You may recognize Krampus from this year’s holiday horror movie with the same name. This post is not about the movie. It’s about the monster. The Krampus of Germanic folklore predates the movie by at least four centuries or so. In fact, this Christmas monster may even predate Christmas—or at least, the time when central Europeans […]
Monster of the Week: Trash Monster
Hey there. Courtesy of hauling a big ol’ heap of stuff halfway across the country, this week I bring you a short and not-so-sweet post about literal garbage. Possibly the most fearsome monster that any of us do battle with on a daily basis—but what is a garbage monster, really? There are a few kinds. […]
Monster of the Week: Phoenix
So the phoenix isn’t really a monster, sure. Hey, these don’t all have to be creepy. It’s been an unseasonably warm December around here, so I’m going to put off my wintery posts a little bit and bask in the warmth of everybody’s favorite firebird: the phoenix. I mean, you know what a phoenix is, right? They’re […]
Monster of the Week: Dementors
I had my first brush with existential terror during Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I couldn’t have been more than seven or eight when I watched it for the first time. I was enjoying it, too—right up to the part where Violet Beauregarde turned into a blueberry. I started bawling. Half-baked ideas about an […]