by J.M. Plumbley | Sep 2, 2020 | Monster Meet
Content warning: spidey bois. Let me take you back to somewhere around the year 1000 in Classical Japan. Minamoto no Raikō, legendary commander and warrior, lies suffering from a fever, preparing to die. Noh theatre performances still capture the moment to this day....
by J.M. Plumbley | Apr 7, 2020 | Monster Meet
Hey everybody. I hope that you all are doing well out there and are practicing social distancing, washing your hands, and covering your face when you go out so as to not inadvertently kill anyone. I’m writing this in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, at the...
by J.M. Plumbley | Jan 10, 2020 | Monster Meet
It’s a new decade, everybody! This is the time when everyone looks at how much has happened over the past few years and makes guesses about what will happen next. We live in an era of constant and dramatic change; as interesting as that can be, being stuck in such...
by J.M. Plumbley | Dec 12, 2019 | Monster Meet
In the spirit of the holidays, let’s talk about a monster that can leave you looking like Jack Torrance at the end of The Shining! Yuki Onna (which translates to “Snow Woman”) is a Japanese yokai that borders on the edge of being...
by J.M. Plumbley | Aug 15, 2019 | Monster Meet
Did you know that Stephen King himself squirmed when he saw the Pale Man scene in Pan’s Labryrinth? Hard same, Steve. When I first saw that movie, that scene disturbed me so much that it came back around and left me grinning ear to ear. The Pale Man is geniusly...
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