I have seen HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER twice. I watched GOZU until the end (and rewound the dog part five times). I watched LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT last night just to see if it's worth the remake that's coming out later this year.* And I'm the guy at the party that pretentiously interjects CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST into the conversation about cult films among people that haven't even seen Rocky Horror all the way through.
But this made me throw up in my mouth a little.
(This is a two-spotted ribbonworm. It is real. And eeyew eeyew eeyew eeyew EEYEEEEWWWW!!!!!!)
* It's not.
Showing posts with label CREEPY CREATURES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CREEPY CREATURES. Show all posts
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
SOME MONSTERS THAT NEVER QUITE CAUGHT ON WITH THE PUBLIC
The Guy Of Average Height and Weight Of Notre Dame
The WereCareBears
Demonkey
That Darn Gorgon
Thogdarr, The Creature That Talks To You On The Bus
The Olive Loaf of Dorian Gray
Nibbula, Hamster of Dracula!
WereWaldo?
Milli Godzilli
The Phantom Of The Lady Foot Locker
Dr. Six Nipples, The Man With Six Nipples
Mantelope
Monday, March 10, 2008
OUR HORRIBLE WORLD: Nom on Mom
Horror isn’t just for movies, you know. Why, just look around you! The world is chock full of rank, vomitous and otherwise mind-numbing phenomena! That’s why from time to time I’m going to take a break from the make believe horrors of art and screen and introduce you to some of the true-to-life terror from…OUR HORRIBLE WORLD!
Motherhood! The cornerstone of any balanced breakfast. At least it is for this slimy brood of caecilians (suh-SILL-yunz). Precious!
Are they worms? Are they snakes? You’d be wrong on both counts, Mark Trail. Caecilians are amphibians, which makes them more closely related to newts and toads. And they live underground in the tropics, so they’re rarely seen and hardly studied. But the fine, fine crew of the BBC One series LIFE IN COLD BLOOD were able to film a mama caecilian with her hungry brood and document a truly nauseating wonder of nature.
Baby caecilians are born with a series of tiny hook teeth in their mouths. For a long time no one knew why. Now it turns out that they’re specialized for eating their own mother! But it gets even more horrible, because the babies need to eat about once every three days and mama caecilian has evolved to re-grow a fatty, nutrient-rich new layer of skin in that amount of time so that her babies can eat her again.
And again.
And again.
And as fast as the savage, hook toothed rugrats can feast, mama just keeps growing her fatty flesh back as fast as she loses it. Just like Oprah.
So remember, the next time your nipples are chafing after a rigorous breastfeeding, turn that frown upside down and count your lucky stars that your little gobbler isn't gnawing the whole thing off! Because it’s the lowly caecilian that really pulled the childcare short straw in…OUR HORRIBLE WORLD!
Motherhood! The cornerstone of any balanced breakfast. At least it is for this slimy brood of caecilians (suh-SILL-yunz). Precious!
Are they worms? Are they snakes? You’d be wrong on both counts, Mark Trail. Caecilians are amphibians, which makes them more closely related to newts and toads. And they live underground in the tropics, so they’re rarely seen and hardly studied. But the fine, fine crew of the BBC One series LIFE IN COLD BLOOD were able to film a mama caecilian with her hungry brood and document a truly nauseating wonder of nature.
Baby caecilians are born with a series of tiny hook teeth in their mouths. For a long time no one knew why. Now it turns out that they’re specialized for eating their own mother! But it gets even more horrible, because the babies need to eat about once every three days and mama caecilian has evolved to re-grow a fatty, nutrient-rich new layer of skin in that amount of time so that her babies can eat her again.
And again.
And again.
And as fast as the savage, hook toothed rugrats can feast, mama just keeps growing her fatty flesh back as fast as she loses it. Just like Oprah.
So remember, the next time your nipples are chafing after a rigorous breastfeeding, turn that frown upside down and count your lucky stars that your little gobbler isn't gnawing the whole thing off! Because it’s the lowly caecilian that really pulled the childcare short straw in…OUR HORRIBLE WORLD!
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