* Clive Barker talks to Chicago Tonight for a lengthy look at a show of his paintings and sketches at the Packer Schopf Gallery. Man, he could not be any more gravelly voiced, bless him. (Via Monster Brains.
* Noah Berlatsky has written an interesting-sounding essay called “Fecund Horror” on the eroticized horror of David Cronenberg’s Shivers and John Carpenter’s The Thing, and I’ll probably even read it at some point when I have more time than I do right now. (Via The Horror Blog.)
* I did however find the time to read Matt Zoller Seitz‘s excellent rumination on Rambo and its franchise, one of the most thoughtful, least dismissive yet still critical things I’ve ever read on the character and the series.
* Despite my fixation on sea monsters and lake monsters I refrained from saying word one about The Water Horse because it obviously wasn’t for me tonally, but a well-realized water monster is still a shiver-inducing sight to behold even if it is the star of a heartwarming movie for the whole family. This holographic display in Tokyo Bay is ample evidence of that. (Via Heidi MacDonald.)
* Director Mark Romanek–whose homage-laden music videos were either works of visual genius or flagrant ripoffs of everyone from Man Ray to Edward Gorey, depending on your outlook–is no longer directing the Bencio Del Toro/Anthony Hopkins-starring remake of The Wolf Man due to some combination of creative differences and budgetary disputes.
* Joss Whedon says the premise of Weird Science is offensive in its objectification of a sexy woman. Obviously the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is above that. (Via SciFi Wire.)