Monstroid story

movie: Monstroid (1980) · 1980-07-11

A killer sea serpent is roused by increasing pollution levels. The film is also known as Monster and It Came from the Lake.

15 total · 6 major · 9 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
giant monster	major	A giant sea serpent was swimming around killing people.
human vs. monster	major	A giant sea serpent was swimming around killing people.
nature's revenge	major	A killer sea serpent was roused as a result of a concrete manufacturing plant dumping its raw waste directly into a lake.
pollution in society	major	The residents of a rural Colombian community were fighting an American corporation that was polluting their lake.
social activism	major	The environmental activist Víctor Sánchez and a Catholic priest were each leading an opposition to an American corporation that was polluting a local lake.
unethical business practices	major	The residents of a rural Colombian community were fighting an American corporation that was polluting their lake.
brother and sister	minor	A teenage brother and sister pair went out in the middle of the night to photograph the sea serpent.
Catholicism	minor	A Catholic priest warned someone that what they were about to do constituted a mortal sin.
coping with getting dumped	minor	Laura did not take Pete dumping her like a sack of potatoes for Juanita.
eco-terrorism	minor	The environmental activist Víctor Sánchez blew himself self up when he dynamited a concrete manufacturing plant that was polluting a local lake.