By Joseph "Skull Vault" Walter
While those series delighted me as a kid (and continue to do so as an adult), there was another, more mysterious show that also captured my imagination: Ultra 7.
There was one big difference between the two, though: where Superhuman Samurai was cool and goofy, Ultra 7 was pants-shittingly terrifying.
Seeing that it's All Hallows Eve, I'd say it's the proper time to discuss just what it was about Ultra 7 that made it so deeply nightmarish for young Joe.
More specifically, what in the fucking hell were they thinking with these hellfire abominations?!
This is what evil is.
Known as the "Buffins of Abaddon," these otherworldly beings only appeared in a mere two episodes of Ultra 7, yet they still somehow managed to strike fear into my childhood heart like nothing else.
No scenario or monster in Power Rangers, Superhuman Samurai, VR Troopers or even Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills came anywhere close to the level of dread that the Buffins caused me.
But why? What is it about the laughably named "Buffins" that caused a permanent, fear-induced injury on my soul?
Well, for starters, their unsettling designs are enough to make anyone's blood run cold: