Monster of the Day

I hope everyone has their treats ready for Friday.

I'm pretty sure we've done this one before, but hey, can't skip Halloween without some vintage art. Man, that's great stuff.

Friday's Discord Watch Party featured The Norliss Tapes, basically Dan Curtis' alternate version of The Night Stalker. Both feature writers recording their supernatural adventures on tape cassettes. The BIG difference is that Roy Thinnes (The Invaders) is no Darren McGavin, and that's to radically understate things. Still, the movie is pretty decent by itself…

Yesterday, I listed some Universal classics presently available on Amazon Prime. Yet I could almost hear some of you protesting, "Ken, we're young hep cats who don't grok those cheesy old movies! We want something more, like, Now!, man, more up to date and with it!"Luckily, Prime is prepared for such heresy, as they…

Halloween approaches swiftly. Many of us are covered for stuff to watch via our personal home video libraries. However, for those looking to branch out, don't forget YouTube and Amazon Prime. The latter has unsurprisingly beefed up its horror offering for the month. To start with, they have a small but nice selection of…

Sorry, I forget who, but one of you guys mentioned the passing of movie poster artist Drew Struzan last week. As we all remember, movie posters used to be a very big deal in terms of promotion, and Struzan's work dominated the 70s and 80s. Mr. Struzan's delightful work started with B-movies such as…

Friday's Watch Party subject was Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters. It's on YouTube. It's 80 minutes long, and despite its short length, it not only features the long obligatory stretches of wrestling matches, but eventually five-ten minutes of watching some night club musical numbers. Even so, it was pretty great, and everyone…

I've mentioned before that for me, Pyramids of Mars is the single best Doctor Who arc. Best Doctor at his prime, best companion (Sarah Jane, of course), dripping with Hammer-esque gothic atmosphere, and one of the best villains ever. Really, really great. And available for free viewing on YouTube and (according to GalaxyJane) Tubi.…

Horror of Fang Rock is classic Philip Hinchcliffe-era gothic horror, basically a monster oriented version of 10 Little Indians. In the end, the alien menace turned out to the Rutan, a race oft mentioned (they were the military rivals of the much more prevalent Sontarans) but only ever seen here. Unless they have appeared…

If you're looking for a bit of gothic horror for Halloween that you haven't seen for a while, remember that the BBC is posting arcs of the classic Doctor Who era on YouTube. Recently The Brain of Morbious was downloaded, and it's pretty great, practically a homage to the old Universal horror classics. Plus,…