Posts by Ken Begg

I know you have a civil tongue in your head, I sculpted it there myself!

Toys have gotten significantly better since I was a kid. Amok Time does a nice line of 12 inch B-movie monsters, although they are a bit pricey. I don't own any of them, sadly, although I do have Sputnik Supplies It Conquered the World figure sitting around in an unopened box somewhere. Anyway, things…

Pick your poison, folks. Last night, due to G-Fest being in town, I was able to see The Green Slime in a big old theater. I don't want to oversell it, but it's pretty much the greatest movie in cinema history.

"Quick, Henry, the Flit!"* [*C'mon, I haven't used that one in like a year now.]

One look at the artwork explains why EC Comics had more to fear from the government than its competitors.

It's true, doing your taxes is needlessly horrible.

Speaking of J. Carrol Naish being assaulted...

Yes, she did keep in touch with Boo Radley.

One of the reasons Universal reigned supreme with horror was that while the larger majors all wanted a piece of that sweet horror box office, they were clearly embarrassed to be making such fare. Hell, even in the '50s Jack Warner went out of his way to attempt to sabotage Them!, which despite his…