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“It Seemed to be a Sort of Monster,

“It Seemed to be a Sort of Monster,

Posted by Peter Hall - November 25th 2008 @ 8:53 am

or symbol representing a monster, of a form which only a diseased fancy could conceive. If I say that my somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature, I shall not be unfaithful to the spirit of the thing.”


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  1. November 25th, 2008 | 10:55 am | #1

    What…the…hell?

  2. November 25th, 2008 | 3:40 pm | #2

    Oh, cool. I didn’t know CLOVERFIELD II: THE DEEP was even in production, let alone have a trailer already.

  3. joefitz
    November 25th, 2008 | 3:49 pm | #3

    ive said it before, and ill say it again. the ocean creeps me the fuck out.

  4. joefitz
    November 25th, 2008 | 4:28 pm | #4
  5. Nigel Tufnel
    November 25th, 2008 | 6:58 pm | #5

    There is nothing I fear on this planet more than the infinite abyss that is the ocean, who knows what is down there. Fuckin Creepy.

  6. November 25th, 2008 | 9:57 pm | #6

    I hate, hate, hate the ocean. It’s scared me for as long as I can remember — even beaches. We’re out of our element in there, man. That’s just no good.

    There are certainly thousands of horrific species in the deep that we still haven’t found. I can’t even imagine what freaky shit is down there, but I’m sure it’s far weirder than even this sort of thing.

  7. R.J. Sayer
    November 26th, 2008 | 9:23 pm | #7

    ahem…

    FATAGN!

  8. R.J. Sayer
    November 26th, 2008 | 9:25 pm | #8

    or FTAGN! rather…

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