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Kryptik, Bloody Axe Wound, Shin Ultraman, Godzilla vs Megalon, and Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

Kryptik, Bloody Axe Wound, Shin Ultraman, Godzilla vs Megalon, and Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

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 A weird mix for you this time around. We've got an updated version of Ultraman with "Shin Ultraman," along with another old Godzilla film, "Godzilla vs Megalon." We meet up with "Jack Brooks, Monster Slayer," and then learn about cryptid hunters with "Kryptik" before meeting a weird family in "Bloody Axe Wound."Check out our selection of short horror biographies: https://www.hourlongpress.com/The latest issue of "Horror Monthly" is now on sale! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.comMainstream Films:2024 Kryptik* Directed by Kourtney Roy* Written by Paul Bromley* Stars Chloe Pirrie, Jeff Gladstone, Jason Deline* Run Time: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneWhat seems to start out as a simple cryptid-in-the-woods story that steadily gets more complicated as a curious woman, who seems to have amnesia, retraces the steps of a missing cryptid hunter. Full of strange and interesting characters and things that make you wonder what's going on, it's a good one that keeps you involved right to the end with an ambiguous wrap up. We both liked it, but it might not be for everyone.Spoilery SynopsisA woman drives through the forest to a very isolated place. She eventually arrives with a group -- the women's walking club on Krypto Peak. Kay has joined the group, hoping to make some friends, but she sits alone and ignores everyone else. The tour guide tells them about Barb Valentine, a local cryptozoologist who went missing a while back. He explains what cryptids are. She was here for the Sooka, a tall, hairy creature, something like Bigfoot with a mole face.Kay soon wanders off alone and encounters the creature, even getting it on video. She runs to the nearest campground as the tour group wonders what happened to her. She sneaks back among the group and pretends that she was with them all along. She's... odd. When she gets back to her car, she checks her driver's license and sees that it says, "Kay Hall." She acts surprised.She goes home and goes through the whole house, looking to see if she's alone. In the morning, she goes through all her clothes and continues to explore the place. She eventually looks through her video camera at the footage but gets interrupted by the phone. It's Don, her boss, who wants her to come in this afternoon. She gets there but decides not to stay when she finds out she works in a vet office.At home again, she starts researching Barb Valentine, and the photo shown is... her. Suddenly, someone breaks into her house; she runs to the car and drives away. She wakes up at 3:15 the next day parked out in the woods, and her legs are covered in mud. She drives to Blue Cliff, the last known place where Barb was supposed to have visited as she listens to a podcast about Sooka in the car.Kay talks to Sally, the woman who runs the motel, about Barb. "Oh yes! The monster hunter! It's terrible that all the people are going missing around here. It's like the forest swallows them up." That night, she watches a video of Barb's last interview, and Barb looks exactly like her.In the morning, Sally isn't around. Kay drives on to the next location that Barb was supposed to have visited and goes into the woods. She soon runs into a hairy monster... no, it's Starla, a hunter in a camo outfit. Kay goes home with the strange woman, who takes her home and pulls out a scrapbook about Sooka. Starla's daughter, Diane, was taken by the Sooka ten years ago. Kay shows Starla her video and talks about forgetting who she is. Then Kay passes out.When she wakes up, Kay is alone, and her feet are dirty. But she does run into another woman who gives her directions and suddenly vanishes. She sees a "Missing" poster for Diane later, and it's the woman from the woods.Kay watches videos about Morgan, Barb's husband, who is desperately trying to find her. She goes to a bar and talks to a former magician who's just a full-time drunk now. The drunk gives her another lead on the Sooka. Kay starts seeing things; maybe she's the monster after all.She drives to the next place and talks to Johnette, who is supposed to have seen the creature. Inside, she sees a book that Barb wrote, and it's got a business card inside. Johnette thinks she looks like one of those monster hunters who used to come around. The Sooka tried to break into her trailer a while back, and she describes the creature.Johnette invites her to the big trailer park party tonight. An old man there talks about the Sooka travelling through portals to get around. Another woman there talks about sleepwalking and waking up covered in mud. Sasha recognizes who she really is and asks what happened. "People like us got to stick together." She gets really high and goes off with Caleb, Johnette's boyfriend, and they do naughty, possibly inhuman, things in the woods.Kay/Barb walks home to Morgan, who is shocked to see her. She stinks, so he cleans her up and wonders why she doesn't speak much. He ...

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