Man, Third World countries have all the fun! Why don’t we have werewolves here, in the good ol’ USA? Besides the Michigan Dogman, I mean. And the Beast of Bray Road, Wisconsin. But why don’t we ever capture any of them on film? (Oh, wait. That’s happened, too.) Okay, but nobody here BELIEVES in such…
Month: October 2015
The Greatest Werewolf Transformations in Film
This video compilation won me over by beginning with perhaps the greatest werewolf transformation ever committed to celluloid, the one from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Genius, pure genius. Then following it up with Eddie’s transformation from THE HOWLING? Yes, this list is legit. But while the fight scene between Hugh Jackman’s werewolf and the…
Now how’d THAT get in there?!
This list of 19 “alarming” places where dead bodies have been discovered (and that should be specified as dead HUMAN bodies, otherwise your nearest neighborhood grocery store’s frozen section would qualify—although this probably wouldn’t be that alarming to anybody NOT a vegan) is pretty entertaining, but some of the claims are a little spurious (the…
Take the Werewolf Diagnostics Test
In case you can’t figure it out for yourself, here’s a handy Internet quiz to apprise you of the fact that you are a werewolf. Go ahead and take it. I know, you’re probably scared to find out; if you didn’t already at least suspect that you were lycanthropic, you wouldn’t even bother with such…
Temporary Lycanthropy?
There is a condition known as Wendigo Psychosis (although some psychiatrists refuse to acknowledge that it even exists, that it is a prime example of the Rumplestiltskin Effect, something that exists only conceptually, and only because someone coined a name for it) that is defined as a sudden, irresistible craving to consume human flesh. In…
TV Censors Know What’s Best For You
The Parents Television Council, or PTC, has labeled the recent season debut of AMERICAN HORROR STORY the “most vile and shocking content . . . ever seen on TV.” Then, because they didn’t have enough to be morally outraged over, they attacked SCREAM QUEENS, urging advertisers to boycott these series. Because somebody has to think…
The Lamest Movie Monsters of All Time – Werewolves Included
I was so excited when I saw this linked headline, and then so disappointed that the list proved so short. There is almost a limitless collection of contenders to choose from, and this guy picked just a handful, excellent choices though they are. THE GIANT CLAW is a given. Then we are offered a were-mosquito,…
Werewolves: Two Legs, or Four?
Do you believe in werewolves? I certainly do. Not that I believe that somewhere out there is a human being who physically transforms into a wolf or wolf-like creature once a month, or ever (although it’d be pretty darn cool if there were). But I believe werewolves exist, without question. You should, too. Chances are…
The Abomination That Is The “BRONIE”
I almost didn’t post this one, but I just can’t resist. But how to link it to the subject of werewolves? Well, I do frequently explore how the werewolf is a psychological archetype, a Jungian conflation (or distillation) of all that is base and primitive in human nature. This certainly qualifies in that regard. We…
THE MAORI GORILLA?
Even though this creature, reportedly seen in the early 1870s in New Zealand, was described as many things by many different people, one thing it almost certainly was NOT was a gorilla. I’d actually believed that the gorilla as a species hadn’t been “officially” discovered (ancient Phoenician sailors left written documentation of encounters with them…