Parasyte: The Grey…Tentacled Horror!
I’ve always loved SyFy horror, and the Netflix series Parasyte: The Grey is of that tradition. We’ve seen bits and pieces of like materials before, in such films as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and even Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. You can watch the spiny little pods descend, and their worm-like spawn wiggle their way into people‘s ears, causing their brains to be consumed, and the hosts to become imitations of the people they once were…but with the capability of emanating deadly tentacles from their heads!
There’s something about tentacles that are Lovecraftian, alien, and deeply disturbing, especially when they’re topping off a human body! These tentacles are powerful, capable of extending themselves to great lengths, moving heavy objects, and cutting through or slicing through flesh. It‘s 100% nightmare fuel…
But one young woman assaulted by a psychotic slasher has her assailant terminated by an alien, and is unable to be assimilated because the alien expends too much of its time and energy healing her wounds, leaving her brain and humanity intact while conferring alien powers, and kind of co-habiting with the alien in her body. She uses these otherworldly capabilities to work with the humans (Korean) to fight against the aliens, and some glorious tentacled fights ensue…
The special effects are good, and oddly compelling...and who doesn’t enjoy a good tentacled fight, anyways? 🦊
Tags: aliens, fantasy, sci fi, science-fiction, tentacles
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FOXSYLVANIA 
April 15, 2024 at 4:50 pm
The concept does, indeed, sound like HP Lovecraft. But, by way of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson! In case you’re too young to remember (even from the 1980’s reruns), there was once a British action-adventure series called CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS. Filmed in “Super-Marionation,” string-operated puppets were used to depict a 21st-century war of psychological attrition between the titular aliens (a mysterious race of Martians) and an international defense organization called Spectrum.
The first manned expedition to Mars ended badly when the xenophobic Captain Black mistook a probing beam of light for an attack and fired on the Mysterons’ capital city. The Mysterons, however, were masters of retro-generation. Complete restoration of all obliterated matter right down to the subatomic level!
Consequently, when the expeditionary team was blown up, only Capt. Black was retro-generated. As their obedient zombie slave!
Unfortunately, for the Mysterons, they made one slight miscalculation. In doing the same thing to Spectrum Agent Capt. Scarlet, they ordered him to commit suicide after having him try to kill someone. But, he not only retro-generated from the fall He also retained that ability while simultaneously having his free will restored!
Needless to say, this series and THUNDERBIRDS are my two favorite Anderson puppet shows to this day.
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April 16, 2024 at 11:15 pm
Let us not forget “Supercar,” with Mike Mercury! And did the Mysterons later redefine themselves as Mysterians, and perform “96 Tears” with leader “Question Mark?” 🤭
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April 17, 2024 at 5:39 pm
No, I think they posed as Japanese extras in a 1957 Toho Studios film about a giant samurai robot with a beak-like nose. ;-)
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April 17, 2024 at 10:24 pm
Guess they had to pay the bills… 😄
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April 18, 2024 at 6:53 pm
GOOD ONE! :-)
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April 21, 2024 at 10:38 pm
Btw: quick review of “Abigail.” It’s more like “Usual Suspects” meets “The Ransom Of Red Chief” with only a slight nod to the 1936 horror film “Dracula’s Daughter.”
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April 28, 2024 at 8:21 pm
Strange! I thought I was going to find a mini-article about fire-breathing dogs, here. Maybe I was mis-alerted?
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April 28, 2024 at 8:35 pm
I’m trying to figure this one out. That’s my latest post, but it does not appear on all browsers and devices. I’ll try to fix it…please try again! 🤔
This is what happens when you start a post on an iPad, continue it on an Android, then finish it on a laptop!
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April 29, 2024 at 8:32 pm
And some people have the nerve to wonder why I just _lease_ a laptop…with zero option to buy.
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April 30, 2024 at 2:13 pm
Glitches are my life! I’ve got to stop going between devices, as not all are compatible… 😾
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