The Unimonster
Let me introduce myself. My name is John Stevenson, but for the past
decade or so I've written on the world of Horror, Sci-Fi, and Exploitation Film
as your friendly neighborhood Unimonster.
Seven years ago, I started this site, the Unimonster’s Crypt, as a way
to bring you, the reader, my thoughts on these genres that we love; a sort of
op-ed on horror film. Other sites exist
to bring you the latest news, and believe me, they are much better at it than I
could be. One thing I can do that is
unique is share my opinion on matters that touch upon genre film. In the past, that has included such diverse
topics as Universal’s often cavalier treatment of the Monsters, the joys of
dollar-store DVDs, and the Halloween memories of a child of the ‘70s.
However, this page has been dormant
for nearly two years now, for a number of reasons. Too little time, and too many demands upon
that time. The demands of writing a
book, which tends to monopolize what time I can spend at the keyboard. The lack of an internet connection for much
of that time. However, the foremost
reason I was absent from here was simpler than that, yet harder to overcome. For some time, I felt that I had run out of
things to say.
I’ll go into more detail on that in
the first article below [Next Generation, Next Steps], but suffice it to say that that is no longer
true. I’m still working on the book, I
still have too little time, but I do have things to say and to share with those
who love genre film. For those who were
readers of this page before the hiatus, welcome back and thank you for trying
us again. There have been some changes,
but hopefully we've managed to hold on to the things that make the Crypt unique
and enjoyable. Senior correspondent
Bobbie is still here, though she may be scaling back her writing to just when
her muse insists, and S. J. is back, and will be expanding her role to include
more than her MST3K reviews. There will
also be more surprises coming in the months ahead, things that we hope will
keep the Crypt fresh and new.
For those of you new
to the Unimonster’s Crypt, welcome!
Please make yourself at home, and feel free to let us know how you like
what we have to offer. As you’ll soon
discover, while we cover all aspects of horror and science-fiction here, we
tend to gravitate towards the classic end of the spectrum … and by classic, we
don’t mean something from 2002. Classic
here means pre-1990 at a minimum, and usually much older. There’s a reason my nom du horreur is the Unimonster … it’s my way to recognize the
great Universal monsters, the creatures and killers that first fired my love of
Horror more than forty-five years ago.
You’ll see that they still figure prominently in my love of genre
movies, and in my writings on the subject.
I hope that you will come to appreciate them as I do, if you don’t
already.
And for everyone who
visits us here in the Crypt, please enjoy … and Stay Scary!
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