MetaFilter posts tagged with monsters

Oceansize

brundlefly — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:42:57 -0800

Oceansize is a short monster movie created by four animation students. Here's a version with English subtitles (although it's hardly necessary). [via]

Famous Monsters of Filmland

brundlefly — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:22:24 -0800

Famous Monsters of Filmland, the legendary genre magazine edited by the late Forrest J Ackerman (previously), will be resurrected by comic publisher IDW.

Anatomy of Japanese folk monsters

brundlefly — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:12:01 -0800

Yōkai Daizukai is an illustrated guide to yōkai authored by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki. Via NOTCOT.org, via Sprayblog. Previously, the anatomy of kaiju.

"That would not kill Dracula!"

Artw — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:23:59 -0800

Vampires are over, argues Neil Gaiman. (Via the Guardian, who rather oddly suggest the similarly over-exposed zombies as a replacement)

Do you ever dream of monsters?

embrangled — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:48 -0800

They follow you on the escalator and bother you at the bus stop. They spook your horses and frighten your children. But deep down, they just want to be loved. Belgian animators Thijs de Cloedt and Wouter Sel from Volstok Telefunken have imagined monsters for all occasions. [Website in Flemish]

Verminology

cjorgensen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:23:14 -0800

Verminology is a specimen garden of monsters and beasts of the most pestiferous and meddlesome sort, drawn by fingertip on iPhone, using Brushes app. New additions daily. Also be sure to check out Toadbriar for dolls, paintings, sculpture, and Faerie fun! From MeFi's own Lou Stuells. [via mefi projects].

GODZILLA BUKKAKE

Parannoyed — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:12:24 -0800

GODZILLA BUKKAKE (prolly SFW) I blame Warren Ellis although he claims he tried to stop it.

Forrest J. Ackerman, R.I.P.

dbiedny — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:11:46 -0800

His magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland was as important to my childhood as Mad magazine, he had one of the greatest collections of Sci-Fi memorabilia in private hands, and frankly, I'm a little torn up at the moment, so I'll end this FPP with a tip of the hat to Forrest J. Ackerman, a true hero of mine.

Countdown

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:59:38 -0800

The World's 9 Scariest Monsters! With Carol Vorderman (1,2) - watched by Lee and Herring

Hitmen For Destiny

misterzoo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:49:59 -0800

Hitmen For Destiny: a weird, hilarious webcomic. Google suggests it's virtually undiscovered, but I think it's almost at Achewood level. The art seems crude at first glance, but with a little reading the distinctive brilliance becomes apparent. The plot appears to be something to do with monsters, alternate worlds, and destiny. Key features are odd humor and some insanely detailed taxonomy of imaginary creatures. There are many high points in the already long, convoluted story, but this installment may give as good an idea as any of the flavor. And it makes me laugh.

Pleasing Blog. Some Monsterism.

zamboni — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:34:04 -0800

Captured Monsters, a classic monster movie screencap blog. Suggested serving size contains your RDI of B movies, axe murderers, kaiju, mad scientists, and 60s bikini girls.

"It will be exquisite, and there will be many corpses."

pokermonk — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:05:08 -0800

On the Road of Knives is never-ceasing illustrated carnage... Zak Smith, Shawn Cheng and Nicholas Di Genova alternate drawing a perpetual narrative of monsters killing monsters being fought by monsters.

and other Curiosities, Antiquities and Gadgetry too numerous to mention!

Astro Zombie — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:14:58 -0800

Virtual Tour of Steve's Weird House. "Stephen resides in a Victorian home that is a cluttered combination of museum, library and art gallery, decorated with that old-world Addam's Family charm. Not only is every inch of every wall covered with art, but all the ceilings are also decorated." (Via.)

Scary Stuff

McLir — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:11:18 -0800

Scary Stuff: Count Floyd's Scary Little Christmas Promo, Dr Cube's Posse, A Scarier Skeleton by Jack Handey [mp3], The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra Trailer [previously], Shining, Plan 9 From Outer Space - Best Lines, Re-Enactment - Pan's Labyrinth, [previously] Scream in 30 Seconds and Re-Enacted by Bunnies, Season of the Witch, The Thing in Lego, REM & Muppets - Furry Happy Monsters. Happy Halloween everyone!

Andy Kehoe

homunculus — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:16:20 -0800

Andy Kehoe - Into The Forest Of Broken Dreams. [Via MONSTER BRAINS.]

Rocks fall! Everyone dies!

Pope Guilty — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:18:53 -0800

Head Injury Theater presents: Dungeons and Dragons: Celebrating 30 Years of Very Stupid Monsters.

Monstrous Scuplture Garden In Italy

jonson — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:46:10 -0800

In the town of Bomarzo in central Italy you will find Monster's Grove, a vast sculpture garden created in 1552 by Pier Orisini to be a unique & astonishing place. The scupltures are quite large, and some are carved directly into the bedrock; as the name might indicate, the subjects are mainly mythical creatures. For centuries, the stone was uncared for, and nature began to reclaim the art, until the 1970s when efforts began to preserve the pieces, and today it is a major tourist attraction, though still privately owned nearly five centuries in.

Kids, Monsters, and Lemons

churl — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:09:57 -0800

Little kids are tough, but I have discovered their weakness.

Custom Monkey Drawings & More

jonson — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:24:26 -0800

Illustrator Apelad has many various projects & flickrsets, including the fairly well known Laugh Out Loud Cats & the Hodgman inspired Hobo Names project, but some of the lesser known ones are awesome as well, including this set of images created for common HTTP Errors, this Alphabet of Monsters, and a personal favorite, Monkey!, wherein users send in a monkey description and receive in return a drawing.

The Brain That Wouldn't Die movie review

Chinese Jet Pilot — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:23:42 -0800

The Brain That Wouldn't Die is the best public domain movie I've seen all week. Abe Baker's spooky original jazz score is a staple in sci-fi B movies. The monster is played by Eddie Carmel, subject of Diane Arbus' A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y. 1970, in his first screen appearance. And I can't overlook the feminist take on this postwar gorefest. See for yourself.

Monsters!

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:56:07 -0800

MONSTERS. While Cthulhu enjoys frequent attention, Monster Brain does not discriminate in its collection of fine monster illustrations. Monster Brain likes awesome monsters. Monster Brain likes scary monsters. Monster Brain likes cute monsters. Monster Brain likes abstract monsters. I don't know what kind of monster this is.

That shit is deep.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:52:59 -0800

Dude, there are some fucked up creatures crawling around on the ocean floor.

Taste the Blood of 10-Year-Old Dracula!

Astro Zombie — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:09:58 -0800

What did kids do before the Internet? Well, some bought makeup magazines, grabbed their parents' Super-8 cameras, and made their own horror movies. Now that kids have the Internet? Well, more of the same (albeit with slightly less sophisticated monsters). (YouTube, Google Video).

Animal Collectives. Ann Rynd beware

sotonohito — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:42:35 -0800

English names for groups various creatures are often bizarre. Many of the stranger collective nouns came from the Boke of St. Albans. Most lists don't include a "parliament of rooks" any longer. Lists of collective animal names are available for children and adults. Though, oddly there doesn't seem to be a collective name for humans as a species, numerous names (mostly silly) exist for types of human groups. Dispute does exist in the world of collective nouns. Officially monkeys are grouped in "troops", but most people would agree that the proper term for a group of monkeys is barrel . However debate seems to have been closed on the subject of the proper term for a group of tentacle monsters (NSFW). Of course, you have to know how the proper grammar when using collective nouns.

Fathom

plep — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:19:28 -0800

The biology of B-movie monsters ; ancient Greek curse and love magic; the correspondence of Elizabeth I and James VI; Egil Skallagrimsson, poet and killer; the mythology of Harry Potter; Pinocchio's cultural heirs; Tiananmen's legacy; experimental art in China; the question of Hatshepshut's character. Articles courtesy of the Fathom Archive, 2000-2003.