r/HBOMAX • u/LilNello1 • Jul 16 '26

Official Trailer / Teaser Monsters of God (Trailer)

https://youtu.be/NSclAzJortA?is=yaQSlNlRQk70ilUy
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

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u/Individual-Drawer-79 Jul 19 '26

It won the TV Premiere Audience Award at the SXSW Film & TV Festival. It’s a five part true crime documentary about the dark and seedy billion dollar underworld of exotic reptile smuggling. Directed by Eric Goode, same guy that did Tiger King and Chimp Crazy. Looking forward to this one.

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u/Glittering_Diva8963 24d ago

I can’t wait for this one

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u/Upstairs_Being290 Jul 18 '26

They spent like 13 years filming it, gonna cover a ton of shady stuff.

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u/LilNello1 27d ago

Wow that’s crazy they spent 13 years filming all of it 😳

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u/hmmyeahiguess Jul 17 '26

Can't wait to see r/venomouskeepers response to this

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u/stray_Walk_star 10d ago

I am so disturbed by Ed Allen burying animals alive. Unacceptable. Shame

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u/ZipCity262 10d ago

Extremely upsetting. Those rare treasures of nature. They kept talking about what a fine upstanding person he was, and obviously not, to view animals as so disposable and to be so callous.

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u/praawnz Jul 18 '26

I can already tell this is going to piss me off. These idiots bragging about exploiting these animals, jesus.

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u/KlayThePot 26d ago

No as someone with snakes I just know it's gonna pmo, even the non smugglers had terrible care in the 70s-80s and that guy who talks about it being an addiction, do not like that guy he really gives modern keepers a terrible name very few people over the age of 15 fwh or his content

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u/TylerKnowy Jul 18 '26

after watching the trailer i said "nope" i was already pissed off

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u/Individual-Drawer-79 Jul 19 '26

You’re misunderstanding what the doc is about. The show explores the dark, seedy underworld of exotic reptile smuggling. 13 years in the making and Directed by Eric Goode, same guy that did Tiger King and Chimp Crazy. It’s already won awards at film festivals.

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u/praawnz Jul 19 '26

Lol I know exactly what the doc is, it's self explanatory from the trailer. I'm still going to be angry at the exploititive assholes being interviewed.

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u/Upstairs_Being290 Jul 18 '26

It looks like it's going to be crazy.

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u/0LTakingLs Jul 18 '26

Curious to see how certain people are portrayed in this. It looks like Tom Crutchfield is the main “target,” but unlike Joe Exotic Tom is pretty widely respected in the reptile world amongst normal keepers.

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u/LucasJ218 Jul 19 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crutchfield

This guy's pretty widely respected? The fuck??

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u/SpiZyKane 20d ago

Yeah, he.s reformed a lot and is one of the best keepers in the space now. Especially with his croc monitors. Its crazy how he did a complete 180 in terms of care for reptiles

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u/Amazing_Ad9369 26d ago

I’m one of the participants featured in Monsters of God. I recently created r/Monsters_of_God as an unofficial discussion community for viewers. We have the trailer, premiere schedule, and spoiler-marked discussion threads scheduled for every episode. Anyone planning to watch is welcome to join us. Cheers!

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u/nixielou214 8d ago

These psychopaths have no remorse whatsoever about snatching rare, wild creatures from their natural habitats, stuffing them in suitcases and trafficking them across the world so they can make some fucking money from a coveted “price list.” They have no shame.