HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, CTHULHU!

You did what? You ate the Plain White Ts? You mean, the band behind “Hey There Delilah”? How very thoughtful of you, Cthulhu! You shouldn’t have gone to so much trouble.

In return, I shall serenade you with a melodious embed.

Hey! Get your tentacles off my brain! There are people watching….

“AND THE AWARD FOR MOST HAUNTED TOWN GOES TO . . .”

Hulu claims New Hope, New Jersey, is America’s Most Haunted Town. This does not seem entirely certain, based on the evidence provided.

Fun viewing, though, and FREE.

Some say Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is actually America’s Most Haunted Town, because so many died on the battlefield there.

But Loyd “Professor Paranormal” Auerbach, who was featured in ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA, always argues that ghosts appear wherever the living appear. That is to say, battlefields and cemeteries don’t necessarily make for the best haunts.

But every-day homes? Prime real estate for the post-corporeal crowd after dark.

What are some other seemingly ordinary towns that might qualify for the dubious honor of America’s Most Haunted?

‘THE WOLFMAN’ COMETH: MEET THE UNIVERSAL MONSTERS.

Trick question: Is anybody not excited about THE WOLFMAN? If so, speak up at once. Because surely you are undead, or at the very least, pulseless. Get gone, Fiendish Revenant!

As for the rest of us, let’s enjoy this wonderful Universal Monsters tribute at Rotten Tomatoes. It’s all about the history of Universal Studios’ most (in)famous headliners, including our horrific hero, The Wolfman, and his very old pal, Dracula.

Nearly a hundred years of monsters lurk just one click away!

WHERE DID THE MYSTERIOUS POE VISITOR GO?

A decades-old mystery might have ended last night, yet we are none the wiser for it. Who is the shadowy figure who shows up at Edgar Allan Poe’s grave every year? And why did he (or she, or they, or it) not appear last night?

ORIGINAL ‘GHOSTBUSTERS’ DIRECTOR CONFIRMS ‘GB III’!

To follow up on the blockbuster success of our previous GHOSTBUSTERS 3 discussion, here is another valuable new tidbit: Mr. Ivan Reitman claims he is returning to direct!

YEEK! GIANT SPIDERS SIGHTED!

Are you wearing your spider-proof sandals? A new species of giant spider has been discovered in the sand dunes of the Mid-East, quietly weaving a world-wide web of terror.