ROBOT MONSTER (1953)
While Ed Wood's aliens looked suspiciously like fey middle-aged men in silver jumpsuits, Phil Tucker's ET invaders were even less likely, unless, that is, NASA's suppressing knowledge that our cosmic neighbors are gorilla-robots who wear diving helmets and wield genocidal bubble machines. Originally released in 3-D, Robot Monster actually made a small fortune relative to its paltry budget. Viewed today, it's hilarious, but, like Plan 9, compelling for its bizarre plotting and dialogue so dreadful it actually becomes like poetry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9IKsH9BXg
HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF (1985)
Forget the scares and deliberate laughs of Joe Dante's 1981 original. This sequel, from Aussie director Philippe Mora, was shot in Soviet-controlled Prague and is a hilariously bad confection of erotic horror and New Wave "style." Christopher Lee, years off his blockbuster comeback, stars as an occult investigator who has to take on Sybil Danning's werewolf Queen Stirba and her minions. What's worse? The cotton-candy special make-up effects, the "acting" of co-stars Reb Brown and Annie McEnroe, or the seemingly endlessly repeated electro-bleating of the theme song by Babel? It's a big call. Whichever way you go, don't switch off before the very "special" end credits featuring Sybil Danning's assets -- on repeat loop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bOh0up7sQ
THE GIANT CLAW (1957)
From director Fred F. Sears, who made Rock Around the Clock and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, this epic about a giant bird from a parallel dimension attacking Earth might have passed muster if producer Sam Katzman had followed the plan for Ray Harryhausen to do the effects. Instead, the cheapo mogul opted for a puppet on strings, so it appears as if mid-1950s jet pilots and hot rodders are being attacked by a mutated Gonzo from The Muppet Show. The dialogue is also brilliantly cheesy, making this one of the funniest Z-grade flicks of the 1950s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRqjSBKIhtc
FOR Y'UR HEIGHT ONLY (1981)
Made in the Philippines, this spy parody stars Weng Weng, a 2'9" midget, as the kick-ass -- or make that, kick-balls -- agent Double O. A bizarre James Bond riff, over-dubbed by expatriates, the film has him facing off against his nemesis, Mr. Giant, who plans to rule the world with his, er, "N-bomb". Weng Weng followed up with The Impossible Kid, in which he works for Interpol, and made numerous other films, some of which are still being uncovered by cult-movie investigator Andrew Leavold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OxB-jq5XLY
THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975)
What more besides the title do you need to know? How about that the spiders are actually from another dimension? How about that a goodly percentage of their victims are sleazy brain-dead rednecks? How about that the "hero" spider was created by draping a huge arachnid suit over a VW and driving it around while people inside the vehicle waved the beast's big "legs" for added "realism"? And on it goes. Great fun, even if it can't quite match the incredible poster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bksvon-hSDM
TUNGUSKA SHOOTING STAR BLAST
“A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire ...”
“Kulik's expeditions (he traveled to Tunguska on three separate occasions) did finally get some of the locals to talk. One was the man based at the Vanara trading post who witnessed the heat blast as he was launched from his chair. His account: Suddenly in the north sky… the sky was split in two, and high above the forest the whole northern part of the sky appeared covered with fire… At that moment there was a bang in the sky and a mighty crash… The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or of guns firing. The earth trembled ”.
Anyway, researchers, investigators, and other academic and scientific authorities commented that until the date this mystery is unsolved. There are some theories about it:
- An asteroid: this is the most favorite in order to explain the event. Expeditions obtained some little fragments on threes. Others refuse this because only 19 years after the event the first expedition to the area would have to wait for it. Leonid Kulik led an expedition to Tunguska, "At first, the locals were reluctant to tell Kulik about the event," said Yeomans. "They believed the blast was a visitation by the god Ogdy, who had cursed the area by smashing trees and killing animals ".
- An unusual tectonic event. A Russian scientific Andrei Yu Ol'khovatov tells us an interesting argues based on a big earthquake and atmospheric registers.
- Methane explosion. Wolfgang Kundt argues that until ten million tons of this gas could be the cause of this explosion from the center of earth.
- Others said that this is the result of Nikola Tesla experiment.
- Crashed ovni. Somebody considered this option but it is ridiculous because there are not any fragments of space ship.
Nowadays speculation will continue as to the origin of this catastrophe, yet no certain conclusions can be attained unless man has the dubious opportunity to observe and monitor such an event in the future. The Tunguska explosion is indeed unique and mysterious. Of the possible causes it appears that the present consensus favors the comet hypothesis. However, suggesting a consensus is quite tenuous.
More than one hundred years ago, the mystery is unsolved. No evidence, no proofs, just a big explosion! “The Tunguska explosion fulfills all five parts of the above definition and can be considered the epitome of a cosmic impact catastrophe ”. In June 30, Year 1908, Central Siberian Land, one of most historic explosion was occurred, something uncanny certainty; currently, anyone must have known about certain causes of this phenomenon. Many explanations try to give reasons about what happened but none put the masterpiece yet.
FIGURE 1. Area map of the 1908 Tunguska explosion event. After Sullivan 1979.
LUIS SUAREZ WILL PLAY NEXT SATURDAY MATCH
FIFA announced that the footballer will play the match against Real Madrid F.C., after he paid the fine.
FIFA announced that the player will be able to play on the game against Real Madrid as he already finished his four month sanction.
"He will be avaliable to play official matches with Barcelona F.C. since October 25th, 2014" Commented a FIFA agent.
The cause of the penalty was that the mention player, Luis Suarez , bit several times his opponents and making repeated mistakes .
As it was a common behavior in him, FIFA decided to admonish him for four months without playing any game.
FIFA had decided to be more strict and demanding with this type of behaviors on the games in order to carry out matches without such drawbacks .
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