by Rob Baddorf | Dec 7, 2018 | Mythic Monsters
If you’re looking for a classic (b-movie) to watch sometime soon, then look no further! Filled to the brim with good monsters, good mayhem, and good cheese (the acting, folks)! Watch the movie trailer here! Spoilers ahead. But really, telling you the plot to...
by Rob Baddorf | Mar 16, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
An ancient tale of monsters and men! If you can push through text, it’s a wonderful story. I highly recommend the translation by Seamus Heaney. Grendel is one of three antagonists (along with Grendel’s mother and the dragon) in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem...
by Rob Baddorf | Mar 14, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
When the moon is full, I get all itchy. I thought it was my laundry detergent. Turns out to be something more… A werewolf (from Old English: wer, “man”), man-wolf, or lycanthrope (Greek: λυκάνθρωπος, lykánthropos: λύκος, lykos, “wolf”,...
by Rob Baddorf | Mar 13, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
A classic movie from the visual effects master, Ray Harryhausen. Best known for it’s sequence involving multiple skeleton warriors, this movie offers many wonderful monsters to add to the list of greats. PLOT: Pelias (Douglas Wilmer), misinterpreting the...
by Rob Baddorf | Mar 12, 2017 | Mythic Monsters
Another powerful and wonderfully creepy little film that caused a big splash! If you can find it in 3D and you still have a pair of anaglyph glasses (red/blue) you’ll love this feature film. PLOT: A geology expedition in the Amazon uncovers fossilized evidence...
