Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 197: Cryptozoological Horror Part 2 — Leviathans of the Deep with Director Brandon Smith
We’re going under the sea in Episode 197 of HORROR MOVIE PODCAST, but this little mermaid has fangs! This show is the long-awaited Part 2 of a multiple-part, thematic series about Cryptozoological Horror and in this episode we’re talking about LEVIATHANS OF THE DEEP or what you might call SEA MONSTERS! Wolfman Josh, Dr. Shock and Gillman Joel welcome special guests The Mad Cetologist and Filmmaker Brandon Smith, Director of the crowd-funded project Legend of the Bear Lake Monster. We also bring you a Feature Review of Underwater (2020) and a Shudder-Sponsored Screaming Online review of The Siren (2019). If you’d like to support our show, try a 30-day free trial of SHUDDER with Promo Code: HMP It costs you nothing and helps us a lot! Also, please subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Or just tell a friend. We’d really appreciate it. Thanks for your support and thanks for listening to Horror Movie Podcast, where we’re Dead Serious About Horror Movies! SHOW NOTES: I. Introduction [ 0:02:33 ] II. Filmmaker Interview: BRANDON SMITH —Welcome Brandon Smith, Director of the upcoming Legend of the Bear Lake Monster —Wolfman (Joshua Aukai Ligairi) will now help produce the film! —Please support the IndieGoGo campaign here! We’ll only make it with your help! [ 0:24:24 ] III. Theme Discussion Part 1: SEA MONSTERS IN HORROR CINEMA —Classic Sea Monsters —The Creature From the Black Lagoon films, The Godzilla films, Other Kaiju films, The Jaws films, The SyFy Channel films … 1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Gojira (1954) – Our Godzilla Franchise overview from HMP Ep 175 Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) The She-Creature (1956) The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) – Doc’s review from DVDinfatuation.com Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959) aka The Giant Behemoth Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) Jaws (1975) – Our review from HMP Ep 20 Tentacles (1977) The Crater Lake Monster (1977) – Doc’s review from DVDinfatuation.com Up From the Depths (1979) – Doc’s review on HMP Ep 148 Island of the Fishmen (1979) aka Screamers