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Lair of the Beasts: A Genuine Dragon?
by Nick Redfern, Monster Hunter and Columnist
(September 15, 2012)
Just like its famous cousin off the coast of Florida – the infamous Bermuda Triangle – the Devil’s Sea, which is situated near Miyake Island, and approximately one hundred kilometers south of Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, can also claim to be resp
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
Maurice Sendak 1929-2012
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor
(May 08, 2012)
Maurice Sendak is dead, according to The New York Times. He was 83. The Associated Press reported that Sendak died early Tuesday at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut after having a stroke on Friday. His longtime caretaker and friend, Lynn Caponera, was wi
Gaiman Graveyard Book to Disney
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor
(April 29, 2012)
Disney has picked up Neil Gaiman’s Newberry Award-winning novel The Graveyard Book. Gil Netter, a veteran producer with adaptations including Marley & Me and the upcoming Life of Pi among his credits, is producing with Ben Browning.
Lair of the Beasts: A Monstrous Yearbook
by Nick Redfern, Columnist and Monster Hunter
(April 20, 2012)
Out right now is a brand new book published by Britain’s Center for Fortean Zoology, one of the very few full-time groups in the world that investigates such strange creatures as the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, and the Chupacabr
4 clips from The Raven
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor
(April 18, 2012)
Comingsoon has posted four clips from John McTeigue’s The Raven. The first clip we have seen before here on Mania. The bottom three are a tad different. The Raven opens April 27th 2012. The thriller will star John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan G
More Harry Potter
by Robert T. Trate , News Editor
(April 17, 2012)
The author revealed details of a new project involving the boy wizard on her personal website.
On her re-launched personal website, J.K. Rowling teased fans with the news that she is working on a new Harry Potter-related book. Unfortunately, she's n
Tuesday Terrors: Clive Barker’s Nightbreed to be a TV series?
by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(April 17, 2012)
Welcome back for your bi-weekly helping of all things horror from comics, to film, to TV and Toys. Lots to cover in the new including a release date announced for the upcoming Carrie reboot, a potential TV series based on Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed”
Enders Game VS Catching Fire
by Robert T. Trate, News Editor
(April 10, 2012)
Ender’s Game, the adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s seminal sci-fi YA novel starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Abigail Breslin, has staked out some interesting territory today. Originally slated for release on March 15, 2013, Summit Entertainm