can't you see she's crying
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stuck her in this stupid costume and
humiliated her welcome to watch mojo and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 movie monster
i'm trying rip-offs
for this list we'll be ranking the most
infamous examples of times where films
borrowed a little or heavily from
cinematic monster classics while we're
not saying all these movies are bad or
good they all definitely took
inspiration from more well-known plots
which of these flicks would you watch
let us know in the comments
number 10 queen kong look at that great
big table and chair
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queen kong
oh queen kong didn't receive an
initial theatrical release in its native
country this was due to threats of a
lawsuit by producer dino de laurentiis
the same year he planned on releasing
his own remake of king kong queen kong
prepared to roar into cinemas the
british film is a slapsticky gender swap
of the original king kong with ray fay
standing in for fae reyes and daryl what
makes it fun to watch is that queen kong
knows how ridiculous it is not only does
it make fun of the big eight but it also
spends time making fun of jaws too
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i know that tune
that tune
what's it called well it's nice but you
can't really dance to it thanks to song
numbers and a quirky sense of humor
queen kong is a parody of a classic with
lots of character get that ape off that
building and back to africa if you value
your life
oh queenie we really have overcome
number nine grizzly geez that's all we
need a killer bear on the loose well
there were two of them we haven't found
the other one yet while there are a bevy
of when animals attack films out there
that have tried to cash in on the
success of jaws grizzly may be among the
very best the film's plot centers around
a big bear slaying innocent campers in a
forest that needs to be stopped you
didn't do the job scott hey you got your
head in the sand we got a killer grizzly
on our hands scotch you're a maniac
although it has unapologetic
similarities to the plot of jaws the
movie definitely doesn't feel as classy
as the spielberg original grizzly fully
pushes the limits of its pg-rated
violence with some fairly harrowing bear
attacks has saucy language and throws in
gratuitous fan service at a truly
unexpected moment
this big and bloody rip-off film is pure
b-movie gold i mean it's incredible
it's programmed like some kind of damn
computer number eight bocce quezara aka
bollywood evil dead
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not every suspiciously similar monster
film is released right after the
original over 25 years after sam raimi's
the evil dead debuted director salim
raza released botch kzara in 2008. as
the title suggests the 21st century
movie also shows us what happens when an
unsuspecting group unleashes dark forces
in a mysterious house the bollywood
picture surprisingly looks cheaper than
the original despite being made so much
later
fortunately the cast makes up for
special effects shortcomings with campy
and absolutely committed performances is
the 2008 film better than the original
definitely not however it's just silly
enough to conjure up a good time
number seven the horror of party beach
i'm questioning everyone at the party
they all give the same story
i think something came out of the sea
ridiculous that's what i thought what
happens when you combine radioactive
waste with a sunken skeleton apparently
you get a shameless creature from the
black lagoon rip-off the joy of a beach
party that seemed to have invited every
person in a local town is shattered when
a terrifying creature rises from the
water
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while the original gill man had a few
victims its body count pales in
comparison to the amount of deaths in
the horror of party beach i read all
about it in the papers this town's too
hot for my blood not only does the
ripoff movie feature multiple monsters
instead of one but each one of them
takes out an astoundingly high amount of
people anyone who thought creature from
the black lagoon was too mild just might
enjoy attending this bloody beach party
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number six i was a teenage frankenstein
but where baron frankenstein created a
monster
i shall bring forth a perfectly normal
human being able to walk among normal
people undetected the same year american
international pictures released to the
somewhat original i was a teenage
werewolf they brought the much less
unique i was a teenage frankenstein to
life if you're familiar with the mary
shelley classic this movie's plot will
feel like a review it features crooked
scientists trying to build a living
being by using dead materials in order
to distinguish itself from its source
material one scientist has an alligator
pit poor margaret
you've done your work well you've earned
your reward my new face the titular
monster also gets a fresh face that
makes him look like well a teenager
despite having a serious lack of plot
originality the character returned for
the how to make a monster crossover film
it seems like american international
pictures just couldn't get enough of its
copycat creature they want to put an end
to us
they say we're through
there's gratitude number five biohazard
in as simple jargon as i can put it
her mental energy will receive and
transmit to this location anything her
mind can attract there have been a lot
of sci-fi horror hybrid rip-offs of the
alien franchise over the years fred olin
ray dipped his creative feet into that
pool with 1985's biohazard to be fair
his film offers up something different
from the average alien rip-off by
incorporating psychic powers actress
angelique petty john plays a woman named
lisa who gains her special abilities
after taking an experimental substance a
mating of man
and machine
woman and machine unfortunately
officials who try to harness her
abilities unintentionally unleash an
alien onto the world the creature isn't
as intimidating as ridley scott's
original creature mainly because it's
played by the director's eight-year-old
son between the cute monster and a
genuinely surprising twist biohazard
truly stands apart from any alternative
takes on alien
he sure is cute
i wonder who threw him away number four
chol aka turkis jaws
sometimes a rip-off like great white
will enjoy some financial success before
it swims into legal hot water and is
buried underneath the waves however
1983's chal affectionately called
turkish jaws is a completely different
story during the story a protagonist
gets left for dead in the water one big
obstacle standing in between him and
safety is a notorious shark although
this was only one scene in the film this
turkish movie is hilariously often tied
to the spielberg shark adventure to be
fair it does feature a c encounter with
a very similar sounding jaws music
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it's fascinating to see a movie that
largely tried to be its own thing gain
such a big reputation for being a
knockoff because of one scene
number three hobgoblins and out from the
top of the disc being this small
creature sort of
hobgoblin out of all the gremlins
knock-offs that have been released over
the years many audiences agree that
hobgoblins is the absolute worst of them
all
the creatures in this film have barely
any personality and are scarcely
believable as a menace and unlike other
ripoffs hobgoblins isn't even that fun
to watch honestly it's sort of a shame
due to the interesting concept the
beasties in this movie possess the power
to access and take advantage of their
victims deepest fantasies they would
find a person tap into his brain and
then create his wildest fantasy
it seemed harmless at first
unfortunately the story barely
capitalizes on this creative power it
doesn't help that the hobgoblins look
lifeless whenever they actually appear
on screen the negative audience response
to the film killed any fantasies that
this ripoff could measure up to the
original
oh it was too late
kevin why didn't you come in here
why didn't you listen to me
number two the mighty peking man
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in the mighty peking man a man named
johnny is eager to encounter a giant ape
that could lead to fame and fortune
along the way he meets and falls for a
woman who's basically a gender-swapped
tarzan we go back to jungle
you be safe to all units he's calmed
down it's our best chance to get him
together they take the big ape away from
its home and towards civilization
although a lot of those story beats are
ripped directly from king kong the
mighty peking man feels like an honest
effort to make a new narrative its
engaging characters and fantastic ape
suit help it stand on its own two feet
and its scenes of destruction are
genuinely impressive famed director
quentin tarantino was such a fan that he
ensured the mighty peking man got a
re-release and more mainstream exposure
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number one gamera the giant monster
the godzilla imitator dire goro versus
goliath film is definitely worth a watch
however gamera the giant monster was the
rip-off that spawned an entire franchise
this story features a huge turtle
creature that was brought back into the
world thanks to an atomic bomb explosion
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although the world perceives gamera as a
threat it has a more gentle nature than
its intimidating looks would suggest
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after debuting in 1965 the creature
would go on to appear in a stunning 11
additional films admittedly gamera
didn't exactly reach the pop culture
success that godzilla's enjoyed over the
years but its number of outings is still
impressive what started as an attempt to
cash in on godzilla's fame branched out
into a world of unique stories
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