Did you eat your oatmeal? In John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), Kurt Russell, Keith David, and the immortal Wilford Brimley face a monster from space that eats to live and lives to eat. Will an arsenal of military surplus be sufficient to defend them? All sarcasm aside, The Thing is a brilliant film and you should watch it. 

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In The Thing from Another World (1951), it's science vs. the military vs. an alien vegetable! Scientists and airmen at a remote North Pole outpost must contend for their lives with a murderous, intelligent carrot (and also, radiation). 

Attack the Block (2011) takes us back to London, this time with aliens. When police fail to react to an alien invasion, a group of neighbors band together to provide effective community defense. Will they prevail against the imperialist alien invader? 

Twister (1996) dares to ask the real questions. Are tornadoes people? Are they really after Jo? Or do our protagonists' struggles spring from an adrenaline-fueled, narcissistic fantasy that sees them as the main characters in a drama of their own construction? Join us as we debate whether this is even a monster movie!

The Birds (1963) is one of Hitchcock's masterpieces. Ostensibly, this movie is about birds running amok. We know better, though, don't we, dear? Also: trust ye not the prophecies of drunkards. 

Sabretooth (2002) is actually pretty bad. In our first SyFy original, we're introduced to tiger vision as a lab test subject flees its captors. Desperately trying to survive in the wild, our saber-tooth responds by eating the only food at hand: dumb people in the woods. Alas, arch-capitalist Gimli, son of  Glóin, and his goons are in swift pursuit. Will this smilodon survive? 

The Relic (1997) depicts the harrowing struggle between an illegal tenant and the Chicago Police Department. Will John Whitney restore his good name, or will he be foiled by addiction, homelessness, and/or the devious machinations of a rival biologist and a forlorn police detective? 

In Tremors (1990), Kevin Bacon and Earl Ward star as working-class men trying to escape the bounds of capitalism and traditional masculinity. Also, man-eating worms. Can they and a ragtag group of immigrants, Trump voters, and/or budding domestic terrorists prevail? Or are they destined to be worm food? 

In an odd little flick called An American Werewolf in London (1984), American student David finds his European vacation cut short by by a merciless predator who strikes when he's at his weakest. Also, there's a werewolf. Ahwooooooo!!

In our inaugural episode, we travel into uncharted territory... with a woman! Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) features the eponymous Gill-man fighting desperately to defend his home from a group of marauding Americans. Will he find love? Will he repel these brutes? Should we bomb isolated ecosystems with chemical weapons in the name of Science? We ponder these questions and more.