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Monster of the Day #3294

Again, a cheat today. There really isn't much overt 'monster' action in Carl Dreyer's Vampyr, but man, if you want mood and atmosphere this is the flick for you. The sequence where the immobile hero helplessly watches as he's carried in a coffin to the cemetery is a classic. Available via the Criterion Collection.…
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Monster of the Day #3293
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Monster of the Day #3293

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.
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Monster of the Day #3292
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Monster of the Day #3292

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…
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Monster of the Day #3291
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Monster of the Day #3291

Oops, forgot to post today. How about another Lionel Atwill technicolor extravaganza? The Mystery of the Wax Museum.  And yes, that's Fay Wray. Your probably recognize her tonsils.
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Monster of the Day #3290
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Monster of the Day #3290

Let's look at some of the old movies that are a bit more obscure this week. The Universals eat up most of the oxygen this time of year for classic movie fans, but these movies are well worth another look. This is Doctor X, a fun mystery / horror flick in very early two-strip…
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Monster of the Day #3288
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Monster of the Day #3288

That's actually a pretty nice cover. I have one question, though. Is the blonde a series character (see yesterday's cover) or did the artist just have a type?
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Boring Anime Stuff: Still gushing about Bofuri Season 2

More details coming out. Happily, all the production key players from the first season (including the composer, whose work is probably easy to overlook but really, really good) are back for the second season starting in January. Once I finish watching that I can finally read the light novels covering the same ground that…
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Monster of the Day #3287
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Monster of the Day #3287

I guess they forget the speech balloons, but man, I love that comic title. That's just great. Dr Death has to work on his patter, though. No Cryptkeeper he.
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