Wow, that was my exact expression watching this film. (It’s the stitches drawn on with an eyebrow pencil that really sell this design.)

The early ’70s were a fecund period for films called Dracula vs Frankenstein. This one, by Jess Franco (uh oh) is more aptly summed up by it’s alternate title, Dracula Prisoner of… Read Article →

For some reason this shot was used a lot for publicity purposes.

Have I really never featured this guy? Man, I really need to do an inventory.

Third Halloween show, third Twilight Zone parody.

The second Treehouse of Horror went back to the Twilight Zone well (predictably enough, given the age of the people making the show then). Bart fit *very* nicely into the Billy Mummy… Read Article →

The first segment of the first Treehouse of Horrors parodied the Amityville Horror, the third was a read of The Raven by James Earl Jones. The second story, however, introduced Kang and… Read Article →

I hope everyone had a good weekend. Rings kind of predictably didn’t. I figured it sucked when they didn’t let critics review it before it came out. However, I was still surprised… Read Article →

I remember discussing the trailer for this a few months ago, I hope I didn’t use the monster here that day. The film is quite possibly as dire as the trailer made… Read Article →

This is going to sound like an absurd statement, but something I think Marvel/Disney doesn’t get enough credit for the success of its cinematic universe. One obvious benchmark–even with Marvel there to… Read Article →