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I...would like to see this.

Unfortunately, all I see in my crystal ball for this weekend is more snow. Ah, well. Happy weekend, everyone!  

  So way back in the day, ten or twenty (or more) years ago, Ertl put out this 1/18 scale model of The Car, as featured in the film of the same name. It's a flick I've always had a fondness for, having seen it during it's original theatrical run at the Pickwick Theatre…

Still doing your last minute Christmas (sorry Doctor Who, Festive) shopping? Why, nothing says kiddie fun like a game based on a national trauma-inducing horror film, complete with human skull. I mean, the culture is far more saturated with dark humor these days--hence the Jaws video game where you actually play the shark and…

First of all, great poster. I love that style. Second of all, and I'm serious here, is this poster gay-baiting? I mean, given the film's tagline (on the poster), the expressions on their faces, etc.  Of course, Dracula's Daughter was the first movie to really bring that issue to the forefront.

  I said yesterday that more early covers featured spicy girl art than 'weird' content (odd for a magazine called Weird Tales, but then they invented that market and had to find their way). That's not quite true. For instance, the eighth issued featured a great giant spider illustration that we've featured before. Still,…

Friday was basically (not entirely) my day, since we thought--incorrectly--we'd get more people attending on Saturday. Nope, not a one. Anyway, I opened with Fearless Fighters (on Amazon Prime), a truly wonky kung fu flick that has so much action that this was my running bit: [Ten seconds after last fight ends.] I yell…

  People today don't remember Santo's then legendary feud with Mick Jagger after the latter slept with the wrestler's girlfriend. Ironically, Jagger and El Santo are both widely considered to be inspirations for Carly Simon's You're So Vain.

"Bees! Bees! Thousands of Bees!" (Hey, not everyone has Irwin Allen's budgets.) GalaxyJane pointed out to me that 1978's delirious The Bees, no doubt rushed to drive-ins to (somewhat ironically) cash in on The Swarm. It's really dumb in the most enjoyable way, and stars John Saxon to boot. It also has John Carradine…