Remember last week when I said how the fringes of the overall narrative were starting to come together? Spoke too soon, didn’t I? Last week’s episode almost seemed familiar, but Mr. Lynch went full on ERASERHEAD with this week’s entry. Seriously, I’m not even gonna try to decipher that craziness. Or, since I do have…
Month: June 2017
Review: IT COMES AT NIGHT
I’m gonna stick this one here because it sounds like it COULD be a werewolf movie, or at least a Monster movie of some kind. It isn’t either of those things. In fact it scarce qualifies as a Horror movie at all. It’s more of a dark Drama. It’s a survival story. This is why…
TWIN PEAKS: The Doppelganger Is Out!
The seventh episode of the third season was the best one yet. The story is starting to pick up speed. Little by little, as symbolized by that guy we all watched sweeping the floor of the Bang Bang Bar at the end of the episode, sweeping all the little, scattered pieces into a pile, the…
Lak Sivrak Returns
Last week I did a feature on Lak Sivrak, the Werewolf of the STAR WARS universe. Ol’ Lak came into being as the result of makeup maestro Rick Baker putting one of his pre-existing werewolf masks on an extra for the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in EPISODE FOUR: A NEW HOPE. When George Lucas revamped…
Another List of the Greatest Werewolf Movies of All Time
Every time I chance upon one of these kinds of compilations, I have to stop and read it, just to make sure the compiler got it right, or didn’t get it too wrong. Usually they’re not too far off the mark. Let’s get to it, then. First, lemme spoil their list for them by repeating…
A Deuce of Fairytale Fearsomeness
Have you ever heard of STRUWWELPETER (“In English, “Shockheaded Peter”)? Me neither. It was written in 1845 by a guy named Heinrich Hoffman. (I’m betting the title tipped you off that the book was written by a German guy.) Apparently it inspired Tim Burton to create Edward Scissorhands. (Edward would seem to be a combination…
Book Review: SOMETHING IN THE WOODS IS TAKING PEOPLE
This “book” is actually a compilation of five works by author Stephen Young: SOMETHING IN THE WOODS IS TAKING PEOPLE, HUNTED IN THE WOODS, PREDATORS IN THE WOODS, TAKEN IN THE WOODS, and MYSTERIOUS THINGS IN THE WOODS. Mr. Young gets a lot of press on the COAST TO COAST AM radio program, or so…
Review: BONE TOMAHAWK
A trio of townspeople are kidnapped by a pack of cannibalistic, cave-dwelling troglodytes, and a posse consisting of Sheriff Kurt Russell along with his elderly deputy, a cripple, and an Indian fighter turned gunslinger, have to go rescue them. That’s the premise. It’s equal parts old-school Western and Horror movie. It’s THE SEARCHERS meets THE…
The Disappearance of Lak Sivrak, the Werewolf of STAR WARS
Did you know there was a werewolf in the original STAR WARS? It’s true. The character’s name was Lak Sivrak, although it didn’t receive this handle until later. It, or he, even had his own action figure. Fans and other creators gave him an elaborate backstory, but his beginnings were humble. Special Effects god-man Rick…
STRANGER THINGS To Get Even Stranger
Replace the word “stranger” in the above title with “freakier” and it still works. The SECOND use of that word, that is. Otherwise you’d end up describing a show called FREAKIER THINGS, which, while it sounds like fun and like something I’d want to watch, doesn’t really exist. Or you could replace the second “stranger”…