Monster Menagerie

Okay, here’s what’s been happening monster wise: I saw “Tales from the Crypt” (1972) when it was on TV last month.  I hadn’t seen it since its theatrical release when I was only 10 years old.  I completely remember the first story that stared Joan Collins.  The second story was forgettable –I don’t remember that one at all.  Now the third story with Peter Cushing: I remember that one because when I was a ten-year-old that just ate a giant Krackle chocolate bar by himself, I barf...

Okay, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this site.  Being employed seems to take up a lot of my time!  I’m now working in a call center –scary, huh?

    I acquired a couple of books and added them to my library: I just got “Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos” by Kerry Gammill & J. David Spurlock.  Very good stuff!  Since I don’t own a copy of “Famous Monsters of Filmland” (hard to believe) I can marvel over Gogos’ artwork without paying the price of a highly coll...

Okay, I went to the biggest monster convention on the west coast: Monsterpalooza!  April 9-11, in Burbank California.  Here’s the thing: I promised to do a write up for my blog, however, I wrote a big report and submitted it to Scary Monsters magazine.  Dennis Druktenis, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, is considering printing my article!  So, if I posted it all here, wouldn’t I be scooping the magazine that I want to be published in?

I can say that it was a very good show! I really en...

The new 3-D movies promise audiences with an enhanced entertainment experience, but some are just finding it just annoying.  There are between 2% and 12% of the population that can’t see 3-D due to blindness in one eye or mild binocular disorder.  Some people will leave from screenings early because of headaches and dizziness.

Sure the 3-D effects were amazing in Avatar, but after all the pizzazz you’re left with a weak plot.  3-D didn’t help with the storytelling.

Right now, there ...

Monsterpalooza the biggest West Coast Monster Con will be held in Burbank, California on April 9^th through 11^th, 2010.  For more information go to www.rubberromm101.com .  This will be great!  The Chaney family will be there and many other monster and horror guest.  All of the vendor tables sold out months ago!

New Exclusive Animation!

I just uploaded a new video in the Monster Tube area of this site!  It’s called “Savings To Die For”.  If you notice that the tutorial for the self-checkout stand at the grocery store uses CGI figures from the program called “Poser”.   Since I’ve been using Poser for my animations I thought it would be funny to make my own tutorial of a person buying things to do away with an unwanted house guest!  Watch carefully and listen to what she’s buying…

Welcome!  I’ve been getting a lot of new visitors to this site and I want to extend a hardy hand shake!  One reason that new visitors have been directed to the site is that I’ve been posting my videos to every file sharing site that I can find!  The one with the most traffic (is NOT Youtube) is Metacafe.  I got more hits in one hour than I did on Youtube in two months!  Also I’ve been calling myself the “Proprietor of Monster Menagerie” whenever I’ve made a comment on other sites ...

I just finished another video!  This one is called “Ghost Stories” (can be seen in the Monster Tube area).  The video is a collection of theme-driven clips that I made, involving ghost.  There’s a recreation of the hallway scene from The Shining (come play with us Danny, forever and forever and forever).  I also made one scene from Poltergeist.   I’m not completely satisfied with the outcome, but some clips came out better than expected while others…

I used Poser 3 to make the clip...