Well SyFy, you’ve done it again. You have succeeded in continuing your tradition of poorly executed original movies. This time it was with your new flick Red: Werewolf Hunter, starring Felicia Day. Here’s the down and dirty synopsis:

“Red” brings her boyfriend home to meet the family. Little does he know that werewolves exist, and more than that, his girlfriend is from a long line of those sworn to hunt werewolves. He thinks she’s full of it, wanders out into the woods, gets bitten, etc. Meanwhile, Mr. New Creepy Uncle Werewolf Leader has decided to break the treaty his pack had with the hunters. Oh, and he can change form whenever he wants and is telepathically linked to people he’s turned into werewolves. Werewolves eat people, Red finds out the love of her life is now a cursed monster, her werewolf hunting brother wants to kill him, take a shot for every werewolf cliche, get plastered a half hour in.

Nothing about this movie that was intended to be good is actually good. The effects are bad, the script is bad, the setting is bad. The only good thing about this movie is the unintentional giggles it inspires. I felt like I was running my own low-rent version of MST3K right in the comfort of my living room. I also didn’t mind Felicia Day so much either, but that might be my redheaded geek solidarity talking.

The bottom line is that SyFy is going to keep turning these movies out when what they should do is save their money and actually put in for a halfway decent original movie. Way to fail SyFy…and your name is still stupid.

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Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to write a new article here on my site, but I’m hoping to soon. In the meantime, check out my articles for ComicAttack.net and ThinkLeet.com:

Of Bouncy Bits and Cleavage Windows

I Fight in Heels: Balancing Women in Comics

Learn New Words With Horror Movies

My Wolf Man inspired photo shoot was also featured on Werewolf-News.com:

Werewolf Costume Photo Sets

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This was my entry for the 2010 Amazon.com Kindle commercial contest. Unfortunately, it didn’t place.

Special thanks to my husband, Ryan, who did the camera work, to MKay for her Kindle loan and especially to my mother whose concept this was.



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You NEED this!

After much toiling, my good friend Michael has completed his monster make-up masterpiece! It’s around 300 pages and contains over 700 step-by-step pictures. This project is truly a monster in and of itself.

I was fortunate enough to have modeled four different hideous makeups for this book, and had a great time doing it.

I’ve gotten to see some early drafts of it, and it really is a fantastic piece. It covers everything from techniques that can be done by beginners to more advanced make-up techniques like sculpting and applying foam latex appliances.

I’m really not shilling a product here. This project has been so much fun and so fascinating that I kept coming back for more, and I’m eager to try some of these techniques for myself.

Right now the book is available for pre-order. Take a look at the link below and maybe think about kicking your Halloween costume up a notch!

The Monstrous Make-Up Manual Official Site

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Watch the 4th episode of 8.13 below. I’m especially excited about this one as it’s the first time we see my character, Barb.



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