Month: October 2022

So we resumed my little friend group's Halloween Party this year. We usually show something (by my standards) old school to start, so I picked Return of the Ape Man. It's the perfect bit of poverty row nonsense, with this one classic image of Bela in a tux walking around the *cough* city streets…

Halloween is Monday, so have a great Halloween weekend. This week watching something stupid is optional. Watch something spooky. Have a great weekend, everyone. Watch Party next Friday.

So my friend Matt couldn't get the rights to show Dr. Phibes (although he could have shown the sequel??) at the Pickwick last night. So he showed House of Wax in 2-D, Vincent Price's first horror movie. It's very fun and Price is great and it costars Lois Lane and Morticia Addams and Charles…

Speaking of Japanese Otaku cinema being shown in theaters by Fathom Events next week (see yesterday's MotD), they will also close this year's series of Ghibli screenings by featuring what is pretty much universally considered their greatest film--which is saying something. Spirted Away will be shown both in dubbed versions (ick) on Sunday and…

Wow, this is next week already. November 3rd (a week from Thursday) is apparently Godzilla Day, and so Fathom Events for that night only will be showing the Millenium Godzilla movie Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla. A Chance to see a Godzilla film in a theater! Should be playing in a theater at least sorta near…

I needed a horror movie for last Friday's watch party, and they didn't have a lot of old school ones, so I opted for this. The snap decision paid off nicely. Heavily influenced by Bava and surrealist filmmakers like Jean Cocteau, the woefully titled (in the States) Horror Chamber of Dr. Sadism is a…

Today's Monster is a cheat, but in service of recommending a great, often overlooked film for your Halloween viewing. Mad Love is anchored, of course, by a typically wonderful performance by Peter Lorre. Really good stuff.

Jaime B's doctor tells him he really should lose weight.* [*Obviously in real life I'm about a million times heavier than Jaime. Although I rolled my eyes when my new, young doctor recently assured me she "wasn't fat shaming" when she advised me to lose weight. Uh, you're a doctor. Fat shame away.] Island…