Monthly Archives: August 2008

Snowbeast, 1977

This was in keeping with the Bigfoot theme started yesterday, and I might return to it in a week or two, but the rest of this week’s movies will be unrelated to cryptozoology. I think.

I tried several times to write a snarky, knowing, witty review of this, but I just can’t.
Because Snowbeast not a [...]

The Legend of Bigfoot, 1975

Recently there was another Bigfoot farce. The hoaxers held a press conference claiming they had a Bigfoot body1, but brought little to show — a couple blurry pictures, and DNA test results that led to some truly entertaining rationalizations.
I’ve always been fascinated by cryptozoology. When I was quite young, and gullible, I tended [...]

That’s been obvious since the mid-’90s, at least

Quoth Furious D:
[T]he problem Mike Myers has is Mike Myers.
D is, as always, deeply insightful into the Hollywood mindset.

Rage

First, look into these eyes:

Just keep looking for a few moments.
Now read how her own mother treated her. (þ Herself)
If your reaction is other than murderous rage, or an intense desire to take that poor little girl in your arms and do anything to make things better, there might be something wrong with you.
Read to [...]