From twitch.tv/ReverendMatt! Sometimes monsters come back from the dead because they’re monsters and that’s their thing. Other times: reboots! How to Remake a Monster: A history of various movie monster reimaginings and new versions – King Kong, Dracula, Godzilla, “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”, and more besides!
Streamed and recorded on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020.
So it’s like this: My beloved Twin Cities Horror Festival, which has been so good to Reverend Matt’s Monster Science, is having an online auction in conjunction with their Seven Deadly Sins fundraiser. And there are two Monster Science-related things on it.
One is a short, customized Monster Science video, by me, for you:
The end of the world! Cultures throughout history have been obsessed with it, and if there’s one thing they knew, it would feature absolutely terrifying monsters, come to ring down the age of humanity! Tune in and learn about these exciting apocalyptic horrors! Possibly the most metal Monster Science ever! twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!
Streamed and recorded on Thurday, April 16th, 2020.
This was a show commissioned by the excellent Norway House in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a sequel to the very successful Norse mythology show the previous month. It became a livestream, co-presented by Monster Science and Norway House, on twitch.tv/ReverendMatt!
The forests of Scandinavia, we once were told, hid all manner of bizarre entities – fairies and water horses and giants and more besides. A fascinating, hilarious talk on the supernatural creatures of post-norse Scandinavian folklore, and the hopes and fears and other, more confusing emotions they represented!
From friendly, furry monsters on a New York street to four-armed wizards in an age of wonder, Jim Henson and his successors have been responsible for an embarrassment of the best creature design and monster creation of the last 70 years. Come and learn about fraggles and grouches and unhelpful talking worms and whatever Animal is! Featuring the information about the all-new “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” that you angrily demanded!
Streamed and recorded on Thurday, April 2nd, 2020.