It’s the quintessential American story. Two boys set out to have some fun and fireworks in the woods. Who knows? They might get lucky. At least one of them is banking on it (he’s bringing along condoms and candles, for Peter’s sake), while the other […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVJustin Timpane’s Ninjas vs. Monsters is the third installment in a series built upon the premise of ninjas fighting sundry supernatural malefactors. It really isn’t a very difficult concept to grasp, honestly. The films are famous chiefly for their low budget and presumably humorous approach, […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVThat David Duke-worthy ass-canker was written by my favorite author, the same man who revealed to me the mysteries of dreaming Cthulhu, the machinations of the Fungi from Yuggoth, the unholy prophecies of the Necronomicon, the ravenous and unidentifiable “colour” out of space. He changed my world irrevocably.
Featured ArticleThe more I play these indie horror titles, the more I start to feel that video games are the perfect vehicle for modern horror stories. Books and movies can be great, but they lack any sense of agency – you’re a passive observer, and you […]
Games & ToysThe fraternity of mad scientists is a tight-knit one. I ought to know, I’ve been a part of it for a while now. Admittedly, I might not be the highest ranking member, but I know a thing or two about my profession. There are certain […]
Featured ArticleLucio Fulci has never hidden his admiration for Antonin Artaud, the French Surrealist who first articulated the idea of the “Theatre of Cruelty.” According to his 1938 book The Theatre and Its Double, Artaud envisioned the Theatre of Cruelty as a decidedly nonlinear form of […]
Featured ArticleHappy New Year, you sickos! A handful of our contributors offered up their favorite bits of horror media from the past year. Check it out, Horror Fans…. Justin Hamelin: I will be the first to admit, I fell off of my horror game quite a […]
Featured ArticleWe at Ravenous Monster are about to let you in on a secret too good not to share. There exists a bounty of horror movies that reaches epic, or more accurately, Epix proportions, that many of you have access to at a minimal cost, but […]
NewsA while back, I had the opportunity to watch a creepy post-apocalyptic film called The Railway Children (now released by the name Children of a Darker Dawn) and interview the writer/director, Jason Figgis. The film’s stuck with me since then thanks in large part to […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVTrevor Juenger’s Coyote is as beautiful as it is grotesque. What masquerades as a film about an insomniac slowly losing his mind is, in essence, the visual poetry of trauma and insanity. It is a William S Burroughs nightmare fueled by a Cormac McCarthy fever […]
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