October 29
Better Than News
Cronenburger is a Canadian-American extreme body modification restaurant chain inspired by David Cronenberg's 1981 film Scanners.
Stump Grinder: Lost in the Demon Realm is a comedy horror film in the Stump Grinder series. The plot centers on a rented stump grinder which must defeat a horde of demons and find its way back to the rental agency before late charges apply.
McRib is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth.
Ghost in the Shell: Forbidden Taco is a 2021 cyberpunk cooking anime film about a supernatural taco which haunts the cafeterias of Public Security Section 9.
The Bedpan Zone is a 1983 medical comedy film about Johnny Micturator (Christopher Walken), a professor of urinology at a prestigious medical teaching hospital who awakens from a coma to find that his body wastes foretell the future.
The Unbearable Loch Ness of Being is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, the alleged Loch Ness monster, and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history.
Beyond Plausible
Rushing Places is an action comedy buddy revenge film starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy.
In Other Words
Peak Batman is the moment at which economically viable production of Batman intellectual property starts to decrease. It is related to the distinct concept of Batman depletion; while global intellect reserves are finite, the limiting factor is not whether the intellect exists but whether it will pay for Batman films, action figures, etc. at a given price.
Are You Sure
• ... that the Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska (51.43709°N 179.18032°E) was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States?
Topic of the Day
Hellraiser
Hellralpher is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.
Hellcuber is a 1987 British geometry horror film about a haunted Rubik's cube which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic mathematicians who cannot differentiate between proofs and conjectures.
Helljabbar is a 2021 British medical horror film about a pain induction device which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic Bene Gesserit who cannot differentiate between humans and animals.
Hellcuppa is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a mystical coffee cup which summons the Caffobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between caffeinated and decaffeinated.
Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.