571. Monsters Like Moving to Ironically Named Locations
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Don’t Order Popcorn: An SML Review of “A Quiet Place”
Rom-coms doubled their audiences with the bromance. Scifi and fantasy have reached unprecedented levels of popularity in recent years, now serving far more than just the “geek squad.” Everyone has always loved a good action hero. But in many ways, horror is still defined by who it is NOT for.…
507. Monsters Like Seeing the Eiffel Tower Just Once before They Die
Who would find such beauty in rusting wrought iron? What type of being is fascinated by one of the world’s largest lightning rods? Just like the ones found in Doctor Frankenstein’s laboratory that brought life to cold flesh. Which kind of creature would be enchanted by a metal object that…
506. Monsters Like the Cost-Benefit Ratio of a Higher Education
495. Monsters Like Public Transportation
Think of the worst day you can imagine. Now think of the one thing that could make it feel infinitely longer and exponentially worse. Public transportation. Whether you’re waiting in the searing summer heat for a bus that’s running late or trying to cram yourself into a subway car without…
487. Monsters Like Creating the Entire Known Universe
Warning: this post is filled with factual history! Once upon a time, God, Vishnu, the Greek titans, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster were hanging out at Stephen Hawking’s house playing poker. One of the titans had a little too much ambrosia and started spouting off about all the cool things…
452. Monsters Like Assaulting Your Olfactory Senses
They’re terrifying. They’re stomach turning, they’re so disgusting. They’re deadly contagious. Some are just plain deadly. But the one thing you always forget about monsters, zombies, woods-bound ax murderers, hell spawn, sewer creatures, and the like: They smell rank. We’re talking week-old-feces, roadkill skunks, B.O.-miasma, stomach-bile-in-the-sun rank. Run, little ones.…
431. Monsters Like Defying Scientific Logic
Detective, let me set you straight. Yes, to you it may seem like I appeared out of nowhere, on the earthly plane, at least. But I’m not human! I’ve spent millennia reigning the underworld, torturing broken souls. And, yes, yes—you did see me get shot six times. You could shoot…
