The Grave of Bela Lugosi
Today is Bela Lugosi’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Bela! J. W. Ocker writes about Bela’s perfection as a vampire and about the sadness of his grave.
The United Monster Talent Agency
Movietone News: The United Monster Talent Agency helps bring monsters to a screen near you!
Everything That’s Great About Indonesian Movies
From Barry Prima and H. Djut Djalil to Suzzanna and Hans Jaladara adaptations, 4DK has been examining everything that’s great about Indonesian action movies (mostly from the 1980s) and the ” brain-chemistry-altering pleasures that watching movies [without subtitles] has given me — the very pleasures, in fact, that […]
Waiting for Gorgo?
Do you remember Gorgo? The giant monster that raced up from the oceanic depths and devastated London? The DMOA do.
Tentacular, Tentacular
“Spectacular, spectacularNo words in the vernacularCan describe this great event.” —Moulin Rouge! (2001) That song went through my head while reading both volumes of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse. Actually, the song went “Tentacular, tentacular.” Ben Templesmith can draw some tentacles and Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is either a showcase for […]
A Sad Clown
A clown rises from the dead.
The Cultural Gutter 