Yokai, Dissected.
In the interest of Science: gallery of anatomical drawings of yokai, Japanese folk monsters. Hopefully, no actual yokai were harmed in making these drawings.
Messages in Lovecraftian Horror
There are two clear messages in this Lovecraftian short film about a small bookstore clerk going mad. 1. Don’t take your job too seriously. Just do the time. 2. Don’t read old books.
Building Blocks of Horror
Iä Ftaghn! Cthulhu for kids with this Cthulhu LEGO set‘s building blocks of unspeakable horror! (Thanks, Denis!)
Lost And Heroes, Compared.
James Poniewozik on Lost and Heroes: “Put another way: you have to be willing to suck if you ever want to be great. ‘Awesome’ and ‘awful’ are actually closer to each other on the continuum of quality than either is to ‘meh.’”
RIP Frank Frazetta
Fantasy and comic artist Frank Frazetta has died. The world of fantasy art with ladies in metal bikinis and gentleman in fur speedos will be much the poorer. We say that with great affection. (via SFSignal)
“Tresspassing on Sacred Ground”
As part of TCM‘s Race & Hollyood: Native American Images on Film” festival, Movie Morlocks has posted part 1 of an essay on Native Americans in horror movies from The Werewolf a 1913 Canadian silent to J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers and Twilight: New Moon: “The inclusion of Native […]
The Cultural Gutter 