To be completely transparent with you fellow reader, I originally hated Johannes Nyholm’s Koko-di Koko-Da. I’m usually a fan of Nordic surrealist fables with a pinch of dark promiscuity, with films such as Trollhunter and Border being particular examples of films which I’ve previously was enamored with in the past. However, in the case of […]

From Loch Ness to Moby Dick, we’ve all been sensitized to the campy world of mythical nautical monsters. Sung with proclamations of infamous glory, alongside the very same ballads and shanties, there’s something pure about retellings of fabled fiction, that makes it so instantaneously likable. The content of these “stories” aren’t necessarily good per-say, but […]

In a world of the paranormal, where ghouls ooze ectoplasm and poltergeist terrorize innocent civilians with horrific acts of bothersome incantations, the chaotic stigma against these very invisible presences, is one that comes from discrete prejudice. Sure, we can debate for hours on end, if their either inherently fictional or real supernatural beings from the […]

A few months ago, at the peak of awards season consideration, I mentioned a brief comment regarding the work of famed animation director Masaaki Yuasa. In a piece comparing Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai of the Future to the likings of Hayao Miyazaki and the Studio Ghibli establishment, I expressed my sincere admiration yet simultaneous gripes with […]

We’ve all thirsted the sweet taste of dignified vengeance at one point in our everyday mundane lives. Either if it’s fictionally depicted on the silver screen, or simply demonstrated on a news broadcast; whenever we see vigilante justice in our mainstream media, we usually side with the perpetrator, or better known as the “anti-hero” in […]

Ever since the start of the Cold War, when high stakes nuclear warfare and psychological tensions were on the rise, a new kind of monster entered the stratosphere of horrific pop culture. We’ve all heard of the living dead, zombies as we would regularly call them; jelly-fish like humanoids with one sole purpose – to […]