Last Sunday, fisherman 12 miles off the coast of Stuart, Flordia found themselves with a mollusk of a tale to tell some folks — they had hooked a specimen of Architeuthis Dux, or the Atlantic Giant Squid.
Here's one of the most disturbing sea monster stories you'll ever see
Did the parasites from Cloverfield wig you out? If so, you probably don't want to read Junji Ito's manga tale The Thing That Drifted Ashore. What's worse than a giant rotting oceanic kaiju? Find out here.
"Jaws in Japan" promises cyclopean Selachimorphae, breasts
Good news, lovers of trash cinema! The 2009 indie horror flick Psycho Shark (a.k.a. Jaws in Japan, its US name was changed for obvious reasons) is coming to America October 12. It's shark versus bikini idols versus a serial killer!
A Giant Oarfish, The Sea Serpent Of Yore, Washes Up In Sweden
A specimen of the 11-foot-long giant oarfish - the world's longest bony fish - was found yesterday in Bovallstrand, Sweden. The fish, also known as the "king of herrings," hasn't been seen in Sweden in the last 130 years.
Twelve Of The Greatest Sea Monsters Of All Time
As the new Clash of the Titans rereleases the Kraken all over multiplexes this weekend, we're going fishing for sci-fi/fantasy's best underwater beasties. Here's our attack of the clash of the greatest sea monsters ever!
A Giant Tentacle Monster Defeats An Oil Rig
In this fantastic computer-animated short, a creature who looks like the spirit of oil embodied attacks an oil rig at sea. Called "Oceansize," it's the best sea monster story I've seen in a long time. [via Undead Backbrain]
How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
Injecting submarines and man-eating jellyfish into Jane Austen may sound like a simple, gimmicky feat, but Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters author Ben H. Winters claims writing the book required a great deal of ingenuity, research, and Jules Verne.
