Why was the devil so proud? He ugly as fuck

#monsterdon #gargoyles72

We're away!

I see in the credits there's a narrator. Only the schlockiest movies have a narrator.

#Monsterdon

oh look an REM album cover

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Aaaand we open with Smug Satan. #Monsterdon

starting with a christianity apparently #monsterdon

#MonsterdonAlert

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GO GO GO!!!

Open them gargouilles! Here comes the movie! #Monsterdon

54321 GO!

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@david #monsterdon

@RamenCatholic @davesdogmaggie I'm guessing you missed Werewolf Of Washington?

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#SplendaDaddy agrees; this was the worst B-movie we've seen yet. Well done, #Monsterdon
@davesdogmaggie

@liferstate that belongs on a mug (or something)

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@RamenCatholic This could catch on #monsterdon

Fuck it, nothing matters, I'm gonna watch Octaman.

#Monsterdon

@aprilfollies @th0tleader The thing about Willie that I wonder is - did he even charge admission? What kind of museum keeper with road signs and all fails to pounce on a chance to cash in? #monsterdon

@strangefour it wasn't me

it was the one-winged gargoyle!

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@Zerofactorial
Guygoyle
Galgoyle
Theygoyle
Spiderman

#Monsterdon

@peltast yeah it was short but it was there

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@Zerofactorial @th0tleader #Monsterdon Oh, if she knew Willie, that alone requires self-medication.

@jsadow Just gonna leave this here:

https://youtu.be/ZVHbJR5tIwk

#Monsterdon

@strangefour It wasn't a rock... it was a Rock Walker! #monsterdon #Gargoyles1972

...come to think of it I guess this is basically Lucifer (which I actually quite liked on its own merits, it feels wrong to mention it in the same breath as #Monsterdon)

@moira @Louisa showing up to the police station with an empty glass and drinking their booze. Classic! #Monsterdon

I guess wings just aren't as useful as a horse #monsterdon

Still reflecting on it, I kind of can't believe it was only an hour and fifteen minutes, yet had time for things that didn't matter at all like the horny motel owner

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@liferstate @Taweret Honestly I would believe that. #Monsterdon

@brooke @Taweret Maybe they look different because the scaly beaky part is their clothing, and underneath they just look like us #monsterdon

Like, is it me? Am I being unreasonable for wanting a movie to stop for a second and complete its thoughts? That film ended mid-sentence! #Monsterdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIwW8iC0IdA&t=19s

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@lytta @blogdiva Didn't Blacula have an okay ending? #monsterdon

#monsterdon Man I loved #gargoyles1972 so much as a kid. And the head gargoyle is still the best character.

Given the time frame perhaps this movie was a metaphor for the Middle East #monsterdon

@WhiskeySailor there will be a sequel, just gotta wait another 400 years for it #monsterdon

literally why were the motorcycle guys or the hotel keeper in the movie aside from them being delightful. they did literally nothing and we spent so much time on them. this movie really is in the 'spectacularly bad, even worse than it seems, bafflingly bad' category #monsterdon

What we can learn in this movie is that doc isn't of any help on a fire.
#monsterdon

Okay, so that wasn't a super bad #Monsterdon movie. The costumes were okay, there were actually a couple talented actors, and they had the charity to keep the Day For Night shots to a minimum.

But the underlying plot of the whole thing *bugs the living shit out of me* and here's why;

@blogdiva ok i *know* #monsterdon watched the original gojira at some point

Other than one IMDB reference that says the animated series is a sequel to the 72 film, I can't actually find any evidence to back that up. There's no connection in the stories, the lore, and the gargoyles themselves are substantiall different as well. I call bullshit on that claim.

#monsterdon #gargoyles72

@rgegriff I think occasionally somebody does try to create a livestream on PeerTube, but it's more just to give a convenient option for people to watch the movie without ads, it's not official

#Monsterdon

Credits for tonight's Gargoyle movie, since the Gargoyle's actors (who were the real stars of this fine film), barely got a shout-out at the end.
#Monsterdon

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068622/fullcredits

anyway good job team and thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting

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@strangefour Maybe the gargoyles think of the horses as monsters, you know? #monsterdon

@cheribaker I only caught the end of #Monsterdon—did we get Bingo? I mean, at least that middle across row must have happened, right?

@jmelesky Typical #Monsterdon fare

@rgegriff everybody just syncs up playtime. If you watch the tag a _lot_ of people are counting down these days xD

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The moral is that there is not now nor never was a right just to be left alone if people want to get all up in your business #monsterdon

Well that ending was the perfect set up for “Gargoyles 2” … this time it’s personal. Unlike last time where we were a bit wishy-washy.

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List of people who got what was coming to them in tonight's #Monsterdon move:

@trixter We did get a pretty good shot of some #monsterdong

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someone read that script and the green-lit it. lord, go out there and do whatever you dream of doing, people. you'll be great at it. #monsterdon

#monsterdon I've compiled a supercut of all the Gargoyle sound effects /inserts link to "goats screaming" video

Edit: oops got some of the daughter screaming on tape into it too

@liferstate @CactuarJoe AND a podcast

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@CactuarJoe I'm choosing to believe that Gargoyle King and his lady friend escaped to ...somewhere. Gargoyle King probably has a blog now.

#Monsterdon

@fabio Jinx! #Monsterdon

We found the gargoyles were nasty so we killed them with fire

THE END

Kill or be killed understanding be damned I guess :blobcheeky:

Thanks for the classic abruptly ending #Monsterdon selection @Taweret !

@diazona yeah, every time I look down at the #Monsterdon I miss something important. Which is weird, because not many important things really happened.

"The girl comes with me! Story time is not over!" #monsterdon

@lytta no, no, we'll always have stranger from venus

#monsterdon #gargoyles1972

That theological intro really asked some interesting questions that the rest of the movie was not into answering.

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Oh my god, it auto-queued Austin Powers after gargoyles lmao #monsterdon #gargoyles1972

i think this is the most *nonentity* of a #monsterdon movie i've attended so far. that was so much nothing, aside from the creepy sex pest gargoyle bits, which were painful

Gargoyles (1972): 4/5
a huge reach for a no budget made for TV movie, "why did they try to do that"

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Was this a pilot for what they were hoping would be a series? Because the cliffhanger ending and the short run time kinda makes me think it was.

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This one needs to go back into a cave for another 500 years or so. Thanks again to @Taweret for hosting! Remember kids: Let sleeping gargoyles lie. #monsterdon #Gargoyles1972

@SRLevine As if anything in this movie makes sense

#Monsterdon

I think I'll finish-off the night with another Scott Glenn movie "The Keep".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYs5hGJFY0k

#Monsterdon #Gargoyles1972

If you're reading this, you're at the tail end of a long stream of posts on the feed about #Monsterdon, a fediverse community movie event. See the post at the top of this thread for more info:

https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/111004128276431553

Don't do that, those eggs are BEAUTIFUL #monsterdon

Best part of #monsterdon, even when I don't watch, is all the posts every week of people going "THE END????"

"I'll get you next time, humans!"
#monsterdon

That was amazing. Thanks friends #monsterdon #gargoyles1972

AAAAAAAAAND Scene!

That's a wrap folks!

#Monsterdon

So much for any attempt at an actual message, or completing any of the film's themes. Five minutes is all it would have taken! Why are all these movies allergic to denoument! #Monsterdon

the end...???? #monsterdon

#monsterdon so that WAS gargoyle cam!

Huevos rancheros!

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"tomorrow entertainment incorporated"

as in maybe you'll be entertained tomorrow but certainly not today

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Welp, I guess I'm a scalie now

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SO'S YOUR OLD MAN! #monsterdon

can i hit this movie with a rock? would that help? #monsterdon

i love how badly so many of these movies end #monsterdon

Okay, well. See you in the sequel in 600 years! Or was it 400? Or 500?

#Monsterdon

So the gargoyles CAN fly. #Monsterdon

Flight POV Shot 🎬 ✅

And... it abruptly ends? Okay then!

#Monsterdon

@trixter Incredible #monsterdon

"Rock Walker" played one of the gargoyles. Fitting name.

#Monsterdon #Gargoyles1972

Okay alot of these extra background gargoyles look dumb. But they also look like Kamen Rider monsters.
#Monsterdon #Gargoyles #Gargoyles1972

Oh, wow, and now it’s over. The format doesn’t allow for denouement, I guess? #monsterdon

As Levi-Strauss would have pointed out, this movie is about the tension between our origins in sexual reproduction vs. oviparity.

#Monsterdon

so uh our heroes murdered a bunch of babies because they were afraid of the Great Human Replacement? is that what happened?

okay

well, ty for joining, everyone!

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon We’re going to kill your species but let you go, ‘cause we’re the good guys.

Hit them with a rock? WTH??

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That's IT!? #monsterdon

Your choice has allowed us to survive, perhaps at the price of a sequel and your TV network's ratings supremacy one day. #Monsterdon

I remember watching this as a kid waiting the entire movie for the main gargoyle to use his wings. When he finally did I was not impressed. #monsterdon #Gargoyles1972

"Perhaps at the price of your supremacy on earth, one day!!!"

Yeah, you keep trying buddy. #monsterdon

I honestly wish there was a equal
#Monsterdon

That's Jim Connell, buddy!

#monsterdon #gargoyles1972

#Monsterdon Fucking off into the sky and the credits roll. That was abrupt.

[poorly lit flying scene at the end]

me: that's the BEST you can do???

#Monsterdon