426. Monsters Like Proving that Being the Final Girl Isn’t Just for Virgins and Moral High-Grounders
425. Monsters Like Having a Lot of Names
Why have one when a single nickname just can’t contain all your awesomeness? Baal, Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, Leviathon, Abaddon, King of Babylon, Angel of Light, Old Scratch, Mephistopheles, Antichrist, The Beast, Mammon, Lucifer, Devil, Old Harry, the Gentleman in Black, The Wicked One, The Prince of Darkness—take your…
Way Worse than Coal: An SML Review of “Krampus”
At the SML Haunted Mansion and Blog Laboratory, we’re the kind of monsters that don’t let a few bad reviews sway us from watching a movie. And when the reviews are all over the board? Well, that’s just all the more reason to dive right into a film. Such is…
424. Monsters Like Knowing Who has Been Naughty
423. Monsters Like Licking Knives
Why do we do it? It doesn’t give us any tactical advantage over you, our victim. In fact, it kind of hurts. Have you ever licked a knife? Well, no. Of course you haven’t. Because there’s no reason for you to have ever done it. We’ve already captured you. You’re…
Like Taking Flowers from a Shaman: An SML Review of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (2008)
I’ve always said that Mr. Hyde is one of the greatest of the original Universal Monsters. He has never gotten his due, though, likely because he has to share billing with the insipid Dr. Jekyll. Dracula would never stand for such impertinence. Jekyll and Hyde have popped up occasionally since…
422. Monsters Like the Day after the Global Apocalypse
Have you ever wondered just why monsters and evil masterminds are so gung-ho about ending humanity as we know it? It’s not something we attempt out of sheer boredom. Our end goal is not, in fact, credit for a massive and violent global apocalypse. After all, what good is fame…
421. Monsters Like Play Time
Research shows that nothing is more important to a young, developing mind than play time. And by our assessment, if a temporary play time is good for you, play time forever must be the best.
