Do you smell what the Wolfman is cookin’?

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…

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…

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,…

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…