I'd like some recommendations for books about cryptozoology. A broad overview of the subject would be welcome, but I'd prefer books that are more specific to a single kind of creature, like lake monsters, Bigfoot, yetis, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, or any other fantastical creatures. [more inside]
posted by spockette on May 13, 2009 - 10 answers

Having had such luck in my last AskMe post, I trying again. I want to find if anyone recalls the title of another science fiction short story I read when I was young*. It involved a nightmare scenario where sinister predatory aliens were snatching drivers and passengers from speeding vehicles on a fast moving freeway. [more inside]
posted by y2karl on Apr 14, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm trying to remember a DOS game I used to play. It was an adventure type game where each level you had a task to complete in a dungeons-and-dragons type setting, so mages, archers, skeletons, that sort of thing. [more inside]
posted by fvw on Dec 17, 2008 - 21 answers

What are some classic, old sci-fi movies? [more inside]
posted by god particle on Oct 29, 2008 - 40 answers

Aliens, monsters, and ghosts. The big three. But is there a fourth? [more inside]
posted by Flying Saucer on Jun 26, 2008 - 42 answers

Colorado Craft Filter: I am looking to find how to procure another mounted monster head. [more inside]
posted by silkygreenbelly on Jun 3, 2008 - 4 answers

I've been trying to find a really brutal picture/print/woodcutting of an old-school whale/sea monster for awhile, as a potential tattoo. You know the kind, double blowholes that look more like horns, fangs, the kinds you see in the corners of old maps. Bibliodyssey has some ok ones, but I'm looking for the perfect one, because I know if I settle for another, I'll just find the perfect one the second I've permanently inked myself with a mediocre monster. Any ideas of where I could look?
posted by domakesaypat on Jan 19, 2008 - 18 answers

What monsters are still scary? When described with words only? [more inside]
posted by markovich on Nov 26, 2007 - 45 answers

There is an artist that does these weird, hyper realistic sculptures of human-animal-monsters and I can't remember the name... [more inside]
posted by BigBrownBear on Oct 21, 2007 - 5 answers

I'm looking for female monsters. Mythological, literary, cultural, etc... So far, I've got: Medusa Grendel's Mother Witches
posted by steinwald on Oct 15, 2007 - 63 answers

DIY fantasy toys -- I've been playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Wii, and my 2-year-old loves to watch and play along, to the point of sticking a foam sword down the back of shirt and running around with a Nerf slingshot and fishing pole. He turns 3 in September and in addition to his "nutritional" presents, I thought I would also get/make him some fantasy-enabling stuff. What are some existing toys that do a good job of mimicking Zelda-esque accoutrements, and/or what should be avoided, and/or what's easiest to make myself? An even bigger issue is finding "safe" stuff for him to swing his sword at ... some kind of indoor/outdoor monsters that are at least a foot tall or so. I can see making something out of pillows, or lampshades, or even buying a cheap toy if it's properly durable. Any ideas?
posted by blueshammer on Aug 24, 2007 - 22 answers

What are the origins of the idiom "strangle the monster in the crib"?
posted by commander_cool on Jul 10, 2007 - 7 answers

i am looking for a children's book that my friend read when she was in elementary school (5-10 years ago.) the book is about a boy and a girl who go on an adventure through a magical world and save the people from a monster. then, the girl dies, and the boy has to boil her in a pot to bring her back to life. [more inside]
posted by comfortinsound on Apr 2, 2007 - 8 answers

BookRecFilter: One of my favorite authors has just knocked my socks off with his most recent book. I love what he did so much that I'd like to find other historical fiction like this. *Small spoiler for The Terror inside* [more inside]
posted by i_am_a_Jedi on Jan 10, 2007 - 14 answers

Does anyone recognize this old Scottish lighthouse ghost story? [more inside]
posted by zek on Dec 11, 2006 - 1 answer

I need a translation into Latin here. The phrase is: "In books, there is truth, and in truth, there are monsters." I'd like it to be as short and concise as possible, perhaps something like "In books, truth, and in truth, monsters." I'm working on a rather odd story right now, so I may have some more strange questions in the coming weeks. Thanks.
posted by Faint of Butt on Sep 7, 2006 - 11 answers

FlickFilter: This scary movie, perhaps from the early 60s, finds our cast stranded on a ship which has become mired in some kind of dense seaweed. They see another galleon nearby and debark to explore it. Each member of the crew dons individual helium (/hydrogen?) balloons--harnessed to their backs like water-wings--and snowshoe-like shoes, and walk across the water to the other boat. This definitive scene is very eerie, and is the clearest in my memory. [more inside]
posted by scamper on Aug 1, 2006 - 4 answers

Favourite scenes from B-movie monster flicks? I've been asked to make a game... [more inside]
posted by Yogurt on Oct 31, 2005 - 16 answers

So let's say, hypothetically, I wanted to throw a party of some kind, themed around monster movies. The twist, though, is that we'll be rooting for the monsters. To this end, I want to find human-shaped food. [crunchy bits inside]
posted by wanderingmind on Jan 11, 2005 - 33 answers