In honor of the holiday, we asked the various Fictosphere contributors what their ideal costume would be, or has been, or whatever! And no, there’s no pictures of any females in any costumes in this article. We have intentionally misled you in a bid for traffic. Matt “Matsu Her-O” Heywood Hey everybody! Ever since IContinue reading “The Fictospherians’ Ideal Costumes”
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: “Monsters Among Us”
We’re returning to the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles once again for a multi-part epic swarming with monsters. For those of you unfamiliar with the Ninja Turtles, as they’re colloquially known, I wrote about them here and, as prophesied, you can get a quick run-down of what’s what in the beginning of that article, thoughContinue reading “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: “Monsters Among Us””
Madhouse (1974)
I’ve had the pleasure of watching this film a few times since first writing this post–as originally featured at Crane’s Cabinet of Kinetographic Curiosities–and I tend to like it more and more each time. But, I’ll let the review itself speak to why that is, and follow with a couple of additional comments after that.Continue reading “Madhouse (1974)”
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Summary: Young real estate agent Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is sent by his boss Renfield (Roland Topor) to sell an old dilapidated house in Wismar (across from Harker’s own, as luck would have it) to a Transylvanian count named Dracula (Klaus Kinski). Harker’s psychic wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) begs him not to go as sheContinue reading “Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)”
King Lycaon of Arcadia and the Lykaia
Being that this is October, I felt it appropriate to post something I wrote back in 2009 concerning the mythological origins of werewolves. Now, obviously, the Greek origin isn’t the only one that exists. Like vampires, werewolf and shape-shifter myths exist in cultures from virtually all over the world. However, being partially of Greek (and,Continue reading “King Lycaon of Arcadia and the Lykaia”
The Fictosphere Spooktacular: A Brief Introduction
It’s October, and everyone knows what that means: People obsessed with pumpkin spice everything. Also, Halloween! We at the Fictosphere would like to concentrate a bit on the latter this month. While it’s no secret that we love monsters here (many of Mike Podgor’s past Throwback Thursday posts are from a blog concerned with theContinue reading “The Fictosphere Spooktacular: A Brief Introduction”
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