This is our cheap and poor attempt to do some Geeker promotion. With help from the guys at ToadLabs (ToadLabs.com), we were able to put this monstrosity together with left over toys and parts in about an hour. The baby is born! … Read More
On 07.01.10, In Entertainment
Each week, Weird Things’ own Matt Finley breaks down one of the oddest elements of our culture in a feature we call Monster Of The Week. This week we focus on the Slit-Mouth Demon of Japan, come back Wednesday and Friday for more!
Ancient, feudal Japan’s legends of proud warriors and disgraced Samurai haven’t always mixed well with contemporary urban legends and trendy pop cultural fads. The harakiri-inducing “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III,” for example, found its titular rubber-suited pizza fetishists travelling back to 15th century Japan, where they pose as demons, fight an evil warlord and learn a valuable lesson about self-esteem. The legend of Kuchisake-onna, the grotesque and reviled slit-mouthed woman, however, gets the job done in both timelines. Bonus: some newer versions of the story sprint so far into left field that, by the time you realize the entire business is just another cautionary tale engineered to keep the ladies demure and the unaccompanied minors from running roughshod over the pachinko arcades, they’ve collided with the outfield wall. … Read More
On 05.30.10, In Entertainment
In Irkutsk there’s a pool of Baikal seal. There live and learn funny and cute pinniped guys. read more..
Originally from English Russia on April 27, 2010, 8:12am
On 05.18.10, In Entertainment
Road accidents usually are the reason to be sad, but these ones make us smile.
Originally from English Russia on May 11, 2010, 5:35pm
Kaleidescape’s just announced another line of high end home entertainment products — this time it’s the M300 and M500 Blu-ray players. The M500 also boasts Blu-ray copying abilities, too — allowing you to import Blu-rays, DVDs and CDs onto your server at home. … Read More
