Weird News: Chainsaw Wielding Police Force Police lieutenant Bruce Ferguson of Lansing Michigan has stockpiled chainsaws so his men can decapitate the undead if they invade the town. "If zombies start invading," he said, "we'll know how to close the streets." Sun Oct 26; Sunday Mail, Oct 28, 2007. Want more Weird News? Sign up for my FREE Newsletter. Horror Quote of the Day What's New with Tim Kane Etymology of Vampire and Zombie My article "The Un-History of the Undead" has been published by Verbatim. This is a language quarterly, but it suits the article, as it traces the history of the two words through early myth and then up through film. Imagine that a vampire knocked on your door—a real, true to life (or death) vampire. You open the door and find a ruddy-faced overweight man with long fingernails, his mouth and left eye open, and dressed in a linen shroud. Not what you expected? Did you expect to find a well-groomed man, tall with pale skin, fangs, and a cape slung around his shoulders? Read the whole article. Scary Review of Changing Vampire Scary Monsters Magazine (issue 65) gave The Changing Vampire of Film and Television rave reviews. "Every single film is put under a microscope and analyzed. After going through the book twice, I can't think of a single omission. McFarland has a long history of publishing books that brilliantly document the history of our beloved SCARY movie genre. THE CHANGING VAMPIRE OF FILM AND TELEVISION is one of their best." They really understood what I was after with the book.Read the whole review. Museum of Arkane Objects This is an artifact from H. P. Lovecraft's fictional Antarctic expedition in the 1931 story "At the Mountains of Madness". The jar contains a Cthulhu spawn from the ruined city of R'leh. This relic includes a journal of the progress complete with sketches of various creatures and the ruined city. The three jars have miscellaneous specimens. Also included are two compasses (one of each type), and some mineral samples. This was created by the prolific Alex CF, steampunk artist extraordinaire. Check out his other work.		Read about vampire films and severed hands. Visit the bookstore now! The Weekly Rot The Film Fatale Read the latest scoop on the newest flicks.  The Silent Scream See what The Film Fatale has to say on classic horror flicks. Weekly Lexiphanic Word

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