Ectoplasm – A fluid, vaporous, or gauze-like substance associated with paranormal activity; reported to emanate from the bodies of spiritual mediums during seances and trances.

A – Ectoplasm emanating from the ear of famous psychic Mina “Margery” Crandon during a seance.
B – Ectoplasm emanating from the genitals of a psychic during trance.
C – Image of deceased manifesting in an ectoplasmic “cloud,” photo source unknown.
D – Extra ectoplasmic “hand” emanating from the torso of psychic Mina “Margery” Crandon during a seance.
E – Ectoplasmic cloud at Hill Ward, Lakewood, WA (photo by Patty Valdez/Haunted Playground)

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Claiming to be a “snakecam” video of a sewer main in North Carolina, this is going to go one of two ways:

1). This is a promotional hoax for some upcoming sci-fi/horror film.
2). There is something seriously f-ed up living in the sewers of N. Carolina.
* “slime molds” do not move this fast.

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“Hanako of the Toilet” has been a Japanese ghost story for at least 60 years – she is a phantom schoolgirl who inhabits the 3rd floor girls’ bathroom in public schools in urban Japan. She haunts the second toilet stall (from the left) and is often described as wearing a schoolgirl’s uniform or a red skirt and having bobbed hair.

Children dare one another to enter the second toilet stall (or a stall right next to it) and to knock or call out to Hanako three times. She will respond by whispering “yessss,” and some say that she will then appear in the toilet stall or even try to strangle the summoner.

The back story about the death of Hanako varies from region to region: hiding in the bathroom during an air raid (during WWII), being trapped or murdered in the bathroom when school was out of session, being killed by bullies at school, or being killed by an abusive parent.

Super Donkey Strong Bonus Round:
An excerpt from the Google translation of the Japanese Wikipedia page about Hanako:

“I do not even hate the color of the White in milk, like the color system of red and blue, belonging to the school in table tennis, hay fever have information such as.”

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Big Man Japan (limited U.S. release May 15, 2009).

Mockumentary:
under-appreciated
Japanese giant.

Paid to fight monsters,
but he’s not paid all that well.
Two giant thumbs up.

Trailer:



Monster Island Bonus Round:
Pink Tentacle’s nice article on Edo-period monster paintings by Sawaki Suushi (1737).



Giant Octopus Bonus Round:
Kaiju Big Battel – monster fights coming to a city near you.

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Lucky Mojo – for all your supernatural household needs:

• Peruvian charm bottles
• Secret and magic inks
• Nepalese fertility charms
• Soap of St. Ramon
• Graveyard dirt

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Easter is right around the corner, which means one thing:
it’s time to drag out this oldie-but-goodie.

“The Easter Bunny Hates You“

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Big Man Japan: I’ve decided this is my new favorite movie and I haven’t even seen it yet.

Daisato is a slacker transformed into a hulking giant by an intense electric shock and then commissioned to defend Japan against other giant monsters.

And everyone complains about the property damage.

And his body gets used as ad space.

Released in Japan in 2007, limited US screenings begin May 2009.

(via Topless Robot, de la FilmDrunk, fon der Six Shooter Films)

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