Apparently the Mexican director plans to direct all of my favorite books—literally, all of them. First there was the announcement that he was going to direct The
Hobbit. Then came the news that he would take on both Frankenstein and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, along with whispers that he wants to shoot H.P. Lovecraft’s At [...]
Guillermo Del Toro To Direct Pinocchio, Revive Childhood Nightmares
Martians Kidnap Santa, Fail To Steal Presents From Earthling Children
While I’m on a Christmas countdown kick, I want to thank my friends over at Film and Cinema Puritans for mentioning Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on their list of favorite Christmas films. As the title may suggest, this is a classic holiday-themed sci-fi flick, most famous for its regular appearance on worst films ever [...]
The 12 Days of Zombie Christmas
Whatever you celebrate this holiday season, be sure to check out Sean Bieri’s themed comic strip for Tor. His zombie-based reinterpretations of classic Christmas stories begin with “Gift of the Zombi,” a simplified—and much improved—variation of William Sydney Porter’s overly altruistic tale, “The Gift of the Magi.”
Old School Vampire Kit Sells For $15k
With the irritably angsty Twilight sweeping movie theaters and True Blood still skulking through TV-land, a whole new generation of sexually repressed audiences is discovering the inner blood-lust—or, at least, a fictional fetish.
Longterm fans of the genre, however, will be more interested to learn that an authentic 19th century vampire kit (complete with holy [...]
The Last Man, Just A Guy
Variations of the phrase “The Last Man” have been used by Nietzsche (to describe the weak-willed anti-superman), as the moniker for Vincent Price’s character in the 1964 film The Last Man on Earth (later reprised by Will Smith in I Am Legend), and now for the Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 game The Last Guy.
The title [...]
Sexiest Monster Undead
Werewolves have never had the onscreen sex appeal of their vampire brethren. Sure, Ginger Snaps did well with its scantily clad protagonists and Blood and Chocolate featured the perpetually broody-eyed Olivier Martinez, but both movies were cursed by their self-knowing sexuality.
The issue has been further compounded by the over-hyped Underworld movies, which cast werewolves as [...]
Frankenhorror; Or, The Modern Monster
Modern horror was invented in the summer of 1816. Trapped inside on a rainy day, Lord Byron invited his disgruntled companions to each write a ghost story—a challenge that famously spawned Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and John William Polidori’s less well known The Vampyre, a predecessor to Dracula by more than 80 [...]
Two-Headed Sheep: Spawn Of Satan Or Genetic Freak?
There’s something mythological in the air. Make that cryptozoological. Just a few months after a single-horned deer was spotted in Italy, another quasi-mythological genetic mutation has been “discovered.” While the deer is a sorry excuse for a unicorn, the two-headed sheep recently born in a West Bank refugee camp might as well be Cerberus’ [...]
