TALES OF MAD SCIENCE

NAME: Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov DOB: AUGUST 1, 1870 DOD: March 20, 1932 ORIGIN: Shchigry, Kursk gubernia, Russia MADNESS: Attempted to create a human/chimp hybrid.   After pioneering developments in horse breeding with artificial insemination, Ivanovich began working on cross-genetic experiments. He created a “Zeedonk”; a cross between a Zebra and a Donkey and worked on […]

Dracs Back

After one hundred and twenty six years, fascination in Bram Stokers Count Dracula shows no sign of waning. So much so that we are expecting not one but two big screen adventures for the Lord of the undead this year starting with the legendary Nicolas Cage donning the cape, fangs and lots of rings in […]

Baby I’m Howling For You

The 1980s practically burst at the seams with cinematic lycanthropes, with such entries as Full Moon High, Teen Wolf, The Company of Wolves, Wolfen, and Silver Bullet. Two of the best werewolf movies to date are Joe Dante’s The Howling and John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London. The last werewolf film was released twenty […]

Hitmen Horrors

Kill List is a difficult movie to categorize. Beginning like a British ‘kitchen sink’ drama (a type of entertainment that became popular in the late 1950’s early 60’s which mainly dealt with social economic issues) it’s second act turns into a crime film with it’s two protagonists charged with their mission, the titular Kill List. […]

Scream Fan Event

I had the pleasure of being awake early enough that I was able to grab tickets to the Scream 6 Fan Event in Santa Monica this last weekend. I was pretty excited being a Scream enthusiast. I even have a Ghostface tattooed on my leg.  The event was set up in the promenade in Santa […]