The Monster's Den: Our Favorite Genre Films of 2023!

[@DavysFlicks]

Cheers folks, hope you had a nice Christmas! We taped this at the end of 3 recordings so if we're a bit...done. That's why! ;)

[@jasongaylor2232]

Thanks for doing so. Appreciated and will be watching.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Davy. Thanks for a good year of shows 👍💯

[@CrazyCooter-ld6sz]

Rock on. Happy new year!

[@trevdowson5810]

What time was it with you whilst all this was going on? I Either too early or too late. A rhetorical question but thanks for all the inconvenience that you must endure Davy, it’s not unnoticed here.

[@paulcampbell1596]

Great show Davy. I admire your insane knowledge of the horror genre over the decades.

[@lateramae]

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone on the Monster's Den!

[@AdrianHayes1950]

Honestly, I can't wait to see more Den in 2024. I would love more non Genre vids too. I know not all the crew here would care for that but a monthly show on non-horror with Jamie, Davey and maybe someone else on SOT who loves film just not horror (Luis?) would be great.

[@DonHornsby]

What a great show. I love the Monster's Den!

[@gregghinson]

2 shows each week for all of 2024!!!! Let's do this Monsters Den crew!!!

[@trevdowson5810]

It’s as if this show has returned to a weekly slot there has been so many episodes recently. Of course I’m not complaining, I love the Monster’s Den and all the regulars and here’s to another fun filled year to come. Cheers!

[@davidholmes6119]

- Dream Scenario - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - The Killer

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Extra time in the Den? Excellent. Thanks, guys for taping three shows in one sitting for all of us to enjoy. And for bringing up some movies that still need to be watched.

[@archibaldsalyards926]

Great show!!! I watched The Pope's Excersist recently and was pleasantly surprised!!! And Russell Crowe is always awesome!

[@wgk333]

If, like me, you were intrigued by Davy's description of LOLA, then Amazon currently has it available to rent for 99p - at least today (30/12) and in the UK. Don't know that I would put it in a top three list but my wife and I watched the Dial of Destiny on Disney+ the other day and it was an enjoyable romp.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

For the record, it's not in my actual top three. But it is in my top three movies that got little-to-no mention this year on the Monster's Den.

[@bernardlachance1821]

Great show. As always.

[@GodsOnlyGospel]

Hi Pete and happy Birthday. Just wanted to let you klnow that movie I believe you mentioned which I saw your video I actually found today at a thrift store for $2 :) it was Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter. Looking forward to watching it tonight

[@JIF882]

I didn't see too many movies this year. My three favorites are Megan, Exorcist: Believer, and Thanksgiving. Yes, I did like Exorcist. I watched Megan on Peacock. It was the unrated version. I love Thanksgiving. Reminds me of an old-school Slasher. If someone would have told me that it was an '80s movie, I would have believed you. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year

[@Leo-ci9kc]

Great show! I'd love to know what you guys would think of Poor Things

[@markfurru3368]

Sorry, Jamie, but Oppenheimer is my favorite film of the year. I saw it three times on the big screen! As far as the films on par with the discussion on this show, my favorite - and my third favorite movie of the year overall - was Beau Is Afraid. That's the latest from Ari Aster, the director of Hereditary and Midsommar, inspired by his own childhood nightmares. Probably his most beautifully fucked up film yet! And my number five overall this year was Godzilla Minus One. Godzilla in his scariest incarnation yet, and this one actually made us care about the human characters for once. Can't believe how amazing this was on such a modest budget. Another one I need to mention is Poor Things, the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer), starring Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. The former plays a woman who killed herself by jumping off of the London Bridge into the Thames, and has sort of been resurrected with the brain of her unborn child. Willem Dafoe plays the mad scientist who retrieved her corpse, implanted her unborn child's brain into her head, and now raises her as his creation. She meets Mark Ruffalo and some other men along the way. It's basically Frankenstein meets porn. Great stuff! Of course, I also loved Evil Dead Rise, Thanksgiving, M3GAN, Talk to Me, Cocaine Bear, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, et al.

[@JuviePO]

Great show and picks! Has your group ever done a Greatest Horror Posters off all time? I'd love to hear their picks on those sometime.

[@mikemars2112]

😂😂 the Marvels. You had me for a second

[@exploringwithasmr]

So close to 100k!

[@GarganoA]

Godzilla Minus One would be my top genre film of the year as well. So outstanding a film that personally I didn't need the little button the filmmakers put on the end of it.

[@Bwarock]

Loved Dial of Destiny. An old school type adventure (probably) appreciated most by Gen X-ers.

[@markfurru3368]

Yeah, I did too. Below Raiders and Temple, but on the same level as Last Crusade and easily better than Crystal Skull.

[@edhart8583]

Cool if you guys did a deeper dive, spoiler analysis episode about Godzilla Minus One. That one 35 minute review was not enough for me. Happy New Year!

[@sotdude7]

We loved the new Godzilla film, but time to move on to other stuff!

[@tmc1054]

I thoroughly enjoyed The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan. It captured Dumas perfectly in being adventurous and remaining authentic. I still haven't had a chance to watch Godzilla Minus One 😞

[@DavysFlicks]

I loved D'Artagnan too, I'm seeing the second one this week :)

[@manuelper]

Jamie, likes new Indy, hates Oppenheimer. Oof, I guess there's no accounting for taste. Love ya Jamie!

[@anthonybernard3689]

Davy:"far too often" 😂

[@DavysFlicks]

We'd filmed 3 shows back to back...we were DONE here!

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Fighting back with Tom Skerritt is a great movie you are right Chris

[@abdulbasheer2207]

This episode was brought to us by LOLA.

[@floyd75dylan]

Movies I liked this year. Infinity Pool When Evil Lurks Cobweb The Blackening Evil Dead Rise Talk to Me Disappointed movies Insidious Red Door Expendables 4 (especially the stupid pointless twist ending) Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning - it was ok but a huge step down from the previous M:I movies. The bike stunt scene was ok, but the train going over the rails wasn't that exciting, because you could clearly see that it was all CGI. Also the person who saves the goodies, you end up rolling your eyes, as it was a case of the writers wrote themselves into a corner and they came up with a bullshit way of getting the heroes out of a difficult situation. Favourite release on physical media The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary box set - Just wow! Bruce Lee box set (phenomenal) Scream & Scream Again - A brilliant release from Radiance, extras are brilliant.

[@michaelhasse2568]

Just checked eBay, had several blu rays of Malibu high

[@jeffrose8632]

Fair play. Old dads. Transpecos. Emily the criminal. Violent night was a blast. Nothing like an “R” rated version of home alone. I thought Orphan first kill was well done sans the very end.

[@karlkarlos3545]

What coincidence. I just saw "They came from Outer Space". At that state you could do a ranking of the Jack Arnold classics.

[@karlkarlos3545]

as a side note: I absolutely share Jamie's opinion about Chris Nolan.

[@ffsf739]

Finally, somebody has the balls to call a spade a spade: Nolan is a hack and Oppenheimer is a trainwreck. Thanks, Jamie.

[@Bwarock]

Yep, it was dull as.

[@beetlebum7760]

The Sadness is from 2021.

[@ecg49ers]

Very surprised that Dial of Destiny made a top list. I thought it was really, really bad. Like a top worst movie.

[@AdrianHayes1950]

Yep. It wasn't even fun bad like Crystal Skull which had that Zack Snyder thing where his messes are still kind of interesting to dissect. Dial was just...boring.

[@Bwarock]

Nope, it was film of the year. Hilarious how wrong you people are 😂

[@AdrianHayes1950]

@@Bwarock I suppose....if you only saw one film.

[@kamranmalik8546]

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 4. Oppenheimer 5. Napoleon 6. Wonka 7. Blue Beetle 8. The Marvels 9. The Killer 10. John Wick: Chapter 4 11. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 12. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning 13. Killers of the Flower Moon 14. Leave The World Behind

[@SalMarino1959]

Half of those aren't genre films which was the title or we'd get a different episode, probably

[@MalditoMendoza]

Great fakeout from Craig, he really got Davy and Chris going for a bit there. I can forgive him picking When Evil Lurks, 'cause I thought that one blew really hard. Maybe it's got some extra charm as a "foreign" film but as a fellow Argentinian I just couldn't get past the poor acting and horrible writing all around. I promise we're not all that fucking stupid down here.

[@CrazyCooter-ld6sz]

Where is this Godzilla movie available? I've never heard of it and can't find any info on it. Please don't tell me it's on some pay for streaming channel nonsense.

[@DavysFlicks]

Still in cinemas. No news on disc yet but it's Toho direct in the US and they don't licence often so a 4K or blu is up in the air for now. It's Anime UK in, well, the UK so a European disc at least seems more likely.

[@markfurru3368]

Go to your nearest theater, this needs to be seen on the big screen!

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Leave the World Behind, boredom and Obama, two things that put me to sleep

[@kurtemeigh]

Leave the world behind sucked.