Posted inBlog

Amazon starts royalties for fan fic arm….

So far they are solely working with Warners and have only licensed three teen-oriented properties; Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girls and Vampire Diaries. However, if this works, I expect to see an explosion in this sort of thing. I can only assume they started kicking the can on this idea after noting the ASTOUNDING…
7
Monster of the Day #694
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #694

We continue our look at Ghosthouse. Notice the reappearance of the doll, who periodically--by which I mean, every four or five minutes--appears like this with the ghost of this little girl. It's like they assembled the movie from a Spooky Movie checklist. Spooky Doll: Check. Spooky Girl Ghost: Check. Spooky Ghost Dog: Check. Spooky…
19
Monster of the Day #693
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #693

Sorry for my absence yesterday; Joe Bannerman was visiting, and we spent much of the extended weekend (get ready) watching bad movies...actually, we watched more good movies, so it was weird that way. Back to back (albeit one in the late evening, the next in the following morning) we watched Hausu (aka House) and…
11
Monster of the Day #692
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #692

Hard to get more Gothic than this. Blacula was pretty close, but the whole 'black Dracula' thing still injected a very modern note into things. This is one of those films (Warlock is one of the best of them) exploring how Evil can exploit a society that's too 'sophisticated' to believe in Evil anymore.…
12
Monster of the Day #691
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #691

I haven't actually seen this one, but I've only heard good things. Of all the '70s revisionist vampire films, this one might be the most revisioniest.
5
Monster of the Day #690
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #690

What a wonderful film. So far ahead of its time that if they revived it now, it would be considered utterly derivative. (Plus they would completely ruin it.) This is one of those projects, like Buckaroo Banzai or Remo Williams, that clearly was meant to kick off a series, and that makes you weep…
8
Monster of the Day #689
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #689

'70s exploitation offered examined the intersection of traditional, gothic monsters with (then) modern American scene. Today this fish out of water element is largely forgone; vampires and werewolves are more likely to be love interests than atavistic monster. Surely the greatest '70s vampire was Prince Mamuwalde, aka Blacula, who we've already featured in the…
7
Posted inBlog

NBC adds a Dracula show….

Aside from Ironside, NBC is raising even more undead. I understand mileage varies, and I hold no contempt for anyone who disagrees with me on this, but man, that strikes me as a real piece of shit. I can't f*ckin' believe they are trotting out that reincarnated lover crap again!! Seriously! Also, the Sherlock…
33
Monster of the Day #688
Posted inBlog

Monster of the Day #688

Well, I mentioned this flick in the last MotD, so it's a natural segue. Not Quarry's more famous character, of course, but this is floating around on DVD for completists. And again, not a bad double bill with Werewolves on Wheels, a film it has a lot in common with.
5
Posted inBlog

Agents of SHIELD teaser…HOLY CRAP!!

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Oh my goodness, is that friggin' LUKE CAGE?! That's Luke Cage, right? How the hell is Marvel making all my childhood dreams come true like this?* Thank goodness I'm not a DC fan! [*OK, I'd still prefer a '70s Blaxploitation Luke Cage movie, but hell, I'll take it.] So…
6