"Yeah. Tell him he's about to copulate with a creature from outer space."A year ago, after watching and researching Tetsuo: The Iron Man, I learned how the film’s message focused on and depicted the fear of the machine and man’s place in the steadily industrialized cityscape of the modern world, told through the morbid experience … Continue reading Monster of the Week: Sil (Species) – 1995 | New 5th Edition Monster
Keep what you kill. Foot soldiers in the vast Necromonger Empire, the infantry of these fanatical legions adorn black armor and wield weapons unknown by any but the most advanced civilizations found throughout the multiverse. Pale, intimidating and taught to seek glory in death, Necromongers wish to extinguish all life and enter the Threshold unto … Continue reading Chronicles of Riddick (2004) – Necromonger | New 5th Edition Monster
Convert now, or fall forever. Ruler of the Necromonger Empire, the man who would become the newest Lord Marshal brought about the most extreme form of his peoples dark philosophy. Through his reign, civilizations unwilling to convert to the Necromonger Way were met with annihilation, servitude and infanticide. Hoping to drive his followers through the … Continue reading Chronicles of Riddick (2004) – Zhylaw the Last | New 5th Edition Monster
Either translated using its Greek origins into "evil spirit" (kakodaimon) or from Latin roots as "pooping demon", Doom's iconic cacodemon is instantly recognizable far beyond its player base. With a design ripped from a Dungeon and Dragon's cover for its 1987 Manual of the Planes which featured a wicked looking Astral Dreadnaught by legend Jeff … Continue reading Video Game Monster: Cacodemon (1993) | New 5th Edition Monster
What's this? Videodrome? - Torture. Murder. Sounds great. I rarely get 'obsessed' with movies. When I do, they're almost always horror flicks. My newest obsession is David Cronenberg's 1983 masterpiece Videodrome. (Long live the New Flesh!) I've heard of Cronenberg's work through the horror ether but the only film of his I've seen to date … Continue reading Videodrome (1983) – Flesh Receptacle | New 5th Edition Item
