RIP Jess Franco
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RIP Jess Franco

I'm not going to rip a guy upon his demise, but I'll just say that you can put me in the rather large segment of society that never got the appeal of Jess Franco. Yes, he could occasionally come up with a really neat image. Yet the overwhelmingly soporific quality of his work never…
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Monster of the Day #667
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Monster of the Day #667

Our duty paid to numerology, it's time to return to this week's theme. An embarrassment of riches on this one; it could probably run two weeks.
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Letting Zygons be Zygons…
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Letting Zygons be Zygons…

  Terrific news! Of all the one shot wonders of Doctor Who, I imagine up near the top on the fondness scale are the Zygons, who's sole appearance was in Terror of the Zygons (1975). I don't know if it's because they appeared in an early Tom Baker arc--perhaps the peak moment of popularity…
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Reminder: T(ween) Fest Apr 27th….
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Reminder: T(ween) Fest Apr 27th….

  At Sandy Petersen's house in Rockwall. Further details can be had by mailing me at ken@jabootu.com. This is the Audience Participation Fest. At last summer's T-Fest, attendees selected 20 items from a long list of common B-movie elements. The films this Fest will feature these elements. I have to say, to get all…
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Gorn with the Winded…

FoJ Marsden sent me this, and it's pretty hilarious. I have never quite gotten a handle on how Shatner at the same time can be such a genuinely raging egomaniac, and yet so comfortable making fun of himself. It's a weird magic that no one I can think of has in such measure. The…
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Monster of the Day #665
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Monster of the Day #665

Spring is upon up, and in the spirit of budding new life, this week we'll examine and celebrate Hollywood's fecund, amazing artistic imagination and creativity.
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Monster of the Day #663
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Monster of the Day #663

I'm so sorry it's come to this, but I have already used The Children, The Being and The Horror of Party Beach, so I was pretty much stuck.
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