Monster of the Day

This is easily the scariest band, since it reminds one of Jim Hensen's Dinosaurs and (blecch!!!) Theodore Rex.

Sad to see a band that relies so heavily on sax and violins.* Hat tip to Eric B for the suggestions, since I'm hopeless on music stuff. [*Given the photo, I assume I'm actually just stealing the band's joke.]

"And what's the deal with airline food?"

Galaxy Jane suggested these: "For the uninitiated, Lordi is a Finnish monster-themed band. All the makeup, appliances and costumes are designed and created by the lead singer (Mr. Lordi, AKA Tomi Putaansuu), which is fairly impressive work. Watching them perform under 50 pounds of latex apiece makes me admire the limits of human stamina…

Happy Friday everyone!

Hmm, out of these now. Have to find something else for tomorrow, I guess.

Hmm, this series' monsters were far goofier than I remember, although they seem to have gone for sadly elliptical shots of them.

Grimace, no!

So I started watching Stranger Things, the new horror series on Netflix. It's both set in the '80s and shot like an '80s horror movie. The main characters are a group of junior high aged boys, the expertly imitation John Carpenter theme music, etc. It's pretty good and I look forward to catching the…

This is the figure I came closest to buying (with the Horror of Party Beach monster a close second). It was in pre-production and that would have been the time to get it. Now it's an expensive secondary market buy. Oh, well, I'll have to be happy with my life-sized rubber Fiend Without a…