Halloween has been and gone but you can still feast on a jumpy, nerve-shredding supercut of movie monsters and villains creeping up behind unsuspecting victims courtesy of the Slacktory team at youtu.be/2QiMp4cQkY8.

Featuring the likes of Insidious, The Terminator, Alien, Fright Night, Halloween and more, it’s guaranteed to hone your situational awareness if nothing else. On a related theme, Empire has a rundown of the 666 greatest horror movie characters of all time at bit.ly/1ePnxtU. Top work, even if their choice for the top spot is a tad questionable.
Also raising eyebrows is noted ‘Biohacker’ and transhumanist Tim Cannon, who designed a computer capable of recording and transmitting real-time biometric data to Android-powered mobile devices and then put the thing into his arm. Without anesthetic. Yep. If you think you can stomach the intriguing results, go to youtu.be/clIiP1H3Opw
Of all the tributes that poured in for the late Lou Reed (and there were many), it was Laurie Anderson’s elegiac obituary for her husband in her local East Hampton Star newspaper that captured the spirit of the man more than any other. “Lou was a prince and a fighter and I know his songs of the pain and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life. Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.” Read it in its entirety at bit.ly/16QqyoE.
Meanwhile, ‘Mambo No. 5’ hero Lou Bega suddenly found himself besieged by confused fans who feared he’d had his last little bit of Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary and Jessica. Taking to his Facebook, Mr. Bega noted: “R.I.P Lou Reed the Genius who took Walks on the Wild Side. Ps: i have been receiving Tons of condolences because of a Journalist confusing our Identities. Lou Bega sends his condolences to mr.Reeds Family.” Check him out looking suitably bemused at on.fb.me/17W5NYN. As for how anybody in their right mind could confuse one Lou for the other, well, we’re still processing that…
If you managed to get through all of Harmony Korine’s subtle-as-a-sledgehammer ode to vacuity that was Spring Breakers, we commend you. If you thought it was a masterpiece of cutting social commentary, we fear you. Fret not, however, as James Franco was quite taken by the film and his overbearing performance in it. A quick read of his Vice column - bit.ly/1cuMdGN - finds him positively gushing over his director and his own character, noting that “there will never be a movie or a character that is more important for this age than Spring Breakers and its protagonist Alien.” Sure there won’t, James. Sure there won’t.
As Homeland continues its really-should-have-only-lasted-one-season slump, the Sesame Street team offer up their take at youtu.be/v1zL106SGZ8. Following up from their mention in the last issue, Calvin and Hobbes come to life beautifully thanks to superb fan-made animation at youtu.be/NWsmB4SjGJw. Finally, after boring his way to yet another F1 Championship, Sebastian Vettel proved that he’s not actually an emotionless robot and went all ‘fuck authority’ with his doughnuts-assisted celebration in Abu Dhabi. Catch it at youtu.be/dtsIN7JS3nw