Month: February 2016

Following the success of Freddy Krueger, we got a string of serial-killers-returned-from-the-dead-with-supernatural-powers. Wes Craven even ripped off his own creation, presumably hoping to have as popular a character he retained the rights too. Predictably, its hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and this one failed. This guys was a lot like Krueger,…

I'm not a drinking man, but I had always heard booze had the opposite effect.

When a Tex Avery cartoon goes horribly wrong...

The thing about this book is that they have a shiny black sheen, like they were lacquered, and the often embossed color graphics just look really pop and fabulous. The interior pages are published on appropriately pulpy paper. This is a theme book, obviously.

One thing I love about this series (and I love everything about this series) is that you never know what they will do. It just seems that the editors put together a book on whatever interests them. This volume, like similar ones on Don Heck and Tom Sutton, focuses on an artist. There are…

Thought I'd spotlight my favorite series of books right now, at least to buy. The Chilling Archives of Horror is currently around a dozen hardcover volumes that are just absolutely gorgeous. Moreover, they are weirdly cheap for the quality, as you can use get them for around $20-22 dollar at Amazon. They reprint lovably…

The movie also had a cool oatmeal monster (really), but I couldn't find a good shot of it. Have a great weekend, everyone!

This hit a LOT of sweet spots for me; '40s noir detective films, Fred Wards, horror, magic, Lovecraft, MR James.... It was the first HBO film to have a sequel. They replaced Fred Ward with Dennis Hopper.

By sheer coincidence, there was a TV mini-series shortly after The Hidden, featuring a tough cop on a weird murder case who is annoying joined by a quirky person who seems to know too much, and proves to be a friendly alien hunting down an evil alien who hides in people's bodies. The friendly…

Sorry about yesterday, I had Imgur issues and had to hurry to work and then got tied up last night. I hope everyone had a good weekend. Here's an additional pic. I figured I couldn't really see the solo beastie as a separate monster, so here's a better look.