Monster of the Week

by Robert Lamb | Jun 22, 2017

What do Blade the vampire slayer and the lowly slime mite have in common? Robert Lamb explores...

by Robert Lamb | May 4, 2017

Robert Lamb considers the natural world parallels to the Star Wars Universe’s deadly denizen of the Great Pit of Carkoon…

by Robert Lamb | Apr 14, 2017

Robert Lamb pulls a fistful of science out of Joe D'Amato and George Eastman's 1980 cannibal film...

by Robert Lamb | Mar 13, 2017

Robert Lamb considers the link between the fictional Tube cannibals of 1972's 'Raw Meat' and the curious mosquitoes of the London Underground...

by Robert Lamb | Feb 23, 2017

Robert Lamb considers the skinless villains from the first two 'Hellraiser' films and compares their behavior to self-flaying defenses of natural-world organisms...

by Robert Lamb | Dec 19, 2016

Robert Lamb discusses the Ilithid 'Mind Flayers' of Dungeons and Dragons within the context of real-world biology, computing and human psychology.

by Robert Lamb | Oct 25, 2016

The "Alien" xenomorph and the mythic Grendel both seem to have acidic blood. Robert Lamb explores the possible science behind such an adaptation.

by Robert Lamb | Sep 26, 2016

Buffy fans won't soon forget the Gentlemen, but just how do these noise-adverse, heart-snatching demons match up to natural world biology? Find out...

by Robert Lamb | Aug 23, 2016

What natural-world organism could possibly emulate this infernal breeding plan? What creature outside of Hell would seduce a member of another species, steal its sperm and then use the seed for its own diabolical purposes?

by Robert Lamb | Jul 22, 2016

Robert Lamb discusses the nonmen of R. Scott Bakker's 'Second Apocalypse' saga.