Movies Featuring Giant Sandworms [Yes, I Know They're Phallic]
Submitted by bertie on Sat, 03/23/2002 - 09:07
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- DUNE [1984]
- BEETLEJUICE
- DUNE [2000]
- CHILDREN OF DUNE
- TREMORS [plus two sequels]
- THE SANDWORMS OF MARS [a Flash movie]
I always thought there could be a good horror film based around the symbiotic relationship between a protagonist and his tapeworm. I guess I'll have to write the screenplay for that one myself.
Hop into your time machine and send your screenplay to the early David Cronenberg; sounds like his style :-)
It sure does, doesn't it? :-)
Sandworm.com
Now that's a giant sandworm.
Return Of The Jedi! Luke almost becomes a snack for the big fellah. :?)
T'ho
:?)
You had me going for a moment. I was on the verge of glee at the thought of an addition to this list, which I consider one of my most important (do I need to put a smiley face here?). But now I'm not absolutely sure that you're completely right. I forget what they call the thing in the movie. It certainly has the mouth of a giant carnivorous sand worm, but it was immobile. I'll have to look further into this - unless you have more info. that'll convince me.
Oh, that hurts, it is immobile and it's basically just teeth, but I'm thinking there's a wormy thing under there. Although I can't prove it...drat, foiled by bad memory again. But Odysseus has got a big "willie lookin' bad boy" with picture. I'm getting mileage out of this.
T'ho
:?)
The thing is called The Sarlac, and even though it lives in the Dune Desert on Tatooine it doesn't seem to be a worm exactly. It lives in a pit, it has tentacles, and very slow digestion (1000 years to digest a humanoid). However, it was pretty clearly inspired by the giant sandworms of Arrakis, I would say. But it had to be something immobile for the purposes of the escape scene in ROTJ. Hmm, sort of a borderline case.
Wow, thanks for letting that one slide, B.
T'ho
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...and then there's "Episode V"s willie flashing asteroid belt.
too true, that one really does look like a "willie". I'm not sure I feel right typing this.
T'ho
:?)
Umm, that would be a rockwillie, not a sandworm.