Watching The World Change
Ancient civilizations have a variety of gods and goddesses that represent aspects of their everyday lives. In this article, you will encounter a handful of goddesses that not only represent love, but also stand for beauty, attraction, magic, and seductiveness. You will find that many of the goddesses listed share similarities with one another. Aphrodite…
Since the original Faces of Death was a hit with audiences, a handful of imitators followed in line. The most popular approach was to use footage from other mondo films. Sometimes, the film was entirely composed of previous mondo movies. They include: The Traces of Death Series (1993-2000) There were five parts to this mondo…
After Jacopetti and Prosperi started the phenomena of ‘Mondo Cane’ films, other directors and films followed. In this article, you will learn about imitators of the craft and people who created their own Mondo-style movies, such as John Alan Schwartz and Uwe Schier. John Alan Schwartz In 1978, another Mondo-style film genre emerged called ‘Death…
Directors Jacopetti and Prosperi led the way to the creation of mondo films , a genre of movies that showed shocking images of international cultures that eventually began to show exploitive material that was close to home. In this article, you will encounter a handful of directors, as well as some of the plots to…
Setting it different from other dinosaurs, the Pachycephalosaurus had a distinct characteristic , a domed head that consisted of a very thick skull that housed a tiny brain and large eyes. In this article, you will learn more about what the Pachycephalosaurus ate, how they traveled, and where the bulk of their fossils have been…
Although bloody, controversial, and uncomfortable to watch, there is a kind of film-making that takes the notion of a ‘shockmentary’ to new heights. Called ‘mondo’ films, the footage would show shocking and hard-to-watch scenes that showed human and animal behavior at its worst. In this article, you will learn more about this genre of cinema,…
Nicknamed the “Deceptive Lizard”, the Apatosaurus is better known as the Brontosaurus in mainstream circles , the harmless giant of a dinosaur. This plant-eating creature was one of the largest land animals at one time. In this article, you will learn more about this imposing member of the dinosaur world. Body Details The Brontosaurus was…
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One of the tallest and biggest dinosaurs found in history is the Brachiosaurus, which had a lengthy neck, small head, and relatively thick tail. In this article, you will learn about the body features, diet, and habits of the dinosaur nicknamed the “Arm Lizard.” The Brachiosaurus lived during the middle to late Jurassic time period,…
During the late Jurassic period, the Allosaurus was the largest meat-eating dinosaur. This terrifying predator was dubbed the ‘Different Lizard’ because it possessed a vertebrae that was different that the other dinosaurs of its time. In this article, you will learn other distinguishing characteristics of the Allosaurus, including its diet, body parts, and common behavior….
Phil Schneider is very well known in some circles as the man who killed two alien greys. His story is highly contested, but it’s one of the most dramatic and perplexing stories of alien contact that involved not only contact, but combat between humans and extra-terrestrials. The story is presented here simply as an exploration…