Millitary Koalas: About Morlock.

Millitary Koalas: The Movie is one of the best animated features we've done. It was released in cinemas on February 7th 2009 and will be on dvd and blu ray May 14th. A lot of people liked it. The soundtrack is a most awesome one as it features such rock anthems as Born To Be Wild, Don't Stop Believing, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, and Bat Out Of Hell which were all used in the film. Everyone thought the voice cast was wonderful, especially Tim Curry as the voice of Morlock the evil dropbear. We enjoyed having Tim Curry perform the voice of the deliciously evil dropbear- it was a lot of fun and we knew we had our money's worth when he came along. Our friend Tyrone The Terrible is a big Tim Curry fan and even knows him.

Morlock is a sinister but charming dropbear from the Down Under World. He first appeared in the rock opera episode of Millitary Koalas and is voiced by Tim Curry of Rocky Horror fame. Morlock posesssess the power of darkness and can use his dark magic to make people's lives a living nightmare (literally) and can make their worst fear come alive. We delved deep into the Nightmare Fuel/High Octane Nightmare Fuel pages of the TVTropes to get the inspiration for this character and his realm, we also look on Villain Song and Large Ham pages of the site to get further inspiration. Tyrone The Terrible wrote a great villain song for the rock opera episode of Millitary Koalas and Tim Curry was magnificent performing it. The song is called I'm A Living Nightmare and it is one of the villain songs on the Evil But Entertaining Villain Songs cd which is in stores now. Morlock is super intelligent, evil, charismatic and deliciously wicked. Millitary Koalas the movie won several animation awards including best character design, best score and best soundtrack. The soundtrack is in stores now and is a must have.



We have special exclusive merchandise featuring this diabolical marsupial. And they are:

Toys:

• Malicious Morlock action figure (this action figure of Morlock has light up evil eyes and a cape which when opened up looks like a pair of bat-like wings)
• Cackling Morlock Plush (squeeze this ones paw and he cackles evilly and says various evil lines of his from the movie, features the voice of Tim Curry)
• Down Under Underworld Lair.
• Morlock cuddle buddy (this cuddle buddy version of Morlock has light up eyes and sings a villain song when you press his paw)

Books:

• Morlock's Book Of Evil Spells.
• Morlock's Tricks
• Character Compendium.
• Escape From The Down Under Underworld.

Other media:

• Evil But Entertaining Villain Songs cd (Morlock's song from the rock opera episode of Millitary Koalas is one of the tracks)
• Millitary Koalas: The Movie video game (is the final boss you have to fight in the nightmare realm that is the Down Under Underworld)
• All For One, One For All (in this beat em up he is a boss character and later becomes a playable character)
• Millitary Koalas: The Movie soundtrack (his villain song is a bonus track).
• Operation Thunder (in this Millitary Koalas rpg he is one of the antagonists you have to fight, and also you can make your character a dropbear just like him if you want your character to be a villain)

Killer Koalas From Another World

On April 5th 1992 we made a little horror comedy called Killer Koalas From Another World. It was filmed in Australia and was inspired by the dropbear myths. We shot it in the same location that was used for Howling III: The Marsupials (that was also filmed in Australia). We love all of the Howling movies. In our movie, a strange new shipment of koalas arrive in the outback-these koalas appear to look innocent and cute but are really vicious and bloodthirsty-these are called Dropbears. These monstrous marsupials are soon responsible for the disappearance of numerous tourists. The one tourist that didn't encounter one of the dropbears teams up with the local police department to track the dropbears down. We created some realistic animatronic dropbears for the movie- and they can be seen in our museum which has various props from our productions in it. The movie is very hard to find on vhs or dvd, it is a very rare and unique movie. It was entered in the local film contest, it won Best Short, Best Horror Film, Best Soundtrack, Best Score, and Best Special Effects. We've dabbled in the art of horror comedies before and are going to back to it in our upcoming horror comedy A Gastonian in Disneyworld, a homage to American Werewolf In London, my character is an actor who gets cast as Gaston in the production of BATB but ends up taking the role a little too seriously and turns into him. It's the first one to feature a transformation of me into a cartoon character.

Horror comedies we've done:

• Killer Koalas From Another World.


• Zombie Mutt.


• Teddy Scares.


• Mittens: The Cat From Hell.


• Easter, Bloody Easter.


• ManBelushi (a werebelushi one).


• National Lampoon's Curse Of The Werebelushi.


• Evil Jay series.


• Creepy Critters


• I Know What You Did Last Week.

Horror comedies we are working on:

• An American Gastonian In Disneyland.


• The Gators In The Sewers.


• Madness At The Museum.

We want to introduce you to someone very special. You know Audrey II from Little Shop Of Horrors? Well this is it's younger sibling Clarabelle. We made her to go with the Audrey II plush. Don't worry, she doesn't bite.

The Dropbear: Real Or Fake?

Welcome to Myths From The Other Side. The segment where we examin the stories behind adifferent mythicals animal from across the globe. Today we are going down under to uncover the truth about the deadly dropbear. In Aussie folklore a dropbear is supposed to be a large, carnivorous almost vampric koala that "drops down" from the trees onto the heads of any victim that comes it's way. This is used as a tall tale that Australians used to scare, confuse or amuse tourists. We are quite facinated by this.

This is Killoala, one of the characters from our Creepy Critters range of Gremlins style plush animals. Killoala is a blue dropbear with a black stripes, a star on his forehead and a blood red marking on his stomach. In his "mutant" form he has fangs, devil horns, claws and black bat-like wings. Killoala has inspired by the Dropbear legend and the plush Werebears that the Hornby toy company made in the early 80's (the werebears were plush teddies that were reversible- you could turn their heads and paws inside out to "transform" them from cute to scary). The Creepy Critters range of plush toys were inspired by the 1980's horror comedy Gremlins.

This is Morlock the dropbear, one of the villains from our popular cartoon series Millitary Koalas. His voice is done by Tim Curry (who is known for his delightfully creepy, villainous but yet seductive voice). Morlock first appeared in the episode Rock N Load- which was a special musical episode done in the style of a rock opera. In it, Morlock (who was banished and sent to live down in the down Under Underworld by the Bunyip King) uses his special brand of dark magic to bring everyone's worst fears to life and turn the city into a city of nightmares. Morlock was "defeated" and was sent back to the down Underworld by the heroes. However he makes a return in Millitary Koalas: The Movie, and this time he's got something much bigger planned. Morlock's mustache and goatee is a nod to how some evil twins in tv and movies have a goatee like Spock's evil twin from that one episode of Star Trek and Buzz Lightyear's evil clone from an episode of Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command.

In April 5th, 1992 we produced a short horror flick called Killer Koalas From Another World. It was filmed in Australia and was inspired by the dropbear myths. We created animatronic dropbears especially for the movie. We entered the film in the local film festival, it won the following awards: Best Soundtrack, Best Score, Best FX, Best Short Film, and Best Horror Film. The animatronic dropbears used for the movie can be viewed in our museum of props from our films. The movie is very good and is also available on dvd- however it is quite hard to obtain.

The dropbear is indeed an interesting creature. The story behind it is also interesting. The dropbear:

If you wish to find out about more about the Dropbear- see this link:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/animals/comments/19/

Need info on the Werebear toys? Click this link:

http://www.redhotscott.co.uk/werebear/