Fright Club watch party screens The Giant Claw

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Fright Club hosted a Friday Double Creature Feature starting at 10 PM ET with 1957's The Giant Claw, followed at 11:30 PM ET by Q (The Winged Serpent) (1982); both titles were noted as available on Tubi. The watch party included live commentary and themed posts that mixed affectionate mockery and nostalgia, with attendees praising the monster reveal while joking that the visual effects were "most definitely NOT by Industrial Light and Magic." Participants quoted lines and moments for comic effect, referenced owning The Giant Claw on Goodtimes VHS, and used recurring community signifiers such as "Brown Acid." One post asked for science consultation from filmmaker Larry Blamire about the film's aerial events. Overall the event combined communal viewing, running jokes about the film's dated exposition and effects, and followup discussion among fans.

Fright Club

@frightya.bsky.social

It's a Friday Double Creature Feature for #FrightClub! Beginning at 10 PM ET with The Giant Claw (1957). Available on Tubi. Then we continue at 11:30 PM ET with Q (The Winged Serpent) (1982). On Tubi, Prime, and more. All are welcome. Fly on by and dig in!

Poster for The Giant Claw (1957). It is crazy retro and colorful and it looks like it was on newsprint, which maybe it was.
"Air monster strikes! Big as a battleship! Flies 3000 mph! 700-foot wingspread! Rockets into stratosphere! Attacks cities… coast to coast!"
And there's a picture of a giant claw breaking off the Empire State building like it's a segment of a Kit Kat bar, with airplanes flying into the gargantuan bird-like creature to whom the claw belongs.

5222h ago

Fright Club10

Where to find #FrightClub tonight! #TheGiantClaw (10ET/9C/7P/3BST) Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/10000... #Q (11:30P/10:30C/8:30P/4:30BST) Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/36004... Prime: www.amazon.com/gp/video/det... (with commentary) Thanks to @jimmydetroit.bsky.social for the flick picks!

R-Zoid6

I want to fly like a monster To the sea Fly like a monster Let my spirit carry me... #FrightClub

NutshellGulag5

Oh man, I love showing The Giant Claw to people. The reveal of the monster is SO good.

AvantGardea3

Oh, hell yeah. Bird is the word. #FrightClub

SteveEveLibertineDreⒶm3

The Giant Claw?!?! It’s as big as a battleship!

Pasquinel2

I'd join ya'll tonight, but I gotta watch THE BLOB in tribute to director Chuck Russell

Quoting this

Cult Movie Cards6

𝖳𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.. 𝟤𝟥𝟥𝟢 𝖤𝖳 // 𝟢𝟦𝟥𝟢 𝖡𝖲𝖳 𝗈𝗇 #FrightClub

Ashy Slashy4

NOT playing on #FrightClub tonight "The Dr. Claw" He'll get you, Gadget!!!

Cult Movie Cards3

𝖳𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.. 𝟤𝟤𝟢𝟢 𝖤𝖳 // 𝟢𝟥𝟢𝟢 𝖡𝖲𝖳 𝗈𝗇 #FrightClub

TattooedHorrorGranny2

Get carried away with #FrightClub tonight

Cult Movie Cards

@cultmovie.cards

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖦𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖢𝗅𝖺𝗐 // 𝟣𝟫𝟧𝟩 // #𝟪 𝗈𝖿 #𝟤𝟦 // 𝖭𝖤𝖶! '𝖵𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾' // 𝖥𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖢𝗅𝗎𝖻 𝖥𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖵' // #FrightClub 𝖳𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗌 '𝖡𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖱𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌' 𝖲𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋, 𝟣𝟫𝟩𝟫 𝖧𝗒𝗉𝖾𝗋-𝖲𝗉𝗈𝗈𝖿

Card #8 of #24: 'The Giant Claw' (1957). Presented in Faux-Motion as a Topps 'Buck Rogers' Sticker Hyper-Spoof, released in 1979. Image colorized.

176h ago

hfrights.bsky.social

@hfrights.bsky.social

What I like about films like this is I can look away from them for a few minutes and when I come back they're just rehashing what happened when I was still watching. #FrightClub #TheGiantClaw

82h ago

AvantGardea

@avantgardea.bsky.social

Mother, dear mother indeed. Our hero, the spanky boy. #TheGiantClaw #FrightClub

82h ago

R-Zoid

@rzoid.bsky.social

I want to fly like a monster To the sea Fly like a monster Let my spirit carry me... #FrightClub

62h ago

Jimmy Detroit

@jimmydetroit.bsky.social

Engine spitting fire! Black smoke! Injured pilot! Plane explodes!We're doomed! #FrightClub #TheGiantClaw #BrownAcid

72h ago

Tales From the Cryptlette

@manofthetown.bsky.social

I've never seen this one but the trailer looked amazing. #Frightclub

52h ago

NutshellGulag

@nutshellgulag.bsky.social

Oh man, I love showing The Giant Claw to people. The reveal of the monster is SO good.

55h ago

millerfilm

@millerfilm.bsky.social

Visual Effects most definitely NOT by Industrial Light and Magic. #TheGiantClaw #FrightClub

62h ago

Energetic Nova

@energetic-nova.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Just airplanes and expository explanations about techno technology and regimented stuff for no reason jargon oh yeah definitely among my sleep comforts #FrightClub Oh all I did was report a UFO does that make me a psycho? Lol

62h ago

scenarist / Chris

@scenarist.bsky.social

We need SCIENCE consultations from Mr @larryblamire.bsky.social about these aerial events. #FrightClub #TheGiantClaw

52h ago

Filmnerdness 101 with Ray Sidman

@filmnerdness101ray.bsky.social

The Giant Claw! Used to own this on Goodtimes VHS. Still enjoy it.

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Fright Club watch party screens The Giant Claw

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