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Lair of the Beasts: Ghostly Animals
by Nick Redfern, Monster Hunter and Columnist
(September 08, 2012)
Back in the mid-1800s, the U.S. Army embarked upon a little-known, but fascinating, project to try and counter the severe problem of so many of its pack-horses dying in the overwhelming heat of the southwest, and particularly so in a certain part of the Ca
Lair of the Beasts: Real-Life Baskerville Beasts
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(September 01, 2012)
Imagine the scene: it’s late one cold, dark, winter’s eve in a little old hamlet in central England. You’re walking home, along a winding, tree-shrouded old road with only the light of an eerie full moon to illuminate your path. But, as you continue
Tuesday Terrors: New teaser trailers for American Horror Story Season Two
by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(August 28, 2012)
Joe Dante Returns to Horror. Joe Dante of Gremlins and The Howling fame returns to the horror genre this September with The Hole. Susan and her sons Dane and Lucas Thompson move from Brooklyn to Bensonville, in the countryside. Dane is upset with the con
Shock-O-Rama: A Legendary Pedigree
by Chuck Francisco, Columnist and Critic
(August 25, 2012)
We live in a world of lists. "Top ten" or "best of" whatever, as humans we instinctually expend effort in quantifying the chaotic world around us. We've been doing it for our whole existence, in various forms. So the natural evolution of this should not ca
Lair of the Beasts: A Monster on the Mountain
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(August 25, 2012)
Situated on the southern tip of the vast and mountainous Cascade Range – which encompasses parts of British Columbia, California, Washington State, and Oregon - Mount Shasta is a huge, all-dominating peak that, at nearly fifteen thousand feet, is the fif
The Dark Tower Falls
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(August 21, 2012)
Six months ago, EW wrote a very different headline: “‘The Dark Tower’ lives.“
Lair of the Beasts: The Last Mammoth?
by Nick Redfern , Columnist and Monster Hunter
(August 18, 2012)
The Mammoth was a majestic and legendary creature that roamed the lonely wilds of North America, the vast expanses of Western Europe, and the harsh, frozen lands of northern Russia during the Pleistocene era, and which is generally accepted as having final
Lair of the Beasts: A Vietnamese Monster
by Nick Redfern , Columnist and Monster Hunter
(August 11, 2012)
In July 2009, the construction began of a truly massive bridge over the Han River, home to the South Vietnam city of Da Nang. With a planned overall length of more than 2,200 feet and a width of 123 feet, it will, when finally completed in late 2012 or ear
Batmobile A Complete History and The Dark Night Manual Book Review
by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(August 07, 2012)
With the release of The Dark Night Rises there have been the usual swarm of media tie-in items and today we’re going to look at two new and beautiful hardcover books from Insight Editions that any Batmaniac with want to add to their library.
Lair of the Beasts: The Creature in the Castle
by Nick Redfern , Columnist and Monster Hunter
(August 04, 2012)
Situated just west of Forfar, Scotland, Glamis Castle is referred to by Shakespeare in Macbeth; Macbeth of its title having killed King Duncan there in 1040. And it is also at the castle where assassins murdered King Malcolm II in 1034. In addition, Glamis
Tuesday Terrors: The First Trailer for Silent Hill: Revelation
by Tim Janson, Columnist and TV Critic
(July 31, 2012)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Trailer. In our last column we showed you a clip from Silent Hill: Revelation and now we’ve got the official trailer. For years, Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens) and her father (Sean Bean) have been on the run, always one ste
The Shining Sequel and Prequel
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(July 30, 2012)
So, which would you rather see at this point, because at least one of them is coming: the story of Jack Torrance before the events at the Overlook Hotel or what happens to Danny afterward? If your answer is "neither," well too bad, because at least one of
Lair of the Beasts: The Nightmarish Black Dog
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(July 28, 2012)
For centuries, the ghostly Black Dog, or Devil Dog, has been an integral part of British folklore and mythology, as well as the world of monster-hunting. Generally described as being much larger than any normal hound, its coat is utterly black, its eyes bl
Lair of the Beasts: Bigfoot: The UFO Controversy
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(July 21, 2012)
Right now, I am putting the final touches to a new book – to be titled Wildman! – that will be an in-depth and extensive study of a very strange and controversial subject: Bigfoot in Britain. Not a subject that you hear too much about, but one that ver
Mockingjay Two Movies?
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(July 11, 2012)
Lionsgate has just let loose a veritable Cornucopia of release details. Only shortly after confirming the addition of Philip Seymour Hoffman to the cast of Catching Fire, the studio has announced that they plan to split Mockingjay—the final novel in Suza
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters and the MIB
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(July 07, 2012)
Pretty much everyone has heard of the Men in Black. But: what about Women in Black? And what is their connection to strange creatures? Read on...
Tuesday Terrors: Walking Dead: The Magazine coming in October
by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(July 03, 2012)
Time again for another Tuesday Terrors and I have my own horror story to share. Finally got my Toshiba laptop back after it crashed just 40 days after buying it.
Marvel vs Capcom: Official Complete Works
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor
(June 24, 2012)
Two Titanic Universes Collide In This Spectacular New Artbook. UDON proudly presents Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works. Limited Edition Hardcover Debuting July 11th at Comic-Con.
Lair of the Beasts: A Monstrous Worm
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(June 22, 2012)
September of this year will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the strangest and most mysterious creature-type reports to have ever crossed my path. It’s made even weirder by the fact that it was secretly investigated by the British Royal Air Force!
Lair of the Beasts: Mothman on the Move
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(June 16, 2012)
A vile, winged nightmare equipped with a pair of glowing, red eyes, the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia is undoubtedly the most infamous of all the many and varied sky-beasts that have made a name for themselves within the annals of Cryptozoology.
Lindelof to Rewrite WWZ
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(June 08, 2012)
Screenwriter Damon Lindelof has been brought in to save Paramount’s troubled zombie movie World War Z.
Legend Ray Bradbury Passes
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(June 06, 2012)
Ray Bradbury, the science fiction-fantasy master who transformed his childhood dreams and Cold War fears into telepathic Martians, lovesick sea monsters, and, in uncanny detail, the high-tech, book-burning future of Fahrenheit 451, has died. He was 91.
Lair of the Beasts: Monsters: Should You Tell?
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(June 02, 2012)
If, one day, you happen to be in the position of seeing a strange and unidentified creature – whether a Bigfoot, a Loch Ness Monster, a Chupacabra, or one of the many other bizarre beasts that numerous people believe inhabit the dark and mysterious parts
Lair of the Beasts: Wild Britain
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(May 26, 2012)
Although most of the things I investigate are sightings of animals that mainstream science and zoology fail to recognize as having any firm basis in reality – such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Chupacabra - I also spend a lot of time researc
In Search of the Real Men in Black
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(May 23, 2012)
Men in Black 3 is finally among us, and the exploits of those black-garbed secret agents of an equally secret agency - whose job it is to hide the truth about an alien presence on our world - are set to entertain cinema-goers just about here, there and eve