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A scholar of various popular cultural film studies has passed away. Images.

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A series of new sightings have caused a graphic warning to be issued. Image.

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Breaking News: Ben Radford, the managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer, appears to have made a major breakthrough regarding Chupacabras, after all. Several images.

Warning: Contains distracting photos of Natasha Henstridge.

Read: Chupacabras Solution: Neither New Species, Nor Silly »

“I’m happy to say that in the few weeks since I sent that email out, her condition has improved dramatically. I spent time with her at the hospital on Sunday. Her jaw is wired shut, so she communicates by writing. But we sat around and talked and joked like normal. She denied it, but I’m pretty sure I even caught a couple smiles.”

Read: An Update On Jamie Belty, The LEGEND OF GRASSMAN Crew Member Who Was Assaulted With A Hammer »

Springtime is for Yetis. Images.

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What’s going on here?

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What is it? Images.

Media attention update.

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The $1,000,000 Hunt For Bigfoot offered a chance for 400 participants, for $250 apiece, to win the bounty for catching Bigfoot in a photograph during a July 10-14 event at Kendall Mountain Resort in Silverton.

However, the event appears to be about as real as the mythical hairy forest-dweller itself.

Read: Million Dollar Colorado Bigfoot Hunt A Hoax? »

The film begins with New Mexico State Police Sergeant Ben Peterson (James Whitmore) discovers a little girl wandering the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, mute and in a state of shock. More mysterious deaths and disappearances occur in the area. When a store owner named Gramps Johnson is found dead, his store literally torn apart, his empty rifle bent and twisted beside the body, the cops theorize that there is a maniac killer on the loose. But, as Peterson’s boss points out (after Peterson’s patrol partner Ed Blackburn, played by Chris Drake, disappears without a trace), Gramps’ 30-30 was emptied and “Ed Blackburn was a crack shot. He could hit anything he could see. So unless your killer is armored like a battleship, there’s no maniac in this case.” It’s up to the coroner to deliver the verdict that “Gramps Johnson could have died in any one of five ways: his neck and back were broken, his skull was fractured, his chest was crushed, and here’s one for Sherlock Holmes. There was enough formic acid in his body to kill twenty men.”

Read: Them! (1954)(Warner Bros) »

Some small independent films never get the kind of grand premieres that big-budget Hollywood films do. Instead of star-studded events at the Pantages, Cinerama Dome, Egyptian or Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, these smaller films normally get their first viewing at a local movie house or drive-in.

When you are a high school film maker then, sometimes, your school auditorium will have to do.

No there won’t be any stretch limos, or A-list celebrities at the premiere of Gretchen Kessler’s, “The Legend of the Loveland Frogmen”, but if the young film maker continues on this path, they may be showing up for one or more of her films screenings in the future.

Read: THE LEGEND OF THE LOVELAND FROGMEN – Premiere Info »

The International Cryptozoology Museum values the popular cultural worth and educational learning that can be generated by saving and exhibiting such items.
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Tourists visit Maine for more than lobsters. Image.

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I was just forwarded a very sad e-mail from “The Legend of Grassman” director, Tyler Meyer. According to the film maker, one of his volunteers on the film, 23-year-old Jamie Belty, was attacked this past weekend in her apartment by an ex-boyfriend with a hammer. Reportedly the young woman is in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital.

Read: A Call Out To All Fans To Help THE LEGEND OF GRASSMAN Crew Member After Assault »

Who could have imagined that Mothman would dominate the fringe cryptozoology news during the spring of 2010? Images.

Read: Explosive Month of Mothman Mayhem »

That brings me to today’s topic, a newly announced giant monster flick called “Spider 3D”, which is just beginning production at Nu Image studios. The film, which will be directed by Tibor Takacs (The Gate) is an obvious homage to films like “Tarantula”, “The Deadly Mantis” and “Black Scorpion”. Films that used to make peoples skin crawl some 40+ years ago.

Read: Tibor Takacs And Nu Image Are About To Unleash SPIDER IN 3D! »