THE HUNT Part 21

“You ever shoot a gun before?” Saint asked. “No,” Corelli replied. “I figured.” Saint moved fast; his quarry had not been concerned about leaving an easy trail. Either the monster did not expect to be followed or else, and this latter the truth, Saint figured, it did not care. “I’d give you a gun,” Saint…

Did You Hear What I Heard?

Take a listen to this. Can you identify that howl? It was recorded in the Canadian wilderness, so we can with relative safety attribute it so some wild animal. But what kind of animal? A wolf? A moose? A bear? Sasquatch? Officials with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry haven’t been able to…

More Fossil Ape News

What do we primarily consider the litmus test for being human? Like, what separates us from chimpanzees, with whom we share 99% of the same DNA? Is it speech? That’s a good choice for number one on the list. We can talk and they can’t, not in the way we think of speech. What’s number…

The Roadside Werewolf

Check out this account from the linked article: “The story comes from Vicki Cunningham, who was a manager at the Days Inn in Elkins at the time of the book’s publication (2001). [The book in question is A GUIDE TO HAUNTED WEST VIRGINIA by Walter Gavenda and Michael T. Shoemaker.—ED] Vicki tells the authors, who…

Werewolf with a Machete

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 12: Remnants of crime scene tape lay on the ground near the spot where 16-year-old Pierre Loury was shot yesterday by a Chicago police officer on April 12, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Police have said Loury took off running when the vehicle he was in was pulled over by police because it matched the description of a vehicle used in an earlier drive-by shooting. The chase, according to police, ended with an "armed confrontation". (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

No, a real werewolf—that is to say, a movie werewolf, an actual, literal werewolf with teeth and claws and fur—wouldn’t need a machete to inflict bodily injury on anyone. A figurative werewolf, though, a human monster, might. William Michael Dennis could not physically transform into a werewolf. He had to settle for putting on a…

Hell on Audio

The term “sophomore” actually translates as “wise fool.” This hints that a little bit of education can be a dangerous thing. You know just enough to really sound like an idiot, in other words. You’ve probably encountered people like that. People like the counselor in the film THE GOOD SON. Remember her? The soccer-mom PTA…

CREATURES Will Feature DARK CRYSTAL Artists

“If you loved the classics NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, CRITTERS, DEAD HEAT, GHOULIES, THEY LIVE, and GREMLINS then you’re in for a real treat.” That’s what they’re saying about next year’s CREATURES, due out at Christmas. And the puppet masters who’ve been working on the new Netflix THE DARK CRYSTAL series will be bringing their…

THE HUNT Part Twenty

Funny the things that go through your mind when you’re about to die. That thing about your whole life flashing before your eyes? That didn’t happen, not for Arly. She’d thought only of David Livingstone and her eleventh grade term paper. Mrs. Odelle had dictated that each student write about an historical person or event,…

Concerning the DARK ARMY

I have thus far not been all that excited about news of Paul Feig’s potentially upcoming Universal Monsters Horror project DARK ARMY. How could I *not* be, you ask, considering that the movie is rumored to feature all, or at least several, of the classic Universal Monsters? It’s because of Feig’s resume. This is the…