A Creep Show
First off, that unmasked hero above, in a shot I stole from his MySpace page, is is one Nathan Baesel, star of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. If you live in Toronto, you can see more of him tonight (Thursday), 9:30pm, Bloor Cinema, when Rue Morgue hosts an advanced screening [...]

This astounding Cthulhu mask is for sale on eBay. As its Ukraine sellers note: “Be unique on ANY party!! It’s completely suitable for wearing!.”
Really? Like, it’s completely suitable for a three-year-old’s birthday party? Perhaps a Bar Mitzvah? A baby shower? Personally, I’d wear it out to Red Lobster, sit at the bar with a crantini [...]

Newsflash: Night Beast has just crash landed on earth. He’s lost, pissed off and hungry. Do not, in any case, try to evacuate your town. Use your crude weapons and small town idiocy to battle him on your own. Convert your living room into a hospital (don’t tell anyone it’s not a real hospital, they [...]

It’s funny, I can write an article, no problem. A poem or some fiction, again, no problem. But then I can sit here for hours staring at the blank text input window for this blog and have no idea what to type. You see, I’m just no damned good at writing (or [...]

I finished watching season one of Dexter this weekend, and I’ve gotta say, thank Jebus for non-network shows to attempt something for TV with some bite to it. If you’re unfamiliar, the title character (played by Six Feet Under’s Michael C. Hall) is a stab-happy serial killer who works for the Miami police as a [...]

Check out the teaser trailer for War of the Dead, a Finnish WWII-set zombie movie. As filmmakers keep mining the subgenre, we’re probably going to see more historical zombie flicks. This one has promise. More info and a link to a higher-res trailer at Twitch Film. It’s directed by a Finn named Marko Mäkilaakso, and [...]

A very clever, dear friend of mine, who seems to have the answer to just about every question I could possibly ever ask, recently gave me further reason to respect his brilliance because I put him on the spot and asked him about the ball of destructive hydrogen/helium nuclear fusion at the centre of our [...]

If you’re a design and/or cool T-shirt geek, you’re probably familiar with Threadless, “a community-centered online t-shirt store” where “users (professional illustrators and amateurs alike) may submit t-shirt designs online, which are then put to a public vote. A small percentage of submissions are selected to be printed and sold through the online store. Creators [...]

Forever known as Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo has passed away. The Munsters (the name allegedly derived from “fun-monsters”) aired on television from 1964 - 1966 and inspired two feature-length films Munster’s, Go Home! and The Munster’s Revenge.
With their zanny brand of camp, The Munsters’ put the fun in funeral and have become a pop [...]

Courtesy of a neighbourhood used book store, I found this old Lovecraft pocketbook: The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror. A second printing from 1975 (the original was in ’71), and yellowed in a way old H.P. would probably appreciate, it collects the following six tales, in addition to Innsmouth: “The Colour Out [...]