This awesome chart plots the intersection of teenage werewolves and irate sharks. Click here to enlarge. (via popchartlab.com)
Culture Buzz Pop artist, Johnny Sampson imagines what classic movie monsters might look like in their 70’s high school yearbook. Frankenstein is lookin' pretty groovy! (Via)
The greatest movie you may never see. Japan, you never cease to amaze me. [Editor's Note: Hitoshi Matsumoto's superhero mockumentary is rated PG-13 for “monster sexuality” (for reals), and is currently playing in New York and LA.]
Movie Buzz The casting director of Shelter, a Julianne Moore/Jonathan Rhys Meyers horror movie about to start filming, was fired after putting out a call for inbred-looking people to play West Virginia hillbillies. West Virginians were not amused. We wonder, don’t they have makeup artists for that sort of thing? Interestingly, a British government minister only got a slap on the wrist for his recent comments about British Muslims’ inbred look.
Movie Buzz The mysterious monster from Cloverfield will be available as a toy. Though the look of the Cloverfield monster is a closely guarded secret, Hasbro has begun taking orders for a toy version that will ship September 30, 2008. Though no image is provided, some think NBC may have planted a spoiler in Kenneth’s dream journal on 30 Rock.
Movie Buzz With a new trailer, a new official site (plus several new viral marketing sites), buzz for the secret J.J. Abrams Movie is building steadily. As long as it’s better than Snakes On A Plane, we’ll all be happy. Update: Cloverfield reviews have been great so far!