Monster of the Day

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.

Yes, knife on a stick should definitely do the job. Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great weekend. Watch something stupid.

Man, that's got it all. hot babe, dude in trench coat with a pork pie hat  firing a lovingly details M1911, and, of course, Robed Skeleton. Also, the stories don't trail off half way through!

OK, so another speed run for Basement Fest '25 as we hit a stretch with no monsters. GalaxyJane picked the fun but modest TV pilot Wonder Woman. This is the one with blonde Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana, playing the character when she was in her (far cheaper) depowered, Emma Peal-lite period. The real…

After our extended breakfast break at Walker Bros (one of the reasons I think so many people have cleaved to Basement Fest over B-Fest), we returned to start the Saturday proper films. Jeff contributed the (by the standards of the day) pre-plane crash, sleazy Ron Ormond flick The Exotic Ones (1968), also known by…