YMMV / Cinemassacre's Monster Madness

• Broken Base:
  • Monster Madness X only uses screenshots as opposed to full video in exchange for being able to present it on YouTube, which became the standard for his movie reviews in general from there on. Some people would have preferred to see full video, while others are willing to tolerate the new format to be able to view it on YouTube.
  • Monster Madness 2019 gained even more of a divisive reaction. The biggest points of contention were that it was done in the "Rental Reviews" style, and that some of the movies featured had already been reviewed in past Monster Madness videos. Was it a great way to revitalize a classic Cinemassacre staple with a new look from the RR cast, or was it a lazy mess that ruined what made past Monster Madness marathons special while adding nothing new to the previously reviewed movies?
• Harsher in Hindsight: For Around the World, a good chunk of the movies reviewed are mocked for being ripoffs of other horror films. Starting with the 28 Days Later episode, however, accusations of plagiarism in the script of this review began to surface. The production team would later admit up front that the episode's script writer had indeed been engaging in plagiarism for not only that review, but several other episodes he had worked on, resulting in his firing and a good chunk of the series having to be hastily rewritten on short notice.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • In his GodzillaThon review for King Kong vs. Godzilla, he states that, despite his dislike for unnecessary film remakes, he would love to see the two face off again but with the benefit of modern special effects. About seven years later, Godzilla vs. Kong was announced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.
  • In his review of The Stuff, he compares it to the river of slime from Ghostbusters II, commenting that Ghostbusters 3 will never happen. About a decade later Ghostbusters: Afterlife would come out.
• Seasonal Rot: A few of the later yearly Monster Madnesses have a more mixed reception, usually due to changing drastically from the formula due to the inclusion of other people. In particular, "Monster Madness 9", due to being more of a podcast-like format between James and Mike Matei for most of the episodes rather than James alone discussing the films, "Monster Madness 2019", for the similar reason of using the "Rental Reviews" cast and format, and the 2021 revival season "Around the World", due to the scripts being written by a committee, making the reviews seem disingenuous (as well playing a big part causing a major plagiarism kerfuffle when one of the writers was exposed as having copied most of his material from several other sources).
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: While the effort to port previous seasons of "Monster Madness" to Youtube from James' old site was very appreciated, the decision to replace implemented video clips, with still shots for copyright reasons in the review was very divisive; especially since they often affect the flow of the script. He would later upload compilations that kept the original clips.