2017: Son of Monster Madness 2018: The Bride of Monster Madness 2019: The Revenge of Monster Madness 2020: The Curse of Monster Madness 2021: Monster Madness: Resurrection 2022: Monster Madness goes to Hell 2023: Monster Madness vs. Disneycember 2024: The Return of Monster Madness 2025: Monster Madness raids again
I recently bought the Criterion Collection version. This is an awesome film; very influential on many later films. To answer one of James' questions; there were more 'trophies' in the original version, including two whole stuffed specimens posed in the positions they were killed in. This freaked out test audiences and, like Kong's Spider Pit sequence, it was cut and lost forever.
I remember watching this movie when I was 11, 2 years later I got it on DVD, and 1 year later I read it in my 9th grade English class. Such a classic even to this day.
The story and movie are both good. Didn't know they made King Kong along with the most dangerous game. Would be cool to play both movies at the same time with two televisions next to each other. A pleasure to watch as always James.
This book/movie was mentioned in Zodiac. It was driving me crazy trying to remember where I had heard it (originally thought Silence of the Lambs). So posted this if anyone else was thinking about it...
definitvely an underrated classic, the prospect of the human who dedicates itself to hunt other humans is still emulated non-stop in all fiction, one could even say it was a precursor to the slasher genre too
I had to watch this for class. I hate reading and watching films regarding class work and all. But man, I love it. It should have been talk about more. It was beautiful.
Wasn’t this remade in the 90s with the actors Ice-T and Garry Busey? I think they changed the title to “The Game” and changed a few other plot points, but it was basically the same story.
It was called "Surviving The Game". The Game was a different and much better film directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.
I remember watching this movie in my eighth grade English class. We had just read the story and were watching the movie to compare. I really like both and thought that they were both good in their own ways.
Read and watched this back in 9th grade English class. My classmates thought it was cheesey, but I was all over it, and always wanted James to review it.
Wait.. what? There's another Monster Madness? I tuned in looking for old reviews, thinking it was done after last year, but to my surprise there are new reviews up. Hell yes!!!!!!
Read this in school. In the book, there is no woman with him, he's being hunted alone. And the way he was able to set traps is because he himself is a hunter, just not a hunter of humans. In the beginning of the book, he reflects on the nature of hunting for a bit before he falls off the ship. A great story.
Back in middle school, one of my classes had us read the book and watch the movie, and then we had to re-enact it with our own filming work. We chose to end our story with Rainsford getting shot instead of escaping
One of the few things we read in school that I actually enjoyed. I can still remember the illustrations in our English book for it. It was Zaroff and Rainsford are sitting at a table talking while Ivan is standing nearby.
Who else wants to see James review the Blade movies as part of Monster Madness? I'm surprised he hasn't yet. I know they're more action oriented, but I think they qualify.
Your videos always get me in a good mood. I don't know how much money you make, but it's not enough compared to other entertainers because you're awesome.
Just want to mention this. Leslie Banks (Count Zaroff) is also the protagonist in Alfred Hitchcock's original The Man Who Knew Too Much along with Peter Lorre.
About 10 years I've been watching Angry Video Game Nerd and Nostalgia Critic and you guys very very rarely disappoint me don't worry this is not one of these times loo
Didn't know there was a movie for this story. I read this while in school. I thought it was interesting. When I would think of the title, I didn't think if it as a "game" per say. I thought of the hunted as the game, as in game animals. Hunting humans would be the most dangerous game to hunt since we are on the same intelligence and reasoning level. The hunter can be out smarted and easy be hunted down himself.
Ive seen the one like this from the 70's.... the name is on the tip of my tongue, anyway i am interested and will check this one out. Thanks for the vid, super glad we have more monster madness.
James is the Zodiac! Actually, Robert Hansen is closer to Zaroff than Zodiac. He would fly women to a remote location in Alaska, strip them nude and hunt them with rifles.
The reason this was made on the same sets as King Kong and with a lot of the same cast was because the sets were lying unused while Willis O’Brien was working on the stop-motion effects and RKO wanted to get some use out of them.
James you gotta review Mr Vampire. It is a Chinese B horror that is hilarious and well done. I've never seen you review it, which makes me think you've never seen it! You're definitely missing out. It has zombies, vampires, ghost and kungfu. It is as awesome as it sounds.
