEN WALK THE CITY STREETS?" We should put this one to Betteridge I think

The little girl 'Penny' in this flick is 82 yrs old now. Sounds like she might be still with us, but hasn't done any roles since 'Leave it to Beaver' in the 60s.

"My Two Dads"

Progressive! #monsterdon

I'm getting major Church of the SubGenius vibes from that detective #monsterdon

#monsterdon "I've told you, these creatures automatically try to return to their source of feeding when their energies run low."

BIG MOOD

"I will use the Dead to help the living, fuck consent, or the smell"

Proper mad scientist there, love it! #monsterdon

I like how the "get in the automobile" is pretty complex and needed a few prompts, but "and now drive home" was no problem for the monster to comprehend.

Is this guy a monster or just an awkward butler

Trixter of the Moon Council

trixter@retro.pizza

That was a movie that was everything we expected it to be. No notes. Thanks so much to @Taweret for hosting and see y'all next week! #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe "he was such a K-head, we'll miss you uncle dave" #monsterdon

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain attracted by the radioactive rod and or bunker, the zombie radioactive cop breaks a window and starts shambling inside. The main character decides to be helpful and so also breaks in, then hits all the expensive science equipment with a stick and breaks it, causing an expensive fire and turning all the zombies off.

@Taweret@octodon.social "someone left the cake out in the rain...." #monsterdon

Those stunt guys are really earning their wage here

Is this hand-to-hand combat or a pilates class?

Kyle Carpenter

kcarp

"what do you mean you need to talk to me about my helicopters extended warranty?!"
#monsterdon

I like how they think they can hear in a helicopter cabin #monsterdon

I need me one of those random note conveyor belts

Dave, your driving is very slightly worse than normal.

C'mon Chet, work it out, dave ain't dave anymore #monsterdon

Never let your child open the door, this is exactly why

forestine

forestine@sunny.garden

we've got THREE spinning newspapers. a record?

Modern Viewers Stunned By Three Spinning Newspapers In One Movie #Monsterdon

lol, zombie policeman now....the terrorism campaign is relentless! Russia will be wanting these guys

Definitely stealing this for work

Right, so the radiation is bringing the zombies back to life, which is the opposite of what radiation is known to do.....

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain oh no in the science video, they're doing a 1950s neuralink on a poor puppy. to mind control its emotions. Don't do that to dogs; they are good boys and do not deserve to be mind controlled by surgery wires.

"oh you smoke the pipe too...."

*Sexy music starts #monsterdon

A dive bar and somebody comes in with a Geiger counter, this happened in the Simpsons, didn't it? #monsterdon

#monsterdon Google street view

"dogs, cats monkeys, it's usually the way experimentation starts "

I thought it was Weed and Internet porn myself...

I think the rather dry mob drama is distracting from the drone-zombies

Is that a lamp or a birthday cake?

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain I want the general to be a 1950s stereotype in this meeting and just start screaming about Communist infiltration for no reason. Or alternately, to blame this on aliens because he thinks this is a different kind of monster movie.

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain very weird that we just went from "investigate two crime scenes" to "summon the army and broadcast on the news! we are fighting killer radioactive zombies!"

"This is a serious meeting men, everyone start smoking what you have"

bingo! #monsterdon

Riker pose and smoking a pipe, impressive dominance dance from the blonde male #monsterdon

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Taweret@octodon.social

fifteen minutes in and ten times as many things have happened as in last week's entire movie

You skipped your steak, eggs, toast and butter! It's not healthy! #monsterdon

Both guys there doing the leg on the table "Cdmr Riker Pose" to assert dominance #monsterdon

You want that on the rocks or straight up?

raptop (𒀯 𒄷 𒄈𒀭𒁇)

Newpa_Hasai

Oh, nice. This movie is committing to snappy dialog and Science!(tm) as the cause of and solution to all problems

Everybody wears a tie and a hat, isn't this that movie Dark City?

#creaturewiththeatombrin #monsterdon

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain we see that the zombie guy is being directed over via a zoom meeting, where a suit guy and a science guy say things into a microphone in some secret science lab and then the zombie guy does them.

Apparently, the science guy wanted to use his Secret Zombie Technology to help people, by like having the zombie guys (who are already dead) to do dangerous things like mine things or fight off sharks. Meanwhile, the suit just wants to use the zombies for murder.

howler0502

"These finger prints are perfect!" as he pokes them with his own finger. #Monsterdon

Kyle Carpenter

kcarp

In the 1950s you added "Atom" or "Atomic" to make something sound futuristic or modern

in the 1980s you added "Turbo" to make something sound futuristic or modern

In the 90s you added "digital" to make something sound futuristic or modern

I wonder what the 2020s equivalent will be? AI?

Configures@penguicon.social

@jmelesky the #monsterdon movies are all very much Your Mileage May Vary.

Scarab

@sean @Taweret I am 100% in favor of this genderfluid "Dave" girl doll baby naming by "away for business Uncle Dave"'s niece Penny, and acquiescence by the niece's parents! #Monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain

forestine

forestine@sunny.garden

One more newspaper for the road #monsterdon

Srol

srol@mellified.men

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gender," i holler as i overturn the doll my parents pretended was from my dead nuclear zombie non-related uncle and turn my 8th birthday into the 8th of Shit
#Monsterdon

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Taweret@octodon.social

also i guess they're just gonna tell the kid her uncle went to live on a farm upstate where he can run around with lots of other uncles

im sure there will be no negative consequences to that

#monsterdon Well that was pretty good - I mean compared to last week

Would have preferred a "everyone fucks off into the sea" ending than the "child's birthday" ending myself....

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain the evil suit guy awakens his zombie army and ends them after the regular army, who start shooting the zombies but to no avail. For some reason, the regular army doesn't walk away when the zombies get close to them, which is Very Stupid of them in my opinion.

Anyway, the zombies karate chop the soldiers to death while the named characters stand around and offer commentary; super helpful guys, super helpful.

Uncle Dave moved to a farm upstate #monsterdon

Zombie Dave dies in a mime pose

Ahhh the classic "killed by your own monster" ending

#monsterdon That's like... seven spare zombies they had sitting around in the other room? Plus the four we saw already, plus some unspecified number in the montage of disasters? How quickly can two people insert and calibrate all the electrodes necessary to control these things?

I love how bare bones those old helicopters are, not even a windscreen, so butch! #monsterdon

Dave just waking up from a 3 day bender

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain The zombie cop goes to the jail and stabs another cop. he announces that he is actually the Evil Suit Guy then stabs someone else. Then he gets into a car and drives off, acquiring the main character along the way.

This is the radioactive zombie version of "did you know that the cops you find in the park are free? you can take them home. I have 20 cops!"

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain the evil duo sends the zombie cop to I guess kill the main character so he shambles in and sits on the couch while the Frustrated Wife and the Little Girl mostly think he's acting weird but fail so far to determine that he's a radioactive zombie and simply continue doing their Girl Activities (baking, playing and spilling secrets).

The Little Girl gives him a doll to keep him company, which is nice.

Unfortunately, he breaks the doll, because he is Evil!

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain we get a spooky medicine scene where they are installing a radioactive brain in one of the noir cops that they captured.

I'm not exactly sure how they captured all these people in the first place... they seem to have a very large supply of potential zombies to derail trains with. I guess the movie implies that they were all obtained by ambushing people with other zombies, which seems like a complicated process that might involve lots of zoom sessions.

#monsterdon #CreatureWithTheAtomBrain the evil duo get spooked because the stock footage airplanes with geiger counters are flying really low over them, making them think that they've been found out.

They use a zombie guy to threaten the authorities that if they don't stop the airplanes from searching for them they will kill a lot of people... somehow. We're not sure how. Zombie army I guess.