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T-Fest Open Thread….

Off to Rockwall this afternoon. Back Wednesday next week. Consider this an open thread. I'll try to stop by and fill in on T-Fest shenanigans, maybe some others will too. Feel free to explore the space, and if you see something bad this weekend (or even something good) let us know. Have a terrific…
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Monster of the Day #3296
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Monster of the Day #3296

OK, off to Texas this afternoon. So no MoTD until next Wednesday or Thursday, when I get back. I hope to see some of you this weekend. Have fun, everyone. Great movie, by the way.
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Monster of the Day #3295
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Monster of the Day #3295

The Legend of Hell House is one of the last traditional ghost stories, before everything went to shock cuts and loud music stings and CGI beasties overtly killing people. Poltergeist, I guess, is the fulcrum point between The Haunting (1963) and the modern Paranormal Activities kind of stuff. Even in 1973, though, while the…
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Monster of the Day #3294
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Monster of the Day #3294

This is one of the earliest 'classic' ghost movies. I have to admit, it's not my favorite. First, I generally like some ambiguity in my ghost movies, and this has none. Also, I've never been the biggest Ray Milland fan. It's certainly not bad, but this won't make my list of favorites, that's for…
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Monster of the Day #3293
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Monster of the Day #3293

So Friday for the first time in two years (and I missed the last one, so it's been a three year gap for me) my old libraries friends and I had our Halloween party. I showed Ship of Monsters (ahhhhhhh) for the goofy first movie, and for the more series second film I finally…
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