Category Archives: Mysteries

Outing the Lake Champlain Monster

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 by Robert Hood

It seems every decent-sized lake with dark, murky waters is home to a monster — or at least to a legend of one. Most of them are, like the infamous Nessie in Scotland’s Loch Ness, rather plesiosaurian or at least … Continue reading →

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Little Mechanical Critters Infest the Woods

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Robert Hood

Here’s another take on monster infestation as seen through the eyes of participants, made in the mockumentary style of The Troll Hunter [trolls], District 9 [aliens], Monsters [alien organisms] and, most famously, The Blair Witch Project [a dead witch] (or … Continue reading →

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Backwood Horror Emerges From the Forest

Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 by Robert Hood

Lost Woods (US-2010; dir. Nathan and Philip Ellering) A monster-thriller written and directed by the Ellering Bros. Director of Photography: Lance Kuhns. Cast: Joey Brown, Garrett Vander Leun, Nina Brissey, Phillip Ellering and Nathan Ellering. A few days ago we … Continue reading →

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Big Troll Sighted

Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010 by Robert Hood

I’ve always thought of trolls as large and monstrous, but a new Norwegian monster film seems to have upped the ante considerably. Apparently (as you can see from the trailer below) the filmmakers have hitherto been careful to keep the … Continue reading →

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It’s a MM(+9)ystery!

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2010 by Robert Hood

This post is about a mystery contained in a mystery. Last week Undead Backbrain’s Avery Guerra stumbled upon a video posted to YouTube by tomoro55 — a Channel that concentrates on the work of Japanese director Kiyotaka Taguchi. Taguchi is … Continue reading →

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New: Haunting of Winchester House

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

The Asylum’s latest film doesn’t so much make exploitative reference to an upcoming blockbuster, but to a “terrifying true story”. It is the story of a mansion in California, once the residence of Sarah Winchester, widow of gun magnate William … Continue reading →

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In Cryptozoological News…

Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 by Robert Hood

A new discovery — the Bearsharktopus: Source: BoingBoing via David Carroll

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Another Loch Ness Monster

Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Loch Ness Monster (US-2005; short [15 min.]; dir. Benjamin Williams) A terrible encounter with the Loch Ness Monster haunts a woman her entire life. This short, but ambitious-looking film stars Dee Wallace Stone (among others) and won the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Black Box 2

Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 by Robert Hood

   

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