Movie Thursdays
Every Thursday my brother, myself, and our pal Crestfallen255 watch movies together. For better or for worse.
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- DirectorSteven KostanskiStarsMatthew KennedyAdam BrooksMeredith SweeneyA soldier, brought back to life as a cyborg, fights alongside a band of adventurers against demon hordes in a dystopian future.
- DirectorShan HuaStarsDanny LeeTerry LiuHsieh WangPrincess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have risen, and only Infra-Man can stop them.
- DirectorGeorge BarryStarsDemene HallWilliam RussJulie RitterA bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.
- DirectorChristopher RayStarsCarmen ElectraCharlie O'ConnellBrooke HoganSurvivors escape to a deserted atoll, after their boat during a Semester at Sea ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark. But when the atoll starts flooding, no one is safe from the double jaws of the monster.
- DirectorLou KennedyBrandon PenderBrandon De-WildeStarsKe Huy QuanEddie SaavedraEd NeilMichael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, so that the hiding place for the loot can only be opened if all the members are present. The bank manager gets cold feet and tries to back out, so Mike and his buddies kill him and his wife, but his daughter gets hold of the key and runs for help to David, one of her father's old friends who also happens to be a Vietnam vet and a former comrade of Michael's. Will David be able to protect his friend's daughter?
- DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsCharles DurningRobert F. LyonsClaude Earl JonesIn a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsMick StuartWalter BondRichard PhillipsMartial-arts expert, Alex, the fearless "Shadow Warrior" battles an army of blood thirsty vampires to stop a huge smuggling ring. He fights to destroy the operation, using all his warrior skills.
- DirectorGodfrey HoShi-hyeon KimSi-Hyun KimStarsRyong KeoYun-min LeeTao ChiangGolden Dragon (Dragon Lee) comes to town to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. You know that it will face many criminals, but is a specialist in martial arts and also his friend Silver Snake accompanies him.
- DirectorWu MaStarsYung Henry YuWu MaLi MengOld school action takes center stage as two scoundrels get in and out of trouble using Kung Fu.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- DirectorErnesto Díaz EspinozaStarsMarko ZarorMaría Elena SwettAriel MatelunaA club bouncer with a dark past and great fighting skills decides to become a superhero.
- DirectorJesse Thomas CookStarsDavid FoleyArt HindleRobert MailletEight classic monsters fight to the death in an explosive wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRobin MackayNian WattsHarry MylesNarcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an Android Robot and he is sent on a very dangerous mission.
- DirectorTata EstebanStarsMichael De MesaTanya GomezTom TomGood-hearted circus magician Jamir accidentally causes his daughter to disappear, so he must venture into a dangerous alternate dimension to rescue his daughter, wife, and oafish chubby-kid assistant from the vile clutches of evil, ugly, powerful witch Mikula and her grotesque army of freakish animal-people minions.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaKenji SawadaAkiko KanaCenturies ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous rampage.
- DirectorMark AtkinsStarsCorin NemecBrooke HoganVanessa EviganThe residents of a small town team up to kill a group of evolved sharks that can swim in sand, and are terrorizing local beaches.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsSorapong ChatreeChin-Hung FanSiu-Ming ToJoyce rents an old haunted home to pen her horror script, which releases an evil army of robot vampires, a knife-wielding demon and a battalion of otherworldly creatures.
- DirectorJoseph VelascoStarsRyong KeoIrina ShevchenkoBruce LeA brilliant professor gathers cells from the late Bruce Lee and creates three clones, who are trained in martial arts and sent out to fight crime.
- DirectorJoseph VelascoStarsSteve LeePeter Chen LauKuo-Liang HuangBruce must avenge his teacher's death by taking on The Cobra.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKôjiro ShimizuKenji HagaMiki FujitaniA crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.
- DirectorLung HuangStarsYi-Min LiDean ShekKun LiDead Eye and his gang are terrorizing a small Chinese region. Chan Ling and his group of misfit friends take it upon themselves to stop evildoers by learning the Super Kung Fu style. Luckily for them, a mysterious stranger is also after Dead Eye.
- DirectorGeorge Elanjian Jr.StarsStarr AndreeffMitchell LauranceDavid GaleA scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered creatures for use as "supersoldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the creatures malfunction and turn on their creators.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsKenji SawadaMasaki KudouHideo MurotaA goblin is sent to Earth to behead students and turn their bodies into demons.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosMark RosmanStarsWings HauserBo HopkinsJody MedfordTwo brothers discover that the residents of a small Southern town are being infected by a form of toxic waste, turning them into blood-ravenous zombies.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsSam HenningsAndrea RothDane WitherspoonThe citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsTaimakVanityChristopher MurneyIn New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
- DirectorJonathan MummStarsDan LeisRachel SenseLoren TaylorA group of local townsfolk are led by a treasure hunter into a nearby mine in search of gold but encounter a vampiric Chupacabras monster and the townsfolk that the beast has turned into murderous slaves.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsAya KiguchiHitomi HasebeTakumi SaitôAfter receiving robotic implants, two sisters compete as assassins.
- DirectorHideaki AnnoStarsEriko SatôMikako IchikawaJun MurakamiThe adventure of Cutie Honey, a super heroine who can transform into anything using her necklace to switch on and say "Honey Flash!".
- DirectorRafael LanuzaStarsAlejandro MorenoSuperzanElsa CárdenasMano Negra envía un grupo de enanos a un laboratorio del gobierno para secuestrar al profesor Arego y obtener cierta fórmula, la cual descubren está dividida entre sus cuatro hijas. Una historia llena de mucha acción.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsSon Hui ChangHam Gi SopJong-uk RiIn feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he may make weapons to fend off the peasant army. After he returns the property to the people, an old blacksmith is imprisoned and starved to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster- Pulgasari, a Godzilla-like creature that eats iron. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and fights with the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy.
- DirectorKuo-Hsiang LinJoseph VelascoStarsBruce LeBolo YeungChi Ling ChiuWorld War 2 is approaching, and China is suspecting an invasion from Germany and Japan. Mr. Chang Bruce Le is hired by a Chinese espionage group to recover a secret document - crucial in winning victory - hidden on the top floor of a 6-storey building, and to do so, must fight his way up the tower and get to the last floor.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsReb BrownLen BirmanHeather Menzies-UrichA recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsBong ChoiSung Kyu ChoiKi Bum KimAfter the fall of the Ming Dynasty, China is thrown into turmoil. The loyalists seek the return of Ming, the government is determined to stay in power. The only difference between the two is one saves life, while the other takes it away.
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsReb BrownConnie SelleccaLen BirmanThe star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging process.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsJin-Hwa JeongYeong-il KimSeong-yeong KwonA young boy must learn Kung-Fu like his father while helping keep the "secret manual" out of the wrong hands.
- DirectorChi LoStarsSiu-Lung LeungIe Lung ShenChing TangThe soul of Bruce Lee travels to the Underworld where he fights with Dracula, James Bond, The Man with No Name, and others. Along the way he befriends the One-Armed Swordsman, Caine from the TV show Kung Fu, and Popeye the Sailor.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJohn CarradineChuck CourtneyMelinda CaseyDracula travels to the American West intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance', outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsChristopher LeeAnnie McEnroeReb BrownA man discovers that his sister was a werewolf, and helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and eastern Europe.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsGeorge KennedyAlex CordClu GulagerA cat infected with a genetically engineered virus escapes from a lab and goes on a killing spree, finding its way onboard a shady businessman's yacht loaded with young guests.
- DirectorAdam GreenJoe LynchBear McCrearyStarsAdam RifkinSarah MutchRay WiseIt's the closing night at the last drive-in theatre in America, and manager, Cecil Kaufman's planned to show 4 movies; films so rare, they've never been exhibited publicly on American soil, until tonight.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerThe evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.
- DirectorRobert ClarkeTom BoutrossStarsRobert ClarkePatricia ManningNan PetersonAfter exposure to radiation, an atomic research scientist finds himself changing into a murderous, lizard-like creature every time he is exposed to sunlight.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsEvelyne KraftDanny LeeFeng KuA greedy Hong Kong businessman captures a 50-foot-tall ape from the Himalayas and puts it on display, but it escapes and goes on a rampage.
- DirectorWilliam A. LeveyStarsJohn HartIvory StoneJoe De SueEddie is a Vietnam war veteran who loses both his arms and his legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a huge hulking monster.
- DirectorKeita AmemiyaStarsHanbei KawaiKunihiko IdaEri MorishitaIn a futuristic version of medieval Japan, a band of swordsmen battles an evil warlord and his mechanical army of ninjas, and are aided by a mysterious heroic cyborg ninja, Shiranui.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonAlphonse BeniStuart SmithWhen police officer Alvin loses both his star witness and his wife to drug kingpin (and ninja assassin) Rudolph, he vows to get revenge. Travelling to Hong Kong, hot on Rudolph's trail, he teams up with local investigators Gordon, Vivian and Jackie. Meanwhile, a young street punk named Edmund is hunting for the man who killed his father. Could they all possibly be searching for the same person?
- DirectorJoseph VelascoStarsKei-Ying ChengBernard GeurtsKen KerrA Ninja Organisation and the C.I.A are fighting each other for the plans for a missile.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonJeong-lee HwangJonathan WattisThree martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers.
- DirectorKuo-Ren WuStarsAlexander Rei LoKuan-Wu LungWilliam YenAbbot Withe of the Wu Tang clan has teamed up with the Ninjas in order to destroy Shaolin this making him the most powerful fighter in the Martial world.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonPaulo TochaMelvin PitcherMajor figures in the ninja community are being slaughtered. 3 ninjas are trying to figure out what evil people want to bring an end to all ninjas, and also rescue the kidnapped daughter of one of their mentors.
- DirectorFrank HarrisStarsLeo FongCameron MitchellTroy DonahueLeo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...
- DirectorCharles E. Sellier Jr.StarsLilyan ChauvinGilmer McCormickToni NeroLittle Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
- DirectorLee HarryStarsEric FreemanJames NewmanElizabeth KaitanThe now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.
- DirectorShi-hyeon KimStarsRyong KeoJeong-lee HwangUi-jeong ChoiThe Silver Fox batters untold men with his deadly Thunder Foot Technique and rules supreme in the martial world, until a young fighter develops the Lightning Mantis Strike.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
- DirectorMichael CooneyStarsScott MacDonaldChristopher AllportStephen MendelAfter an accident that left murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who sent him to be executed
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRobert HortonLuciana PaluzziRichard JaeckelAfter destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
- DirectorRussell SolbergStarsCorey Michael EubanksMichael IronsideRance HowardJohnny is a very good fighter and thus sheriff Wilson wants him to fight in one of his illegal fights. So Wilson kidnaps Johnny and drills him to become a fighting machine.
- DirectorDel TenneyStarsJohn LyonAlice LyonAllan LaurelSea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community.
- DirectorWoo-sang ParkY.K. KimStarsY.K. KimVincent HirschJoseph DiamandA martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
- DirectorAndy SidarisStarsKevin LightCristian LetelierJulie StrainThe Agency's computer database is compromised by a powerful criminal named "The Warrior". Now, with the list of all the undercover agents' identities in hand, he is going after them, one by one.
- DirectorLu-Po TuStarsRyong KeoLik CheungBolo YeungLee Han-sun is tasked with transporting a list of names while being hunted by the Japanese army,
- DirectorBill James HaverlyStarsBruce LeRomano KristoffManny LunaTo compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong Kong and brings along a book of secret Jeet Kune Do techniques that was entrusted to him by the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee. During the competition, Jack witnesses Peter's defeat at the hands and feet of his academy's rival master, Miguel. Peter gets the book from Jack, just as Miguel learns about its existence. Miguel sends his best fighters to seize the book. Instead, they kidnap Jack and Peter's girlfriend Miriam and hold them ransom in exchange for the book. Now, working commando, Peter uses the secrets of the book to free his woman and best friend.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsJohn BealColeen GrayKenneth TobeyA kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiLieh LoNi TienAn evil magician makes a living by casting deadly spells on people's objects of desire. He gets overly ambitious, and start to go out of control.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.
- DirectorAlberto SciammaStarsMelinda ClarkeJason DurrMapi GalánThis horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes near the station transforming the woman into an alien being with a gigantic voracious tongue and her poodles are transformed into four drag queens. The whole thing grows even weirder as her boy friend escapes from prison and also encounters the meteorite, as does a mute Nun who is converted into a sexy drum majorette. Pursued by the prison officials who are after him, the whole group eventually come into conflict.
- DirectorChung TingStarsKuan-Chun ChiWei TungKuan-Hsiung WangLife takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly fulfilling the contract, Chi gets caught up in a plot to kill the master of Eagle House.
- DirectorEric KarsonStarsChuck NorrisKaren CarlsonLee Van CleefA martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingStephanie BeachamIn 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.
- DirectorMarshall M. BordenEfren C. PiñonStarsLeo FongCameron MitchellDarnell GarciaA former ranger sits in prison awaiting his execution when an international organization frees him and assigns him to crush a deadly spy ring.
- DirectorRohit ShettyStarsAjay DevgnKajal AggarwalPrakash RajA truly honest police officer is transferred to a town controlled by a gangster he has humiliated. The gangster believes he can use good power to bring down this officer who made him look foolish and weak.
- DirectorEddie NicartStarsWeng WengRomy DiazNina SaraWeng Weng is now working for the Manila branch of Interpol. The Chief sends him in the pursuit of Mr X, an arch villian with a white sock on his head, who is holding the Philippines to ransom. Two businessmen, Maolo and Simeon, pay the demands but Weng Weng suspects foul play and goes deep undercover to reveal the identity of Mr X.
- DirectorNorman ApsteinStarsClint HowardJustin IsfeldAnndi McAfeePoor Gregory. After being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy. So Gregory reopens the old ice cream factory, and all the unappreciative brats are reprocessed into the flavor of the day.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsJeff MorrowMara CordayMorris AnkrumGlobal panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
- DirectorSheng-Yuan SunStarsMing ChenPei-Yu ShaoYuen An
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsCynthia RothrockDon NiamJohn MillerKristi Jones (Cynthia Rothrock) avenges her sister's death at the hands of a crazed martial arts rapist.
- DirectorYôhei FukudaStarsEri OtoguroTomohiro WakiTarô SuwaIn the year 20XX a mysterious scientist discovers a way to bring back the dead . . . only it turns one town into a zombie-infested hellhole. But when the world falls into ruin, only one woman, her trusty katana and sexy bikini can save them. And as she takes down one zombie after another, she also pursues the younger sister she wants to take to task for killing her father.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark GregoryFred WilliamsonVic MorrowIn a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
- DirectorAlbert BandCharles BandStarsJeffrey CombsYvette NiparJay AcovoneAn unspeakable evil has come into our dimension and wants to rule over Earth, and only a mysterious sorceror known as Doctor Mordrid can stop him.
- DirectorGodfrey HoHyeok-su LeeStarsRyong KeoJeong-lee HwangGene ChanDragon Lee has his leg amputated and forges a replacement leg out of steel.
- DirectorHarry EssexStarsPier AngeliKerwin MathewsJeff MorrowA team of researchers discovers a strange mutation of man and octopus who proceeds to terrorize them.
- DirectorHarry EssexStarsMaria De AragonMarvin HowardEric SinclairAn alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades earth, and replenishes itself by absorbing people.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsShin'ichi ChibaMakoto SatôShozo SaijoThree street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
- DirectorRichard E. CunhaStarsEd KemmerSally FraserBob SteeleA very large, degenerate, Spanish conqueror is freed from suspended animation by lightning and goes on a killing spree in a small town.
- DirectorKuang HuiHsi-Chieh LaiJu-Shou LiStarsCarter WongSing ChenChi-Min ChinThe emperor's right hand man frames the princess's fiancé, King Chi, who goes into hiding for ten years, vowing revenge. Meanwhile, the princess is married to King Chi's monkey.
- DirectorDeborah BrockStarsRandy JosselynJessica PuscasDianne KayAndy Colby is doomed to another typical day of babysitting. But this day is anything but typical when Andy's little sister is pulled through the TV and Andy is sent on an incredibly awesome adventure to save her!
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRyong KeoCheryl MengHwang-ki BaekLee Lung witnessed the murder of his parents by the ruthless bandit Shek King who in turn abducted Lee's infant sister. Lee wanders the land and learns martial arts from a drunken master. Once his skills are perfected, Lee sets out in search of his long lost sister and the villain Shek Kin.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJohn HurtRaul JuliaNick BrimbleThe ultimate weapon which was meant to be safe for the mankind produces global side effects including time slides and disappearances.The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817's Switzerland.
- DirectorJoseph ZitoStarsChuck NorrisRichard LynchMelissa ProphetA one-man army comes to the rescue when the United States are invaded by communists.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsKatja BienertFata MorganaAldo SambrellAt one of their Gigs The Killer Barbys have to fight Dracula after he is awakened by their music.
- DirectorLing ChangStarsLing ChangFei MengYu-Hsiang ChangA prince (Fei Meng) wants to marry a commoner, but that's a major no-no in feudal China. When the girl's parents are brutally murdered, however, a kung fu master known as the Silver Fox takes the girl under his wing and teaches her some choice killing techniques. Soon, the girl learns that the prince is being threatened by the same marauders who killed her parents. Now, it's time for revenge!
- DirectorJoe AlvesStarsDennis QuaidBess ArmstrongSimon MacCorkindaleA giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
- DirectorChung SunStarsBilly ChongHao-Yi LiuIn-shik HwangA kung fu master and his apprentice attempt to stop Ch'ing Dynasty loyalists from throwing the Republic of China into a civil war.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsKurt ThomasTetchie AgbayaniRichard NortonAn American gymnast travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsRhonda GriffinJustin LauerBill MoynihanMad scientist brings Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein's Monster to life... but there's a problem and they end up three feet tall.
- DirectorRalph De VitoStarsJoe CorteseLou CriscuoloJoe PesciNeighborhood kid goes to work for the Mafia as a debt collector.
- DirectorDavid SandbergStarsDavid SandbergJorma TacconeSteven ChewIn 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - Kung Führer, a.k.a. Adolf Hitler.
- DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsBarry OttoMax FairchildImogen AnnesleyA female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.