RAW: Cannibal movie making audiences faint

Legend has it that a woman had a heart attack during Lon Chaney’s unmasking scene in Universal’s silent classic THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Ever since, movies getting that kind of a physical reaction from audiences has been a much-sought-after prize, a wonderful, scintillating gemstone of free publicity. This is especially true of Horror movies.…

Before CGI – The Magic of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON

CGI has been both a blessing and a curse to the movie industry. It allows today’s filmmakers to do things that before they, and movie viewers, could only have dreamed of. For all that, though—and I do think the balance is far more to the positive side than the negative on this one—there are shortcomings.…

Vampire or Werewolf?

Down where I’m from, the dominant religion is SEC football; Christianity comes in second. (Note: I’m not really kidding about that.) And, much like the Sunni and the Shiites in Islam, there are two major sects, and they hate the ever-lovin’ hell out of each other. I’m speaking of the “Roll-Tiders” and the “War-Eaglers.” It…

A Serial Killer Board Game?

He who fights monsters must be careful lest he turns into a monster, Nietzsche warned. Likewise, Robert E. Lee cautioned that a man must not become “overly fond” of war. A similar thing can be said of True Crime junkies like me. The vast majority of us are entirely harmless; as a general rule, criminal…

Holy Terror

Here’s an interesting bit of trivia for you. Anyone who has even a passing knowledge of history has heard the name “Borgia,” and anyone who’s heard that name already knows that a person’s wearing of a priest’s collar and holding of a supposed-to-be “holy” office will not in any way limit or hinder the capacity…

Have you seen a Thylacine?

The answer, I’m afraid, is no, you haven’t. You may have seen pictures of one, or some video footage on youtube of the last living specimen, which died in the 1930s. The Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, as it is alternately called, is officially extinct. It isn’t surprising that people would desire, and choose, to believe…

WOLFCOP sequel on the way!

This is a true cause for celebration for Lycanthrope fans. WOLFCOP, when it came out way back in 2014, was such a pleasant surprise. I had seen the trailer, and hoped for an hour-and-a-half of dumb fun, maybe a few laughs. I wasn’t expecting any more than that. What I got was a razor-sharp satire,…