MONDO CREEPY WITH LILITH VON BLOODWORTH: THUNDER OF GIGANTIC SERPENT

The lovely ghost with the most, Lilith Von Bloodworth, re-enters our dimension from her haunted, video store to host the latest Mondo Creepy, and it is (drumroll, please) ... Thunder of Gigantic Serpent! 

For those who dig the likes of Reptilicus and Gamera the Brave, 1988's Thunder of Gigantic Serpent should more than hit the spot, in that its titular creature is an elongated thing of relentless destruction, inadvertently created by a little girl who's exposed her adorable, pet snake to a displaced, government formula.  

The movie was directed by ninja-flick champ, Godfrey Ho, who inserts a good chunk of footage from 1984's King of Snake. He also adds a generous heap of espionage to the surreal shenanigans (courtesy of martial artist Pierre Kirby), giving it a nifty, Bondian slant.  

As with previous, Mondo Creepy episodes, Ms. Bloodworth is an absolute, ethereal delight, offering comedic, critical insight to the feature, further enhanced by lurid commercials and trailers. 

Check out this crazy, kaiju submission at 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsX3hPlVFk

LILITH VON BLOODWORTH'S MONDO CREEPY PRESENTS ... GRAVES!

 

The effervescent Lilith Von Bloodworth (aka Jenny Welsh) has returned to instill her devotees with crisp, November chills and some artistic, crayon skills that would make even the laidback Bob Ross scratch his beard and wonder.  

The newest, straight-from-the-video-vault entry is an accumulation of first-season, mini episodes from the atmospheric, Long Island-shot, web series, Graves, written by Terence (An Unquiet Grave) Krey, who co-directed the saga with Daniel Fox (the series' masterful cinematographer).   

Graves references such popular sagas as It, Stranger Things, Evil Dead, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, Scooby-Doo, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (layered with generous heaps of Goosebumps and Tales from the Darkside), as it spotlights neurotic, young adults, who during their teen years confronted a hell-spawned vanguard and now must deal with its vengeful resurgence. 

The cast is led by Christine Nyland (as Jane Stevenson, an aspiring, Daria-ish, comic-artist protagonist) and Hugo Lopez (as Astaroth, her ushering, silver-tongued antagonist; Lopez is also the composer of the series' menacing music). They are joined by such expressive performers as Vanessa Cuccia, Kate Dearing, Rich Vience, Christian Nilsson, Jacob A. Ware and an assortment of talented others. (Beatrice Sniper supplies the sublime, demonic makeup and related effects.) 

Lilith Von Bloodworth and Graves are a perfect, labor-of-love match. Check out this satisfying team-up, in addition to more Mondo Creepy episodes at 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1uJBmFaPSw