Thus far news that Universal Studios plans to bring its pantheon of established “classic” Monsters out of retirement and put them to work in a Marvel-esque “shared universe” have been met with skepticism, if not outright derision. It’s not that any self-respecting Monster fan doesn’t want to see the legends back in action on the…
Month: July 2016
What’s to eat? Raw Meat!
I don’t even like my steaks to be too rare; I always order them medium. Guess I’m just hopelessly civilized, and I’m okay with that. Lexington, Kentucky’s Derek Nance has a rare medical condition that won’t allow him to eat anything EXCEPT raw meat. That’s all he’s dined on for the past five years, and…
The Man-Beasts of TARZAN
In the new film THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (which is spectacular, and if you haven’t seen it yet you need to remedy that, and if you have seen it you need to see it again to catch all the in-jokes—the crocodiles being summoned by a “mating call,” for example), the Mangani, the ape race that…
Hull Werewolf Sightings Prompt Public Inquiry
Ah, the good ol’ Freedom of Information Act. And here I thought it only applied to American government. Apparently it carries some clout in jolly old England, too. When a dude named Wayne Carr made a request to the city of Hull concerning their werewolf problem (more on that in a moment), the city’s information…
Review: DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL
Gonna go old school with this one. I’ve said before how I consider it a moral obligation to turn you youngsters out there on to the classics. 1978’s DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL certainly qualifies as the latter; albeit it is a “classic” of a different sort. The story is fairly straightforward; there are…
Experience a Camping Trip from Hell
No, I’m not gonna partake of this. I’ve seen the movie THE HOUSES OCTOBER BUILT, in which a group of thrillseekers, bored with the typical Halloween haunted attractions, seek out the touted “most extreme,” which turns out to be SO extreme that it’s real and all members of the group are killed. The organizers of…
Bloody Lullabies
I guess everyone does it. You tend to forget that what is common knowledge for you is not necessarily common knowledge for everyone else. I know I’m guilty. In this case, because I am so familiar with the dark undertones present in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, I take for granted that everybody else is…
Enough with the “Tarzan is racist” bullshit!
It’s just reversed racism. Political correctness itself is a sort of reversed racism. Only when no distinction is made between people based solely on skin pigmentation can we have true equality. Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote in the early to mid 20th century. Some of his notions and phraseology are somewhat unpalatable by today’s’ standards, yes,…
Make Halloween a Federal Holiday!
I’m confused. I thought Halloween already WAS a holiday. Oh, you mean OFFICIALLY. Make it a FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED holiday, where government workers, bankers, and such get the day off from work and kids get out of school. Sounds good to me. Where do I sign? Since Halloween IS technically a true holiday, or “holy day,”…
Does True Evil Exist?
I would challenge anyone who believes it does NOT to start paying better attention. I’d be glad to compile a list of True Crime cases for you to peruse; I expect reading the accounts of Ed Kemper, say, or Ted Bundy would quickly convince even the most diehard doubter. But there’s evil and then there’s…