Year: 2017

Wow, that was my exact expression watching this film. (It's the stitches drawn on with an eyebrow pencil that really sell this design.)

The early '70s were a fecund period for films called Dracula vs Frankenstein. This one, by Jess Franco (uh oh) is more aptly summed up by it's alternate title, Dracula Prisoner of Frankenstein. Dracula is zombiefied by Dr. Frankenstein (so the title is correct for once) early on and never break free to contest…

For some reason this shot was used a lot for publicity purposes.

Have I really never featured this guy? Man, I really need to do an inventory.

Third Halloween show, third Twilight Zone parody.

The second Treehouse of Horror went back to the Twilight Zone well (predictably enough, given the age of the people making the show then). Bart fit *very* nicely into the Billy Mummy role.

The first segment of the first Treehouse of Horrors parodied the Amityville Horror, the third was a read of The Raven by James Earl Jones. The second story, however, introduced Kang and Kodos (initially joined by a rare third alien), who have functioned as the mascots of the yearly Halloween episodes. The first one…

I hope everyone had a good weekend. Rings kind of predictably didn't. I figured it sucked when they didn't let critics review it before it came out. However, I was still surprised that it has scored a truly woeful 5% on Rotten Tomatoes. 5%!! It also earned a measly $13, so its probably not…

I remember discussing the trailer for this a few months ago, I hope I didn't use the monster here that day. The film is quite possibly as dire as the trailer made it look, since they clearly didn't screen it for reviewers. Hence the lack of a Rotten Tomatoes score on it's opening day,…

This is going to sound like an absurd statement, but something I think Marvel/Disney doesn't get enough credit for the success of its cinematic universe. One obvious benchmark--even with Marvel there to copy--is the fact that no one else yet has managed to pull it off. DC/Warners has managed to avoid losing any money…