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The deadly monster Zeiram (1991) is on its way to Earth, and only 2 intergalactic bounty hunters can save us… if the local goobers can stop getting in the way.

Our HubrisWeen review of Grabbers, included in a batch.

Films and TV shows referenced in this review:

Critters (1986).

Grabbers (2012).

Iria: Zeiram the Animation (1994).

Megas XLR (2004-5).

The Terminator (1984).

The Thing (1982).

Zeiram 2 (1994).

By the time you find a note that says You Should Have Left (2020), it’s already too late.

Our full episode on Starship Troopers.

Our HubrisWeen review of Xtro.

House of Leaves is a layered novel of unreliable sources that contradict each other about a documentary of events in a house that defied physics and reason.

Films referenced in this review:

Friday the 13th (1980).

The Ring (2002).

Starship Troopers (1997).

Stir of Echoes (1999).

Tremors (1990).

Xtro (1982).

We got nothing. It’s Xtro (1982), and we just have to deal with that.

Films referenced in this review:

Equinox (1970).

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

Will you take this White Zombie (1932) to be your wife, to do your bidding, and to never question your commands?

We drew connections between this movie and Ira Levin’s book The Stepford Wives, which was adapted as movies in 1975 and 2004.

Film referenced in this review:

If you murder all your guests, you can always be certain to have a Vacancy (2007).

Our full episode on Tales from the Hood.

Films referenced in this review:

Creepshow 2 (1987).

8MM (1999).

Tales from the Hood (1995).

What do you do when another studio has a hit werewolf film? If you’re 20th Century Fox, you dig up the rights to The Undying Monster (1942) and kit-bash it into a cash-in.

Our HubrisWeen reviews of Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter and The Quatermass Conclusion.

Films referenced in this review:

Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966).

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966).

The Quatermass Conclusion (1979).

The Wolf Man (1941).

Vampires converge on a remote Alaskan town to enjoy a captive feast due to 30 Days of Night (2007).

Films referenced in this review:

Blood and Chocolate (2007).

Bloodrayne II: Deliverance (2007).

Daybreakers (2009).

Dracula 2000 (2000).

I Am Legend (2007).

Oppenheimer (2023).

It’s a sloth. A murderous sloth. It kills people. What else do you need in a movie called Slotherhouse (2023)?

People have long claimed that television rots brains, but it’s much worse than that with Remote Control (1988).

Our HubrisWeen reviews of The Blob and Just Before Dawn.

Films referenced in this review:

The Blob (1988).

The Brain (1988).

The Front (1976).

Godzilla (1988).

Just Before Dawn (1981).

Mother’s Day (1980).

Murder By Television (1935).

A Plumbing We Will Go (1940).

Shredder Orpheus (1990).

TerrorVision (1986).

They Live (1988).

The Video Dead (1987).

Professor Quatermass saves the world one last time in The Quatermass Conclusion (1979).

Our full episode on Quatermass and the Pit.

The series that was edited into The Quatermass Conclusion is Quatermass (1979).

Films and TV shows referenced in this review:

Quatermass and the Pit (1967).

V (1983).

Other Hubrisween reviews about Quatermass:

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), included in a batch review.

Quatermass II (1957).

D.F. Jones was an often-apocalyptic author most famous for his series that started with “Colossus”. That book was made into the film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), which we discussed in our 14th full episode.