Victor Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together from pieces of dead men, is a great visual creation–although the way we imagine him to look often has more to do with Boris Karloff’s appearance in the 1931 Frankenstein movie than with Mary Shelley’s description in her 1818 novel. He’s appeared (usually identified simply as “Frankenstein”) in an enormous [...]
Armed with two actors, a producer, a translator, a sound guy and a budget of less than $100,000, director Gareth Edwards set to make a feature-length film which would have him traversing from Central America to the United States border. Monsters is an interesting example of guerilla filmmaking. Besides the two actors, everyone else and [...]
The new trailer for Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ giant mutant monster movie, is out, and it really reminds me of District 9. Not only in terms of the “alien culture has invaded Earth and this is the cultural/societal fallout” set-up, but also in the level of anticipation I have for the movie after seeing it.
Splice, a movie centered around the subject of a half-human, half-animal hybrid creature, hits theaters this Friday and looks like it has the potential to be uncomfortably terrifying. Let’s ease into things with a look at some famous human-animal hybrids from the ancient past, shall we?
A possible run-in with flying monkeys presents one of the greatest fears for just about anyone who’s lost outside a mysterious castle. No good comes from flying monkeys and, unlike most other animals, they don’t appear to be more afraid of you than you are of them. But you don’t have to be near a [...]
The year was 1997. Yours truly was graduating from high school, no doubt wearing a braided belt and some sort of Phish tee shirt while hard-working scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were trying to figure out what in the hell they had just recorded from deep, deep in the Pacific Ocean. [...]
Round 2 of Techland’s Monster March Madness bracket is over and we’re left with our Sweet 16 — and boy are there some tough monsters (and some Cinderella villains) left.
After watching some major NCAA upsets this weekend we know you all are dying to see which Techland villains made it to the Sweet 16.
Round 1 of Techland’s own villain bracket is officially over!
E-mail hath no fury like a woman neck-deep in a Twilight frenzy.
The Wolfman isn’t the first thriller to take on the “beast within.” For that matter, it’s not even the first werewolf thriller to be called The Wolfman (see: 1941). Yet in some strange way, that’s precisely what I found so refreshing – even fulfilling – about the movie. This is familiar territory. It’s Old School [...]
