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Really Awful Movies: Ep 458 – Zombeavers

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This week on the podcast, add another critter to the list of creature features/nature run amok flicks. If you thought rabbits in Night of the Lepus was pushing the envelope, well…here…we’ve got beavers.

Zombeavers is from the producers of American Pie, so there are of course lots of the expected jokes.

This one debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival of all places, and is a bit smarter than you’d think (but not by much).

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 451 – Shakma

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On this episode of the podcast, the killer monkey movie, Shakma!

We turn our gaze to the 90s, and to this animal / nature run amok flick, which, all things considered, remains a lesser known sub genre entry.

Roddy McDowall plays a research scientist, and he’s working at a facility doing strange experiments. All the while, his colleagues are obsessed with live action role play and some elaborate game on the premises.

Shakma has its moments, though can’t be considered Olympic podium-worthy, when it comes to animal attack movies (that’s reserved for Jaws, Back Country, Alligator, etc).

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 429 – Megaboa

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This week on the podcast…snakes and snake-related nature run amok flicks.

We shine the spotlight on Megaboa, a 2021 affair, featuring a prof and some grad students fending off a giant snake on a tropical island.

Unlike other animal attack genres, snake horror flicks have yet to produce a bona fide classic, a la Jaws (sharks), Backcountry (bears), Alligator (gators) or Cujo (dogs).

Ever wonder why that is?

Anyway, let’s take a deep dive into this one, shall we?

Topics discussed:

  • The killer snake genre
  • Eric Roberts and his oeuvre
  • Other animal attack genres
  • The prevalence/ubiquity of anthropology professors in horror

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