American Bestiary

A friend brought this to my attention. It’s a “[s]et of 50 illustrations for a modern-day illustrated bestiary with the America’s most celebrated mythical beasts, commissioned by NeoMam Studios. All illustrations were inspired by the The Aberdeen Bestiary and were created in Affinity Designer for iPad Pro, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop with Wacom Cintiq.…

A Look Beneath ASHBURN WATERS

I saw that it was described as a “creature feature.” That was all it took to snag my attention. That’s all it ever takes. What *kind* of creature feature is ASHBURN WATERS, though? Here is the official spiel: “When his friends are murdered one by one at Ashburn Waters Campgrounds by an unseen killer, Brett…

THE HUNT Part 25

“Do you see there,” Songbird said, “where the upper branches of the trees reach across to each other, intertwining over the path, yet the trunks of the trees below are limbless and the path itself is free of undergrowth? Does it not have the appearance of a tunnel? If you follow this pathway, it will…

THE HUNT Part 24

It surprised Joe Clark, the ease with which he had accepted the impossible as reality. Sasquatch did exist. Including one that could talk (and liked to talk) and sing, too, in a beautiful lilting tenor. Parallel universes existed, and there were portals into and out of them. A man who had been dead could come…

The Satanic Christmas Display

Look, I can’t speak for all of them. That should be obvious. But I think it is accurate to describe them in a general way. The people who belong to the Satanic Temple don’t really believe in Satan. They’re atheists. They don’t really want to see Satan praised or worshipped. They have, rather, adopted the…

Continuations of KRAMPUS

Tonight, for the third consecutive year (fourth if you count the original theatrical release of the film), my wife and I celebrated one of our newly-minted annual Christmas traditions: we watched Michael Dougherty’s KRAMPUS. With Krampusnacht (Krampus Night) only a couple of days away (as I am writing this) it seemed proper timing. This movie…

Lovecraftian Muscle Men

Any of you all old enough and cool enough to remember M.U.S.C.L.E.? They were these little pink rubber action figures. They started out in the late 70s in Japan as superhero figures but as the 80s progressed and the “Rock-n-Wrestling” mania took off, the M.U.S.C.L.E. men transitioned into professional wrestlers. It was an easy shift,…

In Memoriam: Gene Warren, Jr.

Makeup artist extraordinaire Gene Warren, Jr. has left us at the age of 77. The news came to us via his friend and collaborator Bart Mixon, who posted this tribute on Facebook: “Gene WAS Fantasy II Film Effects [his company name—ED]—supervising the visual effects for SO many classics of the ’80’s. Gene gave me my…

Fiend-ish Gold

I love it when my fanboy worlds come crashing together. Longtime readers of this site will already know this, but bear with me for the sake of any newcomers as I go a bit autobiographical. Growing up, I had three great loves, great passions. Professional wrestling, Horror movies, and comic books. Back then the three…