Listen "Monsters!"
Episode Synopsis
Matthew Sweet looks at movies, music and monsters in the week of the release of the acclaimed new film by Guillermo del Toro 'The Shape of Water'.Matthew considers the monstrous films of Universal Studios from the 1930s onwards; the work of movie creature makes Ray Harryhausen, Phil Tippett and Rick Baker; and features music from films such as 'The Blob', 'The Mummy Returns', 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon', 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms', 'Gorgo', 'The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad', 'The Valley of Gwanji', 'Starship Troopers', 'Dragonslayer', 'American Werewolf in London', 'The Thing', and 'Alien', as well as Alexandre Desplat's music from the new film 'The Shape Of Water'.
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