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The bug-eyed monster (BEM) is an early convention of the science fiction genre. [1] Extraterrestrials in science fiction of the 1930s were often described (or pictured on covers of pulp magazines ) as grotesque creatures with huge, oversized or compound eyes and a lust for women, blood or general destruction.
Gossamer is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is a large, hairy, orange [5] or red [6] [7] monster. His body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers.
The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is depicted as a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and many smaller eyestalks on top with powerful magical abilities. The beholder is among the Dungeons & Dragons monsters that have appeared in every edition of the game since ...
Upon initial release, the film was praised by critics, who cited the special effects, well-written script, and the eye-popping Technicolor as being its major assets. [3] [4] In 1996, it was edited down and lampooned in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, a film adaption of the popular film-riffing television series Mystery Science Theater ...
Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, Basil Rathbone as Dr. Frankenstein's son Wolf Frankenstein, and Bela Lugosi as Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939). Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character, a sometimes hunch-backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself, the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Son ...
Mireault had a part-time band called Bug-Eyed Monster, for which he wrote songs. Fellow cartoonist Howard Chackowicz was also a member of Bug-Eyed Monster. [4] Mireault committed suicide in September 2024, at the age of 63. [4] [5] He was survived by two sons and three sisters. [4]
Furby-maker Hasbro said Thursday it is reintroducing the bug-eyed, gibberish-talking furball. The latest iteration of the animatronic toy launched on Amazon Thursday and rolls into stores ...
Chris Gilmore suggested readers unfamiliar with Shea's work "will do best to approach him through the showcase collection Polyphemus". [1]David Pringle described Polyphemus as "colourful SF stories, mostly latter-day bug-eyed monster tales and all with a fantastic or horrific tinge" and compared Shea's work to that of Clark Ashton Smith and Jack Vance.