Tubi Thursday: Underground Monster (2022)

 Another trip to China and their seemingly endless supply of Syfy Channel-style Films.

This time, it is less of a rip off and more of a...

In the Cold Open, a company accidentally blow a hole into a cave full of trash.

Also inside is the titular monster, who seems to go on a rampage as the hole is sealed...for now.

We meet a junk-collecting Dad as the Title appears...as 'Underground Monstrer.'  
Oops.

He ends up with the creature's egg- Monster Movie Cliche #273- and it attacks the house- after plenty of melodrama to pad out the runtime.

Oddly, they stay in the House...and it attacks again, this time taking the son.

The parents- who are divorced- must team up with the Grandfather- aka Old Drunkard- and two Monster Hunters, one of whom has a past with the Grandpa.

Have I mention that this Film is chock full of melodrama yet?

Meanwhile, the kid learns that the titular monster may not be so evil after all.

Mind you, it still makes Marvel's Mojo look like a Supermodel...but still.

Can the family get their kid back?

Can other people get to the creature for revenge?

Will the fact that they keep showing CGI Spiders and Butterflies ever pay off?

To find out, stream the Film now.

It's alright, but it is certainly all over the place!

As noted, the Film is FULL of melodrama, be it about family, health, danger or even a sudden turn to Environmentalism at the end.  It's not a SPOILER, so relax.

The big draw here is the Monster, right?  It's honestly pretty creative.

The CGI can get a bit spotty at times- mostly the tentacles that never match the lighting- but I can't fault the design as a whole.

The Plot is pretty sparse, even stalling the main Heroes so long that they have a character complain about 'taking too long to act.'  I'm going to pretend that is META, at least.

Speaking of META (I think), they actually reference the Snow Monster, so that's random and neat...I think.

This one is clearly more creative than last week's copy-pasted Film and has more of a pay-off than the one about 'killer bees.'  It's the longest one as well, actually *almost* hitting 90 minutes.  

It's better than 70, so take what you can get.

It's not the most fun of them, but it definitely is one where the put in the wrong, even if it was in odd places.

As noted, tons of melodrama slow this one.  When it actually is about the Monster, however, it's actually kind of alright (high praise for these Films).