Monster of the Day

After Vampire Circus I showed one of several recently bought Hong Kong blu rays, Righting Wrongs, This is about a vigilante prosecutor pursued by a hardass cop played by Cynthia Rothrock. It could have been a little tighter, and there are several endings available, but the fights were pretty good and that's what it's…

While we were on Amazon, we watched Vampire Circus, which several of us, including myself, had never seen. It's no Captain Kronos, but as an experimental Hammer vampire film it's certainly better than their moribund Dracula movies were at the time. I will say the film was packed with nudity--well, the first half hour…

OK, so Texas and the 20th (!) T-Fest. Along with 15 T(ween)-Fests. I haven't missed one yet. I arrived at DFW airport, and the arriving Mary and Jamie were extremely kind enogh to drive me to Sandy's house. Sandy and family have decamped to Utah since the last Fest, although they returned to Dallas…

See if you can find the subtle clue that Elsa Lanchester was British.

That's a nice shot, even if it's posed. (Warning: SMOKING) Ah, Bela. Watch a Bela movie this month, everyone.

Halloween approaches! Here's to Milicent Patrick, the woman who designed and was in charge of the Creature of the Black Lagoon suit. Department head Bud Westmore got the official credit, but Ms. Patrick did the work and has been vindicated by history. Her design is so perfect that fishmen movies have struggled to get…

  There are surprisingly few monsters on the covers of Terror Tales, but man, there are lots of half-dressed (if that) beauties about to split in half by buzzsaws or have acid dripped on them or other grotesque forms of mayhem. And these are not covers where a heroic chap is bursting onto the…

No joke, I overslept. Off to work. See ya tomorrow. Watch Party tomorrow.

Hey, everyone. Sorry about dipping out the last couple of days. I had a bunch of family in town and we've been hanging out. Back to work today, though. The Beetle, the inherently scary-sounding animal name. Watch Party this Friday. The 20th T-Fest will be the weekend after this, in Rockwall TX per usual.

Man, they looked so cute in Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.