Monster #20—Giant Worms

So, last week's post about giant centipedes got me to thinking about what happens when you cut off those 100 legs. You end up with a worm. And as if  it's those legs that make them, for whatever reason, not compelling monsters for stories, I guess that would explain why when you think about giant worms, there's all SORTS of stories and movies out there! It's certainly easier to do a giant worm in a movie; they're easy to build, after all!

And I'll get it out of the way right here. Although I do like the sandworms from Dune... I'm not gonna say anything more about them here, because overall, I really don't care for Dune.

So.

Giant Worms are even in the same movie I mentioned last week—Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. And elsewhere as well. Heck... I guess I don't have much more to say about giant worms, but the list below is pretty big nonetheless...


Recommended Viewing:

• King Kong, dir. Peter Jackson
• The Lair of the White Worm, dir. Ken Russell
• Tremors, dir. Ron Underwood
• Tremors II: Aftershocks, dir. S. S. Wilson
• Blood Beach, dir. Jeffrey Bloom

Recommended Reading:

• The Coming of the White Worm, by Clark Ashton Smith
• The Burrowers Beneath, by Brian Lumley
• Jerusalem's Lot, by Stephen King
• The Conqueror Worms, by Brian Keene