monsters: demons & other undead

As much as these movies could be heavily criticized and even condemned by the Church at times, I can't get enough of them -- especially Japanese gore and Thai horror films. The whole idea that a soul can take revenge on others or even kill once its body's died fascinates me.

These films portray the folklore, fear and romanticism of death and the human desperation of being eternal. Besides I do believe in demons, the devil, hell and the eternal damnation (suffering and horror) of evil souls as punishment from God.

The whole topic brings back memories of watching Frankenstein with Boris Karloff (1931, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/) as well as TV series like The Munsters (1964-66, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057773/) and The Addams Family (1964-66, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057729) on TV as a child. Surprisingly enough, I'm not sure why I remembered this movie and two comedies in the order I did (same order as listed).

By the way, just because I like what I wrote in my previous entry, I'm quoting it here.

"In all, regardless of the intelligence humans have achieved since Adam and Eve compared to other beasts, humans are and perhaps will ever be the worst monsters humans shall ever meet."

http://project05952381.blogspot.com/2010/12/monsters-vampyr.html

monsters: vampyr

Hollywood's got an obsession -- especially as of late -- with vampires exploiting the twisted romanticism extending beyond the grave. Maybe I've bought into this years ago as I prefer vampires to most of the folklore and movie monsters. As a matter of fact, one of my all-time favorite movies is Bram Stroker's Dracula" with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Sir Anthony Hopkins (1992, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/).

Well I also like demons and other forms of the undead, but that's another topic all together (http://project05952381.blogspot.com/2010/12/monsters-demons-other-undead.html).

As somewhat of a cheap joke, I've been referred to as a vampire since my eyes have low tolerance to light (sun and artificial) and I enjoy the darkness away from the ever painful bright lights. I even wear tinted prescription glasses day and night. Of course, the joke falls apart when anyone sees the amount of garlic I consume (maybe the Italian in me).

Since this blog deals with my faith or lack of, I probably should point out that I don't believe in vampires as the undead who feed on blood to survive, but monsters don't need to suck or drink blood to feed on it. Many humans feed on the smell of blood while committing atrocities beyond what any monster story writer may think of. Just consider the horror at Auschwitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp). In all, regardless of the intelligence humans have achieved since Adam and Eve compared to other beasts, humans are and perhaps will ever be the worst monsters humans shall ever meet.

By the way, if anyone cares, I got the word vampyr from a German movie with the same name (1932, http://www..imdb.com/title/tt0023649/), which needless to say (type) means "vampire." Further more, vampyr is such a cool word!

cosmos, aliens, nukes -- what a mess!

According to the following article, aliens are spying on us. Now this is funny indeed!

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-nuclear-weapons-have-been-compromised-by-unidentified-aerial-objects-102962064.html

Maybe these aliens want to see if we're stupid enough to blow ourselves to smithereens with nukes. Then again they might be looking after us and might protect us if we screw up.

As I've mentioned before, I believe in aliens (http://project05952381.blogspot.com/2010/05/aliens-monsters-and-other-weird.html). I just can't believe that God could be selfish and only make us in this space-time.

aliens, monsters and other weird creatures -- what if?

Growing up I used to watch lots of science fiction movies and TV shows with aliens, monsters and other weird creatures (lots of black and white "horror" movies, especially with characters like Dracula and Frankenstein). Well I still wonder if there's life elsewhere in the cosmos.

Maybe earth's not the only inhabited chunk of rock in the universe. Maybe there are more of us somewhere else. Maybe, just maybe, we're not his first children, perhaps not even his last. Could this explain the missing link?