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My first Monster

posted 14 years ago by Grendel1950
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Joe appeared on Million Dollar Movie in NYC in the 1950's when I was a kid. The family next door had three boys, two of whom were older than me, and who convinced me to watch Joe. Just a few days earlier I had been terrified by a TV show that portrayed an actor in a gorilla suit attacking another man, and I was very nervous at the prospect of watching Joe. However, the other kids had already seen it and had prepared me well. Joe was the first "monster" I ever watched all the way through, and he remains one of my favorites.

Who was your first monster?

[–] froberts73 14 years ago

My first wife's mother. 'nuff said. She made Kong look saintly, and she was certainly less pleasant than Joe Young.

[–] cdjunkee-1 13 years ago

Ah ha ha. :-) hmmm... I'd say the original "King Kong" or "Godzilla" flicks were my first taste. I also remember a flick about a half man/half Octopuss who could sting people with his tentacles and carrying off a damsel in distress. (it was in color)

~I love the rhythm it is my methoood!~

[–] joe_538 12 years ago

Octaman? Kong was my first, saw it on TV one Saturday afternoon when I was about seven.

[–] cdjunkee-1 12 years ago

Yes the movie was "Octman"! the movie scared me when I was a little kid. I was able to watch it last Winter on Cable and fell in love with it all over again.

~I love the rhythm it is my methoood!~

[–] hecklejecklelove-665-268403 11 years ago

My first mobster movie was Kiko 'The Son Of Kong'. It was shown on chanel 10 Sydney back in the late 1970's as a Saturday afternoon movie when I was staying at my grandparents house, I was about 6 or 7 and I loved it. Then I saw the original Kong, which aired around 1980 on the same chanel late one night. Mighty Joe Young I saw when I was about 9.

hjl

[–] kslcutter 10 years ago

When I was a kid (several, several years ago) I was curled up on the couch in the living room with my dad watching a movie. I don't know the name, but, boy did it scare me. There were two ape like creatures, one brown who was nice and then a green one who was evil. I still can picture the scene vividly where the green monster picks up and eats a policeman then spits out his clothes. I shudder just thinking about it.

[–] gojiseb 8 years ago

Little late I know, but that movie is the brilliant 'War of the Gargantuas'! :)

[–] kslcutter 8 years ago

I looked up that title and that was it!
Now that I have the name I'll have to check it out again to see if it was as scary as I remember. Thanks gojiseb! :)

[–] millsey72 (10939) 3 years ago

A pet gorilla is no monster. Shame on you