The 2014 “Danish dramatic horror mystery” When Animals Dream is now available to buy or stream in North America. Everything I’ve seen and heard about it since it premiered at Cannes last year has been extremely compelling, and I’m really looking forward to seeing it. (more…)
Granville Island Brewing’s limited edition “Growl at the Moon” brews & growler
Werewolves and beer have been an oddly consistent pairing over the years I’ve been running this site, but the brewery involved has always been on the other side of an international border. This time it’s different! (more…)
“Snarling Werewolf” is the twisted fever dream of a werewolf costume
Pretend you have a bad fever and you’ve taken too much cold medicine. You put on a werewolf costume just as the dextromethorphan starts to make the room’s colours fluoresce and walls drip, and then you look at yourself in a mirror. You see the Snarling Werewolf staring back at you. (more…)
An American Werewolf in London & 14 other horror icons join Funko’s Mystery Minis line
I’m an incurable completionist and I’m not into gambling, so knowledge of Funko’s upcoming addition to its Horror Collection Mystery Minis series has been squeezing my brain all afternoon. They’re adding 15 new adorable monsters, and one of them is David Kessler from An American Werewolf in London. (more…)
Wes Craven passes away at 76
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter and many other sources, film director and horror impresario Wes Craven passed away at his Los Angeles home this weekend after a battle with brain cancer. He was 76. (more…)
Wind storm means power & internet outage
Just a quick note to let readers know that due to an unexpectedly intense wind storm, I and many others in the metro Vancouver have been without power or reliable internet since Saturday. Posts will resume as soon as both of those things return.
Full Moon Features: Ginger Snaps
Fifteen years ago this month, the Canadian werewolf film Ginger Snaps had its first public screening at the München Fantasy Film Fest on the way to its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. (more…)
Other were-creatures get their due in upcoming “Were-” anthology
Were- is one half of an already-funded Kickstarter campaign by Joshua Palmatier’s anthology press Zombies Need Brains. The other half, Alien Artifacts, has a clear subject, but as its weird punctuation implies, Were- has a catch. It’s a were-creature anthology with only one rule: no werewolves allowed. (more…)
Get your HOWL CON II tickets now, get shot into the moon (maybe)
Hey, remember back in February, when there was a werewolf convention just north of Portland? Remember the comics, creature FX makeup, art, panels, friends and insane music? I sure do. That was HOWL CON, and it was the most fun I’ve had at a convention, ever. And it’s happening again. (more…)
Support Mai-Coh, “An Art-House Horror Feature Film”
Filmmaker Kei Pervaiz has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her upcoming art house/horror film Mai-Coh, about an “ancient Navajo curse” brought to life and a young woman who “craves blood and revenge”. (more…)