An excellent theme for a Monster's Den episode, thank you Jamie, and thanks to Pete and Chris, as usual, for joining in and making it very enjoyable. Great to see such knowledge and enthusiasm from you lads. makes this show an unmissable event for me.

Jamie and Chris are a fantastic combination! Hopefully they will be back on soon!

Great point about the slime. Even "The Green Slime" doesn't have slime! (BTW Green Slime is AWESOME - Japanese made. Italian styled. Italian Acted - bunches of fun!) I don't know if this falls in "Monster's den" territory, but there are SO MANY "Road Warrior" Rip-offs that are a hoot! You could do HOURS on that topic!

Always a great episode when the KING is on. Best channel on KZfaq. Thanks Pete.

Once again you all bring back the duds and dandys of the genre - great show.

Another highly enjoyable episode of The Monster's Den. The discussion between Chris and Jamie about what they liked or disliked and why was entertaining to watch. Agree with the hate to be bored approach Chris uses with his movie rules. Recently watched Tammy and The T Rex based on an earlier discussion by Chris. Shakespeare it is not. But Shakespeare doensn't make me laugh that hard either. So definitely going to track down some of the titles discussed for watching. Thanks, guys, for always putting on a fun show and committing your time to these episodes.

This was awesome. I know that a show is going to be gold when you have Pete, Chris, and Jamie involved. Galaxy of Terror is one that I remember. I was on a tour of Europe in the summer of 1982 - and saw the posters for the film in London and Paris. I wanted to see it then but didn't till later on VHS. It was definitely a rip-off of Alien.

Fantastic show as always! There were 2 or 3 in there that I don't own but will now for sure.

Another great video. I’m surprised you guys didn’t mention Xtro which was a bit of an Alien rip off, as well as Deep Star Six or the better of the underwater Alien knock off Leviathan. When Chris mentioned the alien bursting through the face I automatically thought of Parasite that starred Demi Moore. I’m also surprised Species wasn’t mentioned which the female alien was designed by Giger.

I love "Star Crystal". I was 14 and watched it with my Mom. We laughed so hard 😂😂

9:33 - Funny thing is there actually was a thrash metal band called Inseminoid from France, that formed in '89. They only released three demos between 1989-'91.

I loved Galaxy of Terror by Roger Corman- James Cameron started out his career at New World films (Corman) in the Model shop and Art Director. He also worked on Battle Beyond the Stars and Escape from New York (visual effects).

Totally love the Abyss. I spent 100.00 for it on laserdisc back in the day.

Isn't there a director's cut of Mimic out now? Edit. I just ordered a used blu ray of the Director's cut

Sigourney Weaver is quite tall and slim - she's about 6 foot or 6'1", so I guess more of what they call an "athletic build" for a woman. A picture recently surfaced of her at a Beatles concert when she was a teenager, and honestly she hadn't changed much. She has a great, sarcastic, dark sense of humour as well, and is quite funny, so certain things make up for a woman not having your traditional curvy type body. Good show guys!

Inseminoid OST album cover reminds Anthrax's Spreading the Disease

"Life Force" is based on Colin Wilson's book "The Space Vampires". The story is heavily influenced by H.P. Lovecraft which Quatermass equaly was.

Enjoyed it guys. Good stuff

Great show...did you guys mention Alien sort of ripped off Mario Bava''s Planet Of The Vampires? It would be cool if you guys did a non Horror exploitation show too,,,,,

There was an episode of The Outer Limits that had a creature that either ate slime or slimed victims.

Gents, As a counter to sci- fi horror, I would love to see an episode on period piece/ historical horror.

Once again. Chris your the man! Forbidden Would is awesome.

Love this discussion!

The blob was basically a slime alien. Then there's The Slime People but they were not overly slimey, despite the name.

Might be a good idea to buy a DVD player while you can. I been looking for CD players and have been finding cheaply made players and players that are two thousand dollars or more. My old turntable finally gave out and have been looking for a replacement, and all I can find are Chinese manufactured turntables that are cheaply made and some that are two thousand dollars or more. Ebay is asking crazy prices for thirty year old turntables.

The best Monsters Den crew IMHO.

Sorry if I missed this but I just came home from watching Spider-Man: No Way Home, loved it!!!!!

Here's an honorable mention - The Intruder Within (1981) - set on some kind of offshore drilling rig, they bring up some eggs from the bottom of the sea, and something hatches out and the usual shenanigans ensue. I've only seen it once, in the late 80s. It might be a tv movie. Not sure to be honest as this was a long time ago, and I watched it on VHS but can't say if it was a genuine release or some kind of bootleg. I don't remember it being particularly good, but it was still WAY better than Inseminoid :)

Another good one is the 3D movie "Parasite" from 1982 with Demi Moore. It's more a combo ripoff of "Alien" and "Mad Max," but it does have a bursting scene and some goofy creature effects by Stan Winston. And by "good" I mean "absolutely terrible."

Galaxy of Terror and Forbidden World are tops!

Alien also rips off Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires. And the makers of Insemonoid did special effects on the original Alien.

I would add Xtro (1982) and Scared to Death (1981) to the Alien ripoff list.

Can't wait to see where Creature ends up or if it does

Checkout "Split Second" with Rutger Hauer. I don't think it's on DVD...I own it on VHS. A total Alien ripoff...and I guess you can call it a "Predator" ripoff as well. Takes place in England. I enjoyed it. Rutgers Hauer is so over the top in this.

Creature is a lot of fun. For a cheapie the sets and photography are great. Another great transfer from Vinegar Syndrome. On the opposite side of things, has anyone on here seen Mario Bava's influential Planet of the Vampires? Seriously badass.

The films of Don Dohler deserve their own episode.

i saw most o' these films in the theatres when they were released. this was wonderful nostalgia. thank you ! i loved Alien so much when it came out (i was 14) that i had bubble gum trading cards, a small hand-crank viewer thingy (mattel ?) with a cassette (8-tracks were still popular back then) o' scenes from the movie. i had all the view master 'cards' from the film, i even had a t-shirt with the chest-burster molded in 3D which i had to fill the alien with paper towels to help keep it from sagging when i wore it (today i have just a 2D version o' the same shirt...)...the reduction in physical products has already begun as hbo, netflix and disney refuse to release popular series on dvd (why i resort to a friendly burner company in australia...)

What’s funny is that some of these ripoffs are better than the canonical later Alien sequels.

I / | / | \ / | | | \ A L I E N is often imitated, never equaled. I don't think they mentioned that these movies always have a scene with flashlight gadgets shooting light beams in some kind of dark foggy place.

This was great as always. Agree 100% with Chris you can easily enjoy a bad movie. I was surprised nobody mentioned Sunshine which I really like from the early 2000’s I think.

Jamie goes the extra mile for his lists 😂💯

A idea to the Monster Den Crew: Why not make a special over Monster/Horror Movies comming out from 2020 till now and rewiev of movies comming out..let say every month..?

A lot of big Sci-Fi and Horror movies have cheap rip offs a great cast of actors in them but that's about it.

You guys didn't think Sigourney looked good in Galaxy Quest? I did.

Lifeforce was only great because of the hot nude chic in it. Huba huba.

Arrow release Contamination in uk, dont know if they did the same in the states.

FYI "Shocking Dark" is free on KZfaq.

I’ve been a collector of cd’s and albums for many years. Watching Monsters Den makes me want to start collecting Horror movies, but I just don’t want to start going that rabbit hole.

I've always found siguorney weaver attractive in an unconventional way and she really showed what a great actor she is in the little known polanski film DEATH AND THE MAIDEN.

Love Event Horizon. Very creepy

WEBN fm used to play an Abyss spoof radio ad. APiss lol

Or just watch it all right here on KZfaq

Science fiction and heavy metal go hand in hand.

deep star six....leviathon...life...contamination

Dude, Vasquez totally rules!

Surprised you guys never mentioned The Intruder Within.

I recall an el cheapo Alien ripoff. An American spaceship in distress crashes into the Florida Everglades.....and the rescue crew of Horny scientists are bumped off by this alien head .......because that was all the effects team could afford....

Life, with Rebecca Ferguson and a Russian film, Sputnik.

Have you never seen The Ice Storm where Sigourney Weaver played the hot mom? Apart from that I always thought she was pretty hot in Working Girl as well. After all she was Harrison Ford‘s lover in that one, at least until Melanie Griffith came along.

Xtro... Great Alien "rip-off"

Split Second anyone?

Finally! Guys who don't like Aliens. Men of culture, I see.

I completely disagree...I would take Lambert over Ripley any day!!

Chris must not have seen the extended cut of The Abyss. The aliens aren't always friendly.

No one talks about Life because it's horrible.

Ironically, Alien (1979) ripped off David Cronenberg's "Shivers" (1975), especially the alien/parasite popping out of the chest scene. As modest and humble as Cronenberg is, even he has stated how Alien ripped off his movie that came out 4 years before. Alien also ripped off David Cronenberg's "Rabbid" (1976) too.

Kong: Skull Island is an Aliens ripoff. And a good one at that. And what about Pandorum?

Rotten Tomatoes is terrible.

Alien (1979) actually ripped off It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958), but did it better with a bigger budget.

IT THE TERROR FROM OUTER SPACE definitely inspired ALIEN the monster attacking it's way through the levels of the ship is text book terror in space.

58:10 That's wrong. Completely wrong. There wouldn't be a disc to begin with if this were true. Looking at the 4K scan on a Blu-ray disc, you aren't handling a VHS tape, are you? No. A 4K scan is just a speed at which the reels go through the machine to scan the images. The higher the number, the slower the process, the more detail of the picture can be shown on any kind of disc. These discs have a different amount of data in which they can store the movie. When they do this scan, they downscale it into a 1080p disc, but it still gives so much more detail than a 2K scan, which is fed through the machine at a faster rate which detail is quite good, but not as good as that 4K, slower, scan. Most 1080p discs have a regular scan of the footage from the film reel. If there's a restoration, a remaster, they can rescan the film. If it's a 2K scan, it's slightly higher in resolution than the regular 1080p. They downscale that to 1080p, however, the detail is better than the original scan. So, too, is a 4K scan. I don't think Chris understands the quality differences here. A 2160 pixel resolution is better than a 1080 pixel resolution no matter which disc you place it on. Detail is pushed up considerably. 4K UHD basically the new disc, which has a different amount of data. They can copy the entire 2160p, the P being pixels, without having to downscale it, which makes for a much better picture than a 2K scan, basically 1080 pixels. The 4K UHD is the difference when it comes to the data space, but no the only difference. The space is much bigger than the regular Blu-ray disc, but if it's simply placed on the Blu-ray without the UHD, it still looks much better than it would have if they hadn't. So, it is most definitely not like taking a CD and placing it on a cassette.

I can't stand "The Abyss" either. Don't know why people like it.

INSEMINOID is bad but it doesn't come close to the awfulness of STAR CRYSTAL. Almost nothing does. It's one of the worst sci-movies ever.

Am one of the few people who feels The Thing is better than Alien. The Thing is one of my favs ever, so damn good, its flawless. Alien is also very good.

Rich stop doing these shows?