Quote for Today: Angela Panayotopulos
Do you remember bedtime as a child? I was terrified of the dark. I was terrified of the closed closet door that surely cracked open when I wasn’t looking and …
Quote for Today: Terry Pratchett
He thought of the deep crevasses and windy caves of Underlay, and the stories of the creatures that dwelt there. Of course, he didn’t believe in them. He’d told them, …
Quote for Today: Guillermo del Toro
In fairy tales, monsters exist to be a manifestation of something that we need to understand, not only a problem we need to overcome, but also they need …
Quote for Today: Akshay Vasu
We took the path that led others nowhere and only we saw the light at the end of the tunnel. They warned us about the monsters we would encounter, the …
Quote for Today: Kelly Link
Let’s be honest. We have questions about monsters. That’s why we put this book together. That’s why you’re reading this book right now. On old maps, cartographers would draw strange …
Quote for Today: Harlan Ellison
I was there when the first dreams came off the assembly line. I was there when the corrupted visions that had congealed in the vats were pincered up and hosed …
Vampires vs Zombies: A Shift in Consciousness
Popular culture is an interesting barometer for shifts in thought. What do modern portrayals of vampires and zombies tell us? It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in …
Remember Me: Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013): Master of Illusion
Remember Me: Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013): Master of Illusion This is an outsanding article from Sound on Sight about the amazing career of Ray Harryhausen, who created many classic monsters and …
Quote for Today: A. Lee Martinez
Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn’t certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and …
On Monsters: Portrayals of Nazis and Hitler in Hirschbiegel’s Downfall
What is the role of the artist in dealing with the dark side of humanity? How do we portray evil? My husband and I recently watched Downfall (Der Untergang), which counterpoints the …