Archive for the “Movie Monsters”
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 14th, 2006
Over at Dread Central, the Foywonder mentions a new movie to be screened in September: That Lance Henriksen must really dig Bigfoot. Every time you turn around ol’ Lance is turning up in a Sasquatch movie. He already survived Sasquatch, wasn’t so lucky in Abominable, and now he’s bracing for a rubber match with Bigfoot […]
Read: Henriksen Handles Bigfoot (Again) »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptid Cinema, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Sasquatch, Television | 13 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on August 3rd, 2006
The above creature was last seen on drive-in screens in the film Zontar, the Thing From Venus. Movie producer Edwin Tobolowsky, 86, died on July 29, 2006. He was well-known for his involvement in motion pictures dealing with creatures based very loosely, in some cases, on cryptozoological themes or "cryptozoocinema." Above is the ancient thing […]
Read: Creature Feature Genius Dies »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Mothman, Movie Monsters, Obituaries, Swamp Monsters, Television | 7 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 30th, 2006
Recognize the guy here? Not the hairy one, but the guy underneath, on the right? Ah, that’s the Mac Guy. He’s become more famous for this role than some of his movies. But Justin Long is a rather up and coming young actor. He has been in more movies than you probably remember. Right now, […]
Read: Mac Guy Meets Bigfoot »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Media Appearances, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Sasquatch | 6 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 25th, 2006
The mad scientist, Dr. Carrington, in the 1951 Howard Hawks’ horror thriller, The Thing, has died. The Los Angeles Times reports that Robert Cornthwaite, 89, “a character actor whose more than 50-year career in theater, films and television included roles in classic thrillers and thrilling classics…died of natural causes Thursday (July 20, 2006) at the […]
Read: Dr. Carrington of The Thing Dies »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Obituaries, Pop Culture | 7 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 21st, 2006
Werewolves are popping up all over. You merely have to go to any theater and find one. There is, for example, Scrunt, a werewolf-like creature, in M. Night Shyamalan’s new Lady in the Water. One of Linda Godfrey’s good illustrations of you-know-what. Reporting from 2006 San Diego Comic-Con, Day One, on Friday July 21st, Dark […]
Read: Comic Con: Skinwalkers »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Media Appearances, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture | 6 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 13th, 2006
Sometimes I start one place, go down a side road, end up elsewhere, and find my way back to say goodbye. The 1950s-1960s movie and television character actor Christian Drake, who played Trooper Ed Blackburn in the classic 1954 film Them!, has died at the age of 82. Is it a coincidence that I just […]
Read: Them! and Skullduggery: The Bridge to Johor »
Categorized as: Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Malaysian Bigfoot, Movie Monsters, Obituaries, Pop Culture, Reviews | 11 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 12th, 2006
Yes, that quoted phrase is the subsection title that columnist Melanie Conklin of the Wisconsin State Journal of Madison, Wisconsin, employs in her little segment on the The Beast of Bray Road. It is not often that you see a modern newspaper writer employing what, in essence, is a racial slur with a mention about […]
Read: “White-Trash Werewolf Smorgasbord” »
Categorized as: Books, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Reviews, Television | 11 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 11th, 2006
Recently, I mentioned actor Matt Lattimore’s death and one of the last movies in which he appeared. Now you have a chance to watch him and that film tonight. Matt Lattimore Fred Tepper, the director of Sasquatch Hunters (2005) writes in with news of his film’s screening today. Tepper emails: My Bigfoot movie, Sasquatch Hunters […]
Read: Sasquatch Hunters Screens »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Sasquatch, Television | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 9th, 2006
After the success of The Mothman Prophecies, the sleepy town of Point Pleasant has reawakened. The organizers of the annual Mothman Festival at the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, have announced that they will once again have their event. The 5th annual MOTHMAN FESTIVAL will be held here in downtown Point Pleasant on […]
Read: Mothman + 40 »
Categorized as: Breaking News, Conferences, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Mothman, Movie Monsters, Museums, Pop Culture, Public Forum | 7 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 8th, 2006
I was asked earlier this week, what Bigfoot non-fiction films would I recommend? As the extremely well-educated adult who understood his own learning style honestly noted: “I am not a very fast reader. Please direct me to anything I can purchase and view on DVD.” Okay, basically, that’s a fair request, as some people are […]
Read: The Ultimate Bigfoot DVD Couch Potato List »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Reviews, Sasquatch, Television | 8 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 4th, 2006
Just a brief note that with the success of Jack Black in the movie Nacho Libre (2006), many North Americans are awakening to the popularity of luche libre ("free-style fighting"). The masked version of Mexican professional wrestling has been around since the 1930s. As a reflection of popular culture, it is not surprising that cryptids […]
Read: Luche Libre: Chupacabras »
Categorized as: Breaking News, Chupacabras, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Media Appearances, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 27th, 2006
Entertainment Insiders announced that actor Matt Lattimore, 45, has died of undisclosed causes on June 4, 2006. He was born March 24, 1961, in Long Beach, California, and lived and worked in California most of his life. The star of over 25 television commercials, Lattimore also acted in five motion pictures, including the lead role […]
Read: Sasquatch Hunters’ Lead Dies »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Breaking News, Cryptotourism, CryptoZoo News, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Obituaries, Pop Culture, Sasquatch | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 24th, 2006
With all of the talk here on Cryptomundo about Bob Gray and his film Bigfoot, news from the Cleveland Plain Dealer today is that the movie is available for download. That’s right, for only $7.99, you can download the entire movie from VideoForiPods.com. Better hurry, as it is on sale, and the price normally is […]
Read: Bob Gray’s Bigfoot »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Public Forum, Reviews, Sasquatch, Swamp Monsters | 6 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 23rd, 2006
With all of the talk here on Cryptomundo about Bigfoot movies, the good, bad and the ugly, I thought that I would give the readers of Cryptomundo the opportunity to weigh in with their picks. I still pick The Legend of Boggy Creek as my favorite. Not for the great cinematic effort that it wasn’t, […]
Read: Your Pick for Best and Worst Bigfoot Movie »
Categorized as: Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Cryptid Cinema, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Pop Culture, Public Forum, Reviews, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Swamp Monsters, Television, Yeti, Yowie | 22 Comments »
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 23rd, 2006
As Cryptomundo reader jedword posted on my original post regarding this movie here on Cryptomundo, Stomp! Shout! Scream! is available on DVD now from the movie website, as well as on Amazon.com. It can’t be any worse than David Shealy’s "documentary" The Ochopee Skunk Ape.
Read: Stomp! Shout! Scream! The Skunk Ape DVD is Out! »
Categorized as: Bigfoot, Bigfoot Report, Cryptozoology, Movie Monsters, Public Forum, Sasquatch, Skunk Apes, Swamp Monsters | 7 Comments »