Thursday, October 22, 2026

Day 22: Robot Monster (1953) - 31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2026

31 Days of HELL-O-Ween 2026:
Robot Monster (1953)

Here's another classically bad B-Movie, "Robot Monster" (1953), this one from the 50's.  The conquering alien menace was a diving bell style helmet with antenna on it, placed on top of a gorilla costume.  Y'know, super cool!  The poster featured a skull, as well, but in the movie itself, it was just a blank helmet.  Needless to say, the skull looked cooler, so I went with that, of course.

Mostly, the movie is boring, like most of the bad movies out there--a nuclear family (ha!) is all that is left of humanity after being wiped out by the alien, Ro-Man Extension XJ-2.  There is lots of pointless wandering around, slow-moving walking chases, and the classic ending of "It was all just a dream... Or was it?"  GASP!

Here's an Animated .GIF of Ro-Man, with his dream of nuking the last of the human race out of existence so he can be done with his mission to Earth:

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STEP ONE: Here are the quick pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi in Rebelle 8 Pro.

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STEP TWO: Here is the finished digital painting.

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Done Digitally with Rebelle 8 Pro.

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