Monster of the Day

We finally got out of the '50s and '60s, but there was continuity. Next up (I *think* Jamie and Mike suggested it?) was the French film The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010). It was a pre-WWI set Perils of Pauline type film with mummies--lots of mummies this weekend. I knew I wouldn't love…

Oopsie. We didn't watch Pharaoh's Curse and From Hell it Came back to back, but in the middle watch the very fun (and for the time, quite grisly) Island of Terror. That makes sense. All are '50s and 60s monster movies, but putting a color film in the middle switches things up. I can't…

We wanted to introduce Jamie and Mike to one authentic classic, so we followed up Pharaoh's Curse with From Hell it Came. Ah, the Tabonga. That's the stuff right there.

Sandy Petersen likes mummy movies. I know because two of his favorite childhood monster movies are oddball mummy movies. There's a married couple, Mike and Jamie (Mike blew all day waiting for my several times delayed flight to arrive to come pick me up at the airport---thanks, dude!), delightful people, who have been joining…

Yes, that looks like an authentic old timey western dress, all right. I should have been at the airport by now, but I guess they are having weather in Dallas so my flight got delayed five hours. Pray it does not get delayed again. (Darth Vader voice) Anyway, (eventually) off to Texas. See some…

Wow, for such an old cover this sure has a lot of sax and violins. Thank you, ladies and germs, I'm here all week.

Ricky finally gets tired of all those hat boxes that keep showing up at the Ricardo apartment. By the way, has anyone seen Fred Mertz recently?

  Oh, I didn't even notice the skeleton hand with the knife. So I guess this is a Monster of the Day after all. Although I'm sure there's a William Castle ending to whatever story this is referencing. Happy Hump Day, folks.  

Worst secret ingredient on Iron Chef ever. I guess readers liked severed heads. Friday's Watch Party subject was an old fave of mine, Kill Squad. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Playing YouTube on Discord is pretty easy. The commercials are a bit annoying--the channel I was playing the very nice print off of had…

Obviously we've all seen a lot of this sort of thing, but this one is pleasingly subtle, I think. Man, painted covers.