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Let’s postpone Watch Party one more week….

Sorry, folks, but there seemed to be more people who couldn't make tonight than could make it. Pretty soon Christmas / New Year's will be knocking out dates until January, so I'd like to get at least a decent crowd in for the last WP of 2021. I apologize for hosing this so badly,…
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Monster of the Day #3305
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Monster of the Day #3305

So we partially watched Witchery, an Italian supernatural demon/old dark house flick starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff. I can't remember why we stopped watching it. Bad disc? Anyway, I was pretty logy that day, so memories are failing. Next I showed Superstition, because Arthur, Sandy's son, really likes witch movies. It's basically a…
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Monster of the Day #3304
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Monster of the Day #3304

Next up was 1990's The Laughing Dead. It's an independent vanity project about undead Aztecs or something. I can't really remember all that much about it, which I think sums it up. The acting was generally pretty amateur hour. Honestly, I don't even remember this lizard guy, so that shows you how much the…
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Monster of the Day #3303
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Monster of the Day #3303

OK, back to T-Fest. Yes, this is getting ludicrously late, I shouldn't have basically taken Thanksgiving week off. Anyway, we left off on Sunday, having started the day with The Shrine. Sandy next showed the Bava film Hatchet for a Honeymoon. It's a very weird film, in that it goes from a serial killer…
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What’s your favorite non-classic ’50s sci-fi film?

We could debate what at the ten greatest ‘50s sci-fi films, and perhaps we shall someday. There are so many that my actually favorite monster movie of all time (which is saying something), Them!, probably wouldn’t make that list. On the other hand, there would be a spot available, for me, since I long…
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Monster of the Day #3302
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Monster of the Day #3302

Sandy kicked off our post-Fest Sunday with The Shrine, a 2010 mystery/horror film largely set in Poland. Delightfully, the central female character is allowed to be a selfish asshole rather than being completely virtuous all the time. The film also ably uses the sense of paranoia you can feel when you go to a…
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Amazon Watch Party Dec 3rd?

Is anyone up for an Amazon Watch Party on Friday, December 3rd? I've waited too long since the last one, but I'm thinking doing one this week, which is the day after Thanksgiving, might not be best for everyone. Anyway, if people are interested, let's give it another spin.
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Monster of the Day #3301
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Monster of the Day #3301

So after the last movie of the day shift, followed by a (of course) fun episode of The Untouchables ("Ya Yelllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"), and Chad R's quiz on demon movies--one in a walk by first time attendee Cullen--we broke for dinner. A few years ago I showed the WC Fields movie Never Give a Sucker an…
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Monster of the Day #3300
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Monster of the Day #3300

I was afraid there wasn't enough monsters for the line-up (sadly, the incredible octopus from yesterday appears for like ten seconds), so I showed the dire Winterbeast. Its like Equinox made by the untalented. It's astoundingly cheap, and the monsters don't stay on screen for nearly long enough. But they are adorable and there…
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Monster of the Day #3299
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Monster of the Day #3299

We started Saturday's T-Fest (the 17th, I think) with Lon Chaney's The Unknown. I don't want to go into many plot details, because you should look the film up and watch it. Pre-code films would be surprisingly perverse, and Lon Chaney pre-codes could be exceedingly perverse. Great little movie, and it only lasted an…
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