Posts by Ken Begg

The copping of a feel was ENTIRELY accidental.

For a skeleton it looks a little 'tubby.' (Still got it.) Off to work, then cat-sitting. Well, putting out cat food five or six times. Have a great weekend, everyone. Watch something stupid in 2025! Watch Party next Friday.

"MY GOD!!" he thought, struggling to comprehend what was before him. "THAT WOMAN IS SMOKING HOT!" Happy 2025, everyone!

OK, I don't even know what's happening here, but....skellington! Last day of 2024!

The 1979 Salem's Lot telemovie also featured a Nosferatu-like vampire, entirely different from the novel's urbane master vampire. I think they've adapted Salem's Lot a couple of times since, but they disappeared without a trace. The novel was very '70s, being sort of a Peyton's Place with vampires, and it could be that you're…

Hey, so, Shadow of the Vampire. I'm not featuring it because a) I saw it at it's premiere showing at the Music Box Theatre, where, b) a young lady in the audience asked a question during the director's Q&A that was so dumb it still makes him laugh, which c) was followed by a…

Hello! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. No Watch Party next week, I'll be catsitting at my sister's. So...Jan 10th, I think? That will be the next one. I didn't run out yesterday to see Nosferatu, but the word on it is still quite encouraging. This still, obviously, is from the Herzog/Kinski version…

The monster to revisit this week is Count Orlok, the barely (and legally indistinguishable) stand-in for Dracula in 1922 seminal Nosferatu. I've said that roughly 90% of horror movie tropes originated from this film and 1919's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Moreover, the film isn't just historically important, it's also a great watch. David…

I mentioned Leviathan yesterday, but again, I really get much out of it. It was a turgid remake of The Thing, I thought. Still, this was the last great era for practical monsters. Look at that rig! Notice both the ending of this and of DeepStar Six involve the monster reaching the surface. It…