Month: April 2016

First off, please don’t mistake my featuring this topic on an entertainment website, which this one obviously is, as any indication that I am dismissive of the seriousness the subject warrants. I am in no way disparaging the real life tragedy that is unfolding, and has been unfolding for many years now, amongst the indigenous…

Roger Corman is a legend. There is no denying that fact. The man has been around so long and done so much, produced so much work and had his hand in so much that is modern Hollywood that even the snooty “Academy” had to acknowledge it, awarding him an honorary Oscar in 2009. Several of…

The word for today is “simulacrum,” or, in the plural form, “simulacra.” It is Latin in origin, and according to Webster’s dictionary, it is defined as “(1.) a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance. (2.) an effigy, image, or representation.” In all the cases in which I have encountered the term, it is used…

I have to, y’all. I just have to. I came across this headline and knew this story was going up here at our website. I can’t NOT report on it. I’ve seen the story, you see, read it, and the only way to purge it from my psyche, to provide myself a catharsis, is to…

Which of the “classic” monsters is most likely to exist in our mundane “real” world? If you accept that the furry, fanged werewolf of the movies and of folklore is a metaphor for the bestial side of human behavior, a sort of supernatural stand-in, then the werewolf exists ALREADY, and always has. What, then, is…

If you’re thinking, “Wait, what?! I haven’t seen that one? How’d I miss it?!”, you didn’t. It is a movie that was never made. What I am reviewing is the script, written by Bernard Schubert, which WAS completed. The movie was supposed to come out in 1944 and to be a sequel to either FRANKENSTEIN…

Pitbulls are not werewolves. The only thing they could possibly be seen as having in common with werewolves is their ferocity. The only times I have written about pitbulls or other dogs is when a human being had been attacked by them—and the attacking dogs in question have all been either part- or full-blooded pitbulls.…

Was there ever a time when wolves preyed on our primitive human ancestors? Certainly. (That was a long time ago, though. Today, humans prey on wolves.) More than from predation, however, wolves would have proven a threat to early humans due to the competition they provided, as wolves and humans fed on the same animals.…

First answer (to the first question you’re probably asking yourselves—wasn’t Easter LAST weekend?): Easter SUNDAY was last weekend. But if you belong to one of the high liturgical churches, you already know that Easter is a SEASON and it lasts for 50 days, terminating in the Day of Pentecost. Ergo, any Easter-related post is still…

That’s a writer who wants to write about werewolves, not a writer who IS a werewolf, just to clarify. I received an email this past week from an aspiring author named Taylor, requesting some help. This brings back memories for me. I worked for a time as a submissions agent for a literary agency, and…