They were monsters. No doubt of that. But their faces—their faces were those of human beings. They were the faces of men. Each of the beasts stood at least eight feet tall or better, and they were covered in shaggy hair, everywhere except their faces. Cheeks, chins, upper lips and foreheads were all hairless, all…
Month: October 2019
Wolfman Money and Stuff(ed Werewolves)
It’s from the ONION, a satire site, so it’s not real. Too bad. I’d like to own one of these Universal Monsters “Monsters of the Silver Screen” $20 bills. One presumes that all the Universal Monsters would be represented, but the image they chose to offer us is of the Wolfman. I mean, if you…
Revisiting the Classics: CREEPSHOW
I’m talking about the original film from 1982, not the new Internet series. Written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero, how could such a project possibly go wrong? (Actually, considering a few of the scripts Mr. King has written for the movies, his involvement might not serve as any guarantee of quality. Anybody…
The Best Bigfoot(print), Part Two
At the first annual Alabama Bigfoot Conference, they had a replica of what is perhaps the best plaster casting of a Bigfoot track ever recovered, the Grays Harbor print. They gave away the replica in a drawing that I unfortunately did not win. Even so, we can talk about it, right? The Grays Harbor print…
The Best Bigfoot(print), Part One
Having recently attended the first ever (and hopefully first annual) State of Alabama Bigfoot Conference in the Bankhead National Forest in Winston County, Alabama, I heard some convincing stories and saw some impressive evidence, the latter in the form of plaster casts. Most of the casts were originals, made locally, but they also had a…
THE HUNT Part Fifteen
Dealing with a creature, Sasquatch, Bigfoot, whatever you wanted to call it, that resembled a human being in its basic form (bipedal; two legs and two arms; a head), Saint felt pretty secure in assuming said creature’s physiology would correspond in most ways with that of a human. Take the femoral artery, for example. In…
In Memoriam: Robert Forster
Mr. Forster has a lengthy professional biography, appearing in over a hundred films and even getting an Oscar nomination for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s JACKIE BROWN. What stands out the most in my mind, though, are his roles in 1980’s ALLIGATOR and as Sheriff Frank Truman in the third season of TWIN PEAKS. Forster…
The Trickster Archetype
I received an invitation to a lecture on “The Trickster Archetype: A Lecture with Storytelling” to be conducted by Dr. John S. Gentile and hosted by the Jung Society of Atlanta. (I dig on Jung and the way he merges issues of spirituality with psychoanalysis. I find his views compatible with those of Joseph Campbell,…
Colin the Werewolf
Colin the Werewolf reached out to me on social media. Or rather his reps did. Same thing, really. They challenged me to check him out, so I did. Had I found what they were offering uninspiring, I would simply have disregarded the invitation and been on my merry way. I get a LOT of such…
Book Review: MOMO: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSOURI MONSTER
While I was attending the first-ever Alabama Bigfoot Conference last weekend (two weekends ago by the time you are reading this, I expect) I picked up Lyle Blackburn’s latest literary offering. I’ve already finished it, and I wasn’t disappointed. Having read Lyle’s books detailing the Boggy Creek monster and the Lizard Man of North Carolina,…