Back from the grave!!!

Back from the grave!!!

All hail to Carina Magyar, who saved my bacon once again. And screw the spammers who took over the site in the first place and caused this whole mess. They certainly were 'Kraven'. (See, aren't you glad you stuck around all this time?) My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be able to remember…
Monster of the Day #1606

Monster of the Day #1606

Sorry about yesterday, folks, I very rarely sleep late, but I did yesterday and had to run right to work. I can't even imagine how shocking it was to audiences when the film graphically portrayed the zombies to be flesh-eaters. We take it for granted now, but this was literally very strong meat indeed…
Monster of the Day #1605

Monster of the Day #1605

There is so much to talk about with this film that it's hard to get started. One obvious point is that just as movies redefined vampire and (especially) werewolf mythology, Romero completely redefined what a zombie is. Although his later works in the genre were weaker and easily surpassed by others shambling in his…
Monster of the Day #1604

Monster of the Day #1604

Sad weekend, with both veteran character actor Martin Laundau and director George Romero passing away. I've probably already covered this guy, but so what? Romero literally redefined the horror genre with Night of the Living Dead, it's the exact demarcation because the classic and the modern horror eras. I can't think of another genre…
Monster of the Day #1601

Monster of the Day #1601

How many of the Futurama characters have had dangerous pets that they protected when everyone else wanted them dead/gone? Quite a few, I think.
Monster of the Day #1599

Monster of the Day #1599

One of the many joys of Futurama was the pretty good chance that you might see a neat monster at any moment. Several people are streaming the last couple of seasons on YouTube right now, so it's a good change to catch up. Anybody catch Spider-Man, or Baby Driver?
Monster of the Day #1598

Monster of the Day #1598

Yes, I guess this confirms what you guys were talking about the other day. I will say, this actually might be his "most shocking" adventure. How often does your protagonist turn into a werewolf? Well, OK, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Speaking of, why don't they make this sort of thing into…