2012-11-08 20:37
Google is celebrating Bram Stoker's 165th birthday with a doodle featuring the infamous count and his brides facing off against Harker and his band of merry vampire-hunters. Stoker is credit… Read More
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this blog is dedicated to my obsession with monsters and horror films to explore the folkloric and literary origins of monsters, film and book reviews, and anything else that catches my fancy.
2012-10-29 14:57
The everday horror of my life presented in horror gifs.When I give my students a pop quizWhen I realize I brought the wrong handouts to class.When I tell my students about the final exam.Wha… Read More
2012-10-28 22:14
This update of the 1960's show The Munsters revisits the monstrous clan of Lily, Herman, Eddie, Marilyn and Grandpa as they move into the creepy "hobo-murder house" on a sunny street in quie… Read More
2012-08-30 21:52
Apologies, everyone, for the lack of action on this blog for the last month. I’m engaged in a large writing project that's eating up most of my intellectual energy. What little I have… Read More
2011-11-25 03:22
Happy Turkey Day from Monster Land!I'll leave you today with some musings on the The Hunger Games whose horrific re-interpretation of the cornucopia puts new twist on our ages-old horn of pl… Read More
2011-11-22 01:16
A shout out to all my academic peeps in Monsterland. This conference in Edinburgh, UK is calling for papers on monsters of all kinds, but especially medical freaks and how literature constru… Read More
2011-11-22 00:55
I am head over heels for these art prints by Dan Hillier. They are the perfect mix of Victorian style etchings showing polite scenes of fashionable men and women and the grotesque.I love how… Read More
2011-11-22 00:49
I was thinking on my favorite subject—monsters—when I realized that these creatures mostly rise out of folklore, find their way into literature then blossom onto both the big and… Read More
2011-07-15 22:24
Carrie (1976) Sissy SpacekThe Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Emily BerglCarrie (TV 2002) Angela Bettis Read More
2011-07-15 04:20
So I’m dusting off the cobwebs on this blog to bring you a book review of Jason Zinoman’s book Shock Value out now, and if you’re reading this why haven’t you bought… Read More
2011-05-30 06:06
I could have written a post on this, but these people took the words right out of my brain and did a way funnier job. Plus it's at an all-night diner. Enjoy.Why Everyone Wants to Have Sex wi… Read More
2011-05-30 05:56
This post was sparked by a Facebook conversation about whether or not zombies could ride bikes. I have never seen a zombie on a bike so I said it couldn't be done. My reasoning was that as t… Read More
2011-05-10 04:11
Promotional artwork and a US trailer have been released for Final Destination Five and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a teensy bit excited. The number one cause of my glee is the… Read More
2011-05-04 01:51
When the tagline to a film is “Two classic monsters. One fucked up movie” your expectations for gore and silliness are high. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl fulfills all those… Read More
2011-05-02 04:10
I had the best time this weekend at my first ever horror con. The Texas Frightmare Weekend began as a small con for local aficionados of the genre, but has steadily grown over the years to a… Read More
2011-03-09 21:34
This is my BOOMSTICK! Read More
2011-02-18 22:13
These two reptilian babes are taking each other on in this special Women in Horror Recognition Month edition of Monster Smackdown. Who will be the victor? A once beautiful maiden cursed by t… Read More
2011-02-18 00:03
We’ll tear your soul apart!--Pinhead Hellraiser is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Clive Barker creates his own mythological world of horror that is both seductive and cruel… Read More
2011-02-08 00:02
Most of the horror tribute clips you find on YouTube are plagued by poor editing and even poorer quality. This is not the case with ClaraDarko2, whose YouTube compilations are a feast for th… Read More
2011-02-07 01:28
I picked this book up on a whim at my local book store and was glad I did. This anthology of female vampire tales combines old classics like Carmilla and Clarimonde with more contemporary ta… Read More
2011-02-07 00:23
From what I hear around the blogosphere this film has many divided. Some think it’s absolute crap--to quote my favorite Netflix review: “Frozen is a documentary about how stupid… Read More
2011-02-02 03:48
In case you've been living in a coffin, February is Women in Horror Recognition month as decreed by Hannah Nuerotica, editor of AxeWound magazine. This 2nd Annual celebration of Women in Hor… Read More
2011-01-30 23:07
I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl--BjorkThe Last ExorcismThe ExorcistGinger SnapsInsideJennifer's BodyVampire Circus Read More
2011-01-30 04:16
Ever since his film debut in 1933, The Invisible Man has been an important though under appreciated member of the Universal monster pantheon. While his fellow monsters have gone on to have b… Read More
2011-01-04 02:07
This post was inspired by Jenn over at Calvacade of Perversions and her commentary on Kanye West's freaky cool music video for the song Monster featuring Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj. The vid makes… Read More
2011-01-01 23:15
Next to Disturbing Behavior, The Faculty has been one of my favorite movies on the horrors of high school conformity. Set in rural Ohio, a band of teenage misfits must fight the invasion of… Read More
2010-12-29 21:12
A long time ago I covered disturbing twilight merchandise, but I knew it was only a matter of time until someone walked into an ink shop and asked for a tat of the Cullen family crest… Read More
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