The Penny Dreadful Trailer Looks Too Good to Be True
Penny Dreadful, the latest premium cable show to exploit the talents of under-worked actors and period-piece costumers, will arrive with buckets of blood, sex, and creepy backwards hand-walking on May 11. In the meantime, this trailer will stoke your anticipation for a show about Victorian monsters that stars Josh…
Anti-Semitic Elmo Tries to Extort $2 Million from the Girl Scouts
Elmo in the news a lot lately — some good, some fucking terrible — but nevertheless, the loving furrie cannot be avoided. This time, it's because some Elmo-costumed dude who enjoys harassing tourists with anti-Semitic outbursts was sentenced to a year in jail after admitting he tried to extort $2 million from his…
Terrifying Giant Squid Caught on Film in the North Pacific
You know what I like best about horrifying monsters? That they're not fucking real. Like, I know it's all very de rigueur these days to talk about how much you "want" to bone a werewolf, or how "great" a zombie apocalypse would be, or how "cool" it would be if Mansquito were a real…
Attention Buffy Wannabes: There Might Be a Vampire Hanging Out in Serbia
So I know you had plans to go see the Dingoes at the Bronze later and I don't want to ruin your night — especially because I heard that guy Angel is gonna be there and you know he likes you — but I talked to Giles and it looks like there's a chance that we might have to send you Serbia to take care of this vampire…
Lady Gaga's Artful New Song Is Called "Shit"
So, Lady Gaga debuted a brand-new song at a fashion show. A bass-thumping, German-speaking, synth-friendly track whose title happens to be a word you can't say on radio in America — at least, not in English. Oh, scheiße. Let's analyze.
Always Use Protection
This anime clip shows a young couple engaging in an open-mouthed kiss, "another step toward becoming adults." The next step: the girl gets her head bitten off by a monster! [BuzzFeed]
You're A Good Monster, Charlie Brown
For his art show "Monsters," illustrator Tim O'Brien decided to take Charlie Brown and turn him into something grotesque. He explains that he took something "usually thought of as cute and benign" and made it realistic, "not normal." [Flavorwire, Drawger]
Yes, They Did
"Elton John's Rocket Pictures is mounting Pride and Predator, about 18th century English people who find their flirtations and courtships interrupted by an invasion of monsters from outer space." [Ain't It Cool News]

