Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)

 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)

The Last Pregaming Halloween

As much as I've wanted to hold off on prime Halloween coverage until October... I just can't. Purposely watching stuff I'm less interested in was a dumb move so here's the last of it:


*Spooky TV

One Step Beyond - The Haunted U-Boat (S1 E17 1959)

Years before playing the buffoonish Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes, actor Werner Klemperer portrayed a decidedly less comedic German Officer in this middling submarine set mystery.
1981

Taxi  - Jim the Psychic (S4 E1 1981)

Jim predicts Alex’s imminent death. Not spooky, despite some fine screams,  but a solid episode. Andy Kaufman shines, as usual, in an unrelated subplot.


* Bad Movies?

The Demolitionist (1995)

Roboladycop mediocrity. Not the worst of this kind of thing but nothing special.




Napoleons Curse (2007)

New Orleans set haunted house horror.

Sometimes the line between indie and amateur gets blurred. This is the directors' third film so not an amateur I guess but yikes. Music cues are good for a laugh though and it has the best awkward dance scene song since Birdemic brought us "Hanging Out with the Family."

Crooked Billet (2017)

Oh dear.Another barely watchable low budget horror flick. I feel for movies like this, I’m sure a more generous budget would make for more effective, more compelling, pictures. Sadly it’s hard to look past these limitations despite the good intentions of the filmmakers.

When I see films like this I genuinely hope it leads the folks involved to bigger, more fully realizable, projects. I may not have liked, or even been able to finish their movies, but I value their passion for the art form and I wish them the best.

The Caller (1987)

Twisty two-hander starring Madolyn Smith and Malcolm McDowell. Essentially an overlong off-brand Twilight Zone episode. Getting to the twist will depend on how much you love the cat and mouse between the leads.

Not perfect but not at all bad.

Pregaming Halloween: Re watches and Real Estate Horrors

* Rewatches

Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Dull as dishwater Giallo. Thought I’d missed something the first time around but nope.





Hider in the House (1989)

The most astonishing part of this is how effective it is despite the fact it does exactly what it says on the label. No twists, no subverted expectations. And it still works. It’s also nice to see pre punchline Gary Busey doing his thing.




The Final Terror (1983)

Above-average slasher in the woods flick. Held up on repeat viewing.




The Last Horror Film (1982)
I hadn’t seen this one in years and was really pleased with how well it’s held up. It’s a guilty pleasure to be sure but still a pleasure.


*Real Estate Horror

Are You in the House Alone? (1978)

High school stalker TV movie that makes up for lack of gore with relationship and domestic drama. Fairly effective for what it is thanks to a solid cast including Blythe Danner and Dennis Quaid in supporting turns.




Apartment 1303 3D (2013)

Yeah, no. Just terrible.



The Valdemar Legacy (2010)

Not particularly successful, slightly Lovecraftian, Gothic from Spain. Perhaps the last film with horror legend Paul Naschy. Sadly it’s barely a horror film and the dramatic elements aren't at all compelling. In fact, it eventually descends from boring to ridiculous, introducing Alistair Crowley, Bram Stocker, infamous accused murderesses Belle Gunnis and Lizzie frickin Borden. as characters. It's like crappy fan fiction.

The House (Húsið: Trúnaðarmál ) (1983)

Icelandic haunted house/relationship drama that starts slow, it takes nearly 20 minutes to get its protagonists into The House, and makes some interesting, though for me, not particularly satisfying narrative choices.

This was, according to Wikipedia, Iceland's official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in '84, though it didn't make the shortlist of nominees that year. I can see why it was selected, as it does have a bit of an art-house vibe.

Pre-gaming Halloween Day One

I like to keep my Halloween traditional. I like spooky, eerie, creepy, macabre. Supernatural, paranormal, unknowable. Hauntings, mysterious occurrences, things that go bump in the night. Give me vampires, witches, ghosts and ghouls. Seance's and haunted woods and abandoned houses. I'm not so much into the slashers and the gore and the Kaiju and the jump scares and "it goes to eleven" volume of Haunted Attractions. I like most of these things, I just don't consider them quintessentially Halloween. Yes, I know I am an outlier.

I also want to get back into blogging, and before October, but I don't want to start marathoning Hammer Horror or re-reading classic Lovecraft just yet.

Thus I'm Pre-Gaming Halloween. Throughout September I’ll be covering other types of horror in the lead up to actual Halloween blogging time. True crime, sci-fi, bad horror movies, horror movie rewatches and re-assessments, creature features, spooky tv episodes, kids' stuff ... all things that I might avoid in October as I try to maximize my Halloween experience, but that are all at least horror adjacent.

What these posts will mostly take the form of is a log of the stuff I watch read and listen to with a dash of commentary. My selection process will be pretty much random, just what I find as I browse around streaming services and my collection. Hopefully, my dear readers will find something useful in these recommendations, warnings, and asides.


True Crime  - Martin Fido's Murder After Midnight

I first became aware of true crime historian Martin Fido through my teenage obsession with the Jack the Ripper murders. It was years later when a friend from the UK sent me a disc full of airchecks from a late-night radio show Fido had appeared on. Each night Fido would share a tale of murder most foul under the title Murder After Midnight. Stranglers, poisoners, shooters and, of course, rippers, a cornucopia of man’s inhumanity to man. Though I don’t always agree with his assumptions and opinion-based conclusions, Fido is a fine researcher and compelling storyteller.

Fido’s written a number of books but, thanks to these shows, I’ve become a fan of his audiobooks, as read by the man himself. Loads of his Murder After Midnight scripts have been re-recorded and are widely available to purchase or stream. After binging on a bunch of the radio shows, I finished off my true crime evening with an expanded version of one of the first Murder After Midnight episodes I’d heard - 10 Rillington Place.

* Spooky (?) TV - Blackadder \ Cybil

So, here in the TV posts, I’ll be taking a fairly random ramble through tv series to find spooky sounding episodes that I, usually, haven't seen before. Not Halloween episodes but ones with some sort of horror theme.

Blackadder -  Witchsmeller Pursuivant (S1, E5 1983)
Streaming - Hulu

When this first series of Blackadder hit A&E (here in The States) back in the day it was a revelation, now most consider it perhaps the third or fourth-best series but at the time it was the merde. In this episode, Frank Finlay guests as a Witchfinder summoned to rid the Kingdom of the supernatural forces bringing a plague upon the land. Hilarity ensues.

Rewatchability - High

Cybill - The Curse of Zoe (S1, E8 1995)
Streaming - Amazon Prime

Cybill Shepherd sitcom where I feel the lead is sometimes the shows weakest link, though honestly outside of Christine Baranski the actors are all either uninspired, unprepared or just very poorly directed. In The Curse of Zoe, the only real voodoo is whatever dark art has brought Chuck Lorre to the pinnacle of his industry with such an aggressively mediocre body of work.

Anyway, the plot showed real promise. Struggling actress and divorcee Cybill's life takes a surprising turn for the better when angsty teen daughter Zoe (Alicia Witt) leaves to live with her Dad. Once at Dad’s, her negative vibes become a millstone around his neck as well. There's also a limp psychic subplot. What could have been a deliciously dark comedy where the entitled brat is literal poison to her family is instead utterly meh.

Rewatchability - Near Nil


* Horror Adjacent Movies

Lured ( 1947 - Amazon Channels - Cohen Media)

Solid Douglas Sirk directed serial killer mystery with a few creepy touches. Stars Lucille Ball with George Sanders, Boris Karloff, and George Zucco.

Spacehunter - Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983 Amazon Prime)

Originally expected this to be a crappy Star Wars knockoff but seeing it was an Ivan Reitman production I shifted to wondering if it was a spoof, and in the end, it was a bit of both. At first, I thought I’d be filing this under Bad Movies but I really enjoyed it - as good cheesy B-Movie fun. Probably would have been even better in its original 3D. If this had not been released just ahead of Return of the Jedi I’d wager it would have a much better reputation.

Silent Panic (2019 Amazon Prime)

What would you do if you came back to your car and found a dead body in the trunk? Huh? Asking for a friend... plus it's what this indie thriller opens with. Not great but I'm grading on a curve and putting it here instead of the next section because the filmmaker shows promise and God knows I've seen worse...today.



* Bad Movies

Here I’ll be watching, or at least attempting to watch, movies that, on the surface, seem like they're going to suck. Why? Because I’m a masochistic horror completist and if I’m going to subject myself to this garbage I at least deserve the catharsis of shaming them or even perhaps praising them, to the world.

Sea Ghost (2004 Amazon Prime)
Terrible underwater creature-feature

Spooky Stakeout (2016 Amazon Prime)
Sub-par Irish kid's mini-Ghostbusters.

Apple Pie (1976 Amazon Prime)
Experimental NYC fairy tale. Yeah, no. Though it was interesting seeing younger Larry “Bud” Melman actor Calvin DeForest and Brother Theodore.

* Rewatched

Here I'll tackle a film I've seen before to see if I love or hate it any more or less this time around.

The Fog (2005 Vudu)

An unfathomably bad and utterly unnecessary remake of one of my favorite John Carpenter flicks. Does literally everything wrong. Everything. Gross incompetence, actually still makes me a little bit mad. Did not improve with age.

5 Under Appreciated Horror Gems on Netflix - Ravensdeath Watches

Mid-week mischief

HOUSE of WAX, 1953 (by Remember When?)

Movies...
The Crystal Lake Massacres! @ AICN

New Friday the 13th Special Editions @ Horror Movie A Day

Before the Fall @ The Film Fiend

Blood: The Last Vampire [Live Action] @ Japan Cinema

Warriors of the Wasteland @ Need Coffee

The Monster demands a mate again… @ Obsessed With Film

Little Shop of Horrors remake news @ Filmstalker

Top 12 Horror Locations @ OMG Horror

Stacie Ponder advises...Know Your Zombies... or Else! @ Horror Hacker

Slashers Go to Development Hell @ Retro Slashers

Trek 2 Will Take Liberties, But Transformers 2 Is Already Taking Plenty @ io9

TV....
Fireball XL5 @ SciFiPulse

The Man of Steel mystery: Was George Reeves murdered 50 years ago today? @ Hero Complex

Watch...
Century City @ Hulu

Monster Shark (1984) & Boardinghouse (1982) &  House of Whipcord (1974) @ Cult Trailers

Popskull trailer @ horrornews (YT)

The Resurrected (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward) @ Lovecraftsuniverse (YT)

Listen...
Aural Delights No 89

Read...
Bewildering Stories 341  via Quasar Dragon

Daughter by Lori Titus @ Flashes in the dark

Books...
Guillermo del Toro: The monster man @ The Independent

SF Signal's MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building

"Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1997) @ Republibot

Comics...
Lilly Mac Kenzie and the Mines of Charybdis new pages | start page

Star Trek 922. The Sky Above... The Mudd Below @ Siskoid

Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis #3 preview @ Comic Monsters


Pulp, Mystery...
Pulp Art: Black Mask - Dog Eat Dog @ I Was a Bronze Age Boy

The Thirty Nine Steps (1935) @ The Lightning Bug's Lair

E Is for Espionage @ Bookgasm

Radio Drama: Father Brown Mysteries - The Blue Cross (12-02-84) @ Boxcars711

Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct (L'Instinct de mort) trailer & How to be a Serial Killer trailer @ Filmstalker

Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza (1968) trailer @ AsianVirusNet (YouTube)

Halloween Stuff...
Halloween Mask Catalogues @ Monster Brains

time2dive's Haunted Bookshelves vids @ HauntForum

Monday Morning Mayhem

Film...

Friday the 13th @ The Film Fiend

Stay Alive (Director's Cut) @ Brutal As Hell

The Forest &  Terror at the London Bridge (Bridge Across Time) @ Retro Slashers

Barbarella @ Coming Attractions of the Past

Cthulhu vs Godzilla @ Dr. Hermes

Row Three's Film on TV: June 15-21

Horror Hacker's The Good, The Bad and The Scary - June 15, 2009

The VOH Roundtable: Does Horror Ever Go Too Far?


TV...

Primeval canceled by ITV @ Newsarama

Listen...

Beam Me Up 161

Monster Scifi Show Podcast Episode 16

Japanator Radio 91

Title Fight Round Three @ Blood Cast

Free Neil Gaiman Short Story on Audible @ Maria Lectrix


Read...

Strange Horizons

Dead Man's Hand by Brian Barnett @ Flashes In the Dark

Sam's Cows by Robert C. Eccles @ The Daily Tourniquet


Books...

Shadows Over Filmland by Kenneth Hite & Robin D. Laws @ OgreCave

"The Library of Shadows" by Mikkel Birkegaard @ Fantasy Book Critic


Comics...

Neverwhere (1968) @ The Bronze Age of Blogs

Demon of Destruction! @ Pappy's GACB

Six by 6 | Only the end of the world again @ Robot 6

Grooviest Covers of All Time: Your Fave Groovy Age Cover Artist for 2009 is...Jim Aparo @ Diversions of the Groovy Kind

Ten of a Kind: Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel @ Bully Says: Comic Ought To Be Fun

Pulp...

The Glass Key @ Noir of the Week

Sgt. Cribb is on Youtube, including the seldom seen pilot. @ Scarlett Street

To Be Continued, pt. 8: Serials, 1936-1956 @ Lovecraft is Missing

ebook: The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound by George A Warren @ Munseys

Pulp Art: Dynamic Science Fiction - Dec. 1952 @ Lots of Pulp

Pulp Art:Double Action Detective - Spell of the Devil Dolls @ I Was A Bronze Age Boy


Halloween Stuff...

How to Apply White Makeup to a Zombie Costume @ Full Halloween


Stuff...

The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Monty Python Solo Projects @ Topless Robot

9 Actors Who Deserve a Comeback @ FSR

Monster and robot-filled concert posters @ Super Punch

Psychic Predicts Trek Role For Shatner @ My Star Trek Scrapbook

eerie lists, pod people and stuff

Movies...

Some recent movie lists from the Eerie Books Blog...

• 50 Must-See French Horror Movies
• 42 Frankenstein Movies to See Before You Die
• 100 Horror Movies From the 70's

Don't Torture a Duckling @ The Deuce


TV...

The Vampire Diaries @ The CW


Watch...

The Eldritch Influence (The Life of H P Lovecraft) @ Lovecraftuniverse (YT)


Batteries not Included "a Collection of Vintage Toy Commercials" fixed sound version

Tree  Beasts


Listen...

Pseudopod 146: The Button Bin by Mike Allen

Fear on Demand Episode 7: Good Kids by Sidney Williams

Love Bites by Gregory Clifford @ Dunestaff

Scott Sigler Ain't 'fraid of No Ghosts @ Laughing in the Face of Death

StarShipSofa: Aural Delights 88

Escape Pod 203: The Legend of St. Ignatz by Samantha Sizemmore

Drabblecast 118- The Relativity Prison by Igor Teper Drabble- Coiffuture Conundrum by Jake Webb

Well Told Tales 53: Eee by Jonathan C. Gillespie

Transmissions From Beyond 16: Feelings of the Flesh by Douglas Cohen

ISBW #119 – Are You a God? / Seth Harwood Interview

The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe Podcast 203: Interview with Bruce Hood, author of Supersense:Why We Believe in the Unbelievable


Read...

Jack's Bad Day by Jim Wisneski @ Flashes in the Dark


Books...

Reading Dracula Again, For the First Time @ Frank Mundo (The Examiner)


Pulp...

Podcast: CrimeWAV 39: Past Due by Eric Beetner

Afternoon update

Movies...

Fear Me Not @ Horror Yearbook

Incubus @ Teleport City

Suspect Zero @ Horror Movie A Day

The Body Beneath @ The Deuce

A cool Psycho still unearthed @ chained and perfumed

The Astounding She Monster & Astro Zombies @ Coming Attraction of the Past

Vampire news roundup @ Vampire Wire

Morning Spoilers: Joss Whedon Talks You Through Dollhouse Season 2, And Guillermo Del Toro Explains The Universe @ io9


TV...

NBC Begins Heroes Cloning? @ io9

Harper's Island: The Mysteries "Seep" Through @ BuddyTv


Watch...

Frankie: A Short Film made in 48 Hours @ The Daily Tourniquet

Nosferatu @ YouTube


Read...

Lonsome Pine by Catherine J Gardner @ Flashes in the Dark


Books...

Gone and Hunger by Michael Grant @ The Book Smugglers

The Fairy Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, Book 1) by Michael Buckley @ Robots and Vamps


Comics...

Star Trek 917: Once a Hero... @ Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

Three new Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker books coming in October @ Comic Monsters


Pulp...

'Friday The 13th' Director Marcus Nispel Tagged For 'Conan' @ Splash Page

Free audiobook: Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer @ LibriVox

it's dark in the dark's Pinup of the Week: Spicy Mystery Stories January 1937

CoverArt: The Man From Planet X @ paco camino
"That incredible stud, Peter Lance, in another wild, erotic, adventure!"


Stuff...

6,000-year-old tombs found next to Stonehenge @ Times Online

Stonehenge: Gateway to the infinite @ The Guardian  via The Daily Grail

Sky 'rains tadpoles' over Japan @ Telegraph.co.uk 

June 12, 1957: Future Is Now in Monsanto's House @ Wired

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Preview: A Chilling Shooter @ Kotaku

Zombie Neurobiology @ Mental Floss

Friday festerings...

Film...

Moon @ Starlog

Moon @ News in Film

Moon @ Rope of Silicon

Moon @ Buzzline

Moon @ Atomic Popcorn

Moon @ NJ.com

Moon @ Filmcritic.com

Dead Snow @ Filmcritic.com

The Last House On The Left (2009) @ theDish

Shock Waves & Murder Loves Killers Too @ Brutal As Hell

Burnt Offerings (1976) @ The Obscure Hollow

Ben (1972) @ Full Halloween

"Project: Moonbase" (1953) @ Republibot

'ZombieLand' Shows Off Zombie Basics @ FSR

Behind-the-Scenes New Moon Footage @ Dread Central

Sony Screen Gems Remaking 'Blind Terror' @ BD

Teen Vampire Film "Soulstice" is a Go @ Vampire Cafe

Kevin Lima Remaking Don Knotts' The Incredible Mr. Limpet & John Carter of Mars Shooting in November @ FirstShowing

del Toro will test shoot FRANKENSTEIN in two weeks, talks casting for THE HOBBIT... @ Obsessed with Film

Rev. Phantom's Top 10 Favorite Film Scores @ Midnight Confessions


TV...

'True Blood' back in circulation @ David Hinckley (Daily News)

Vampires strike back: 'True Blood' boils anew in Season 2 @ USA Today

Vampire TV @ IGN


Watch...

Orphan Trailer @ Cinefantastique


Listen...

The Haunting - Chamber of Horror Cassette @ Nightmare City

The Galactic Force Band - Spaced Out Disco (1978) @ Franklin Mint Blog

Masters Of Horror - the original stories in audio @ SFF Audio

X Minus One 560522 052 The Defenders @ Internet Archive


Read...

The indispensable Quasar Dragon offers up a collection of cool Zines (and, as usual, a good deal more)

Working Stiffs by D. Allen Crowley @ The Daily Tourniquet


Books...

The Little Stranger by Saeah Waters @ Tor.com

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan Audiobook review @ SFF Audio


Comics...

Tomb It May Concern presents Vampire from Stark Terror

The Bottle @ Lovecraft is Missing


Crime...

Kiss Me, Deadly (1955) @ Cinefantastique

Sherlock Holmes: The Masks of Death @ Permission to Kill

OTR: Sherlock Holmes 1948-12-12 The Adventure Of London Tower @ Internet Archive

Overnight Emissions

Film...

The Real (Symbolic, and Imaginary) Ghostbusters @ Overthinking It

Boy Eats Girl & Dance of the Dead @ Paracinema

Arrebato @ Taliesin Meets the Vampires

Minority Report @ Film for the Soul

The Alligator People @ Coming Attractions of the Past

Rev. Phantom's Top 10 Favorite Gruesome Sci-fi Movies @ Midnight Confessions


TV...

Star Trek Re-Watch: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" @ Tor.com


Watch...

Inugami @ Crunchyroll

The Bonomiya family’s women are the protectors of the Inugami, evil dog
spirits. If the Bonomiya women fail to keep watch over the spirits - or
worse, if they decide to use them for revenge - then the Inugami will run
wild in the village looking for blood.

St. John's Wort @ Crunchyroll

A game designer and his girlfriend Nami drive out to a decrepit mansion she
just inherited, to film backgrounds for a new video game called St. John's
Wort. As they search through the dark halls, a series of chilling paintings
reveal clues to Nami's past, including a picture of twin babies, named Nami
and Naomi. In another room, intrigue turns to terror when they find the
mummified bodies of six young boys. Now, if the couple is to survive the
night, they must discover the horrifying truth behind the paintings, the man
who created them and the twin that Nami never knew existed.

Listen...

The Cold equation by X Minus One @ Relic Radio Sci-Fi

Hallucination Orbit by X Minus One @ Internet Archive

The Queen of Space by The Space Patrol @ Boxcars711

Bloodletting Podcast: "Hooks" Episode 1 "Awakenings"

First episode of Bloodletting, the podcast arm of The Daily Tourniquet.  "Hooks" is an audio serial about a new kind of dark superhero.  In episode one, "Awakenings," she wakes up after being raped and murdered and finds out shes a walking corpse.

Read...

The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather @ Munseys

Poisoned Air by S.P. Meek & The World Beyond by Ray Cummings @ Project Gutenberg


Books...

Werewolves and Vampires and Men and Women @ Fyrefly's Book Blog

Benjamin's Parasite by Jeff Strand @ The BookZombie


Comics...

Review: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires #1 @ CBR


Pulp, Crime...

Dames on a Bullet Binge by Frederick C Davis @ Munseys

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) @ Big Hollywood


Stuff...

Grotesque Alphabet @ Bibliodyssey

2009 NewYork weekend of Horrors in pictures @ Evil On Two Legs

ABC's Awesome Saturday Morning Cartoon PSAs @ Cavalcade of Awesome

Tuseday stuff...

Movies...

Mum and Dad @ DVD Talk

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (Deluxe Edition) @ DVD Talk

Woodchipper Massacre @ Retro Slashers

Asylum (1972) @ Cinedelica

'The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires' Getting Remade @ MovieNet News

Schedule announced for New York Asian Film Fest! @ Quiet Earth

9 Year Old Vampire Movie Maker @ New York Mag.

Top 10 Horror Movies To Watch While Camping! @ BD

/Film's Zombie Roundup


TV...

Jacques Tourneur mini-marathon on TCM June 12th featuring Curse of the Demon, The Leopard Man, I Walked with a Zombie and Cat People

Merlin Comes to NBC @ Wild Bluff Media


Watch...

The Tell-Tale Heart (1958) @ Internet Archive


Read...

The Wood Devil Thing by Gordon McCreagh , The Helpful Robots by Robert J Shea , It's a Small Solar System by Allan Howard & The Cryptogram by James De Mille @ Munsey's


Books...

REVIEW: 2009 Hugo Award Short Fiction Nominees @ SF Signal

Tides from the New Worlds by Tobias Buckell @ Tor.com

The Place Called Dagon (1927) by Herbert S. Gorman @ Skulls in the Stars


Comics...

Richie Rich Meets Frankenstein @ Frankensteinia

Mad Doctors @ Pulp Sunday

Ball of String! & The Hound of Night! @ Fantasy Ink

Space 1999 Magazine @ Crosseyed Cyclops


Mystery, Spies...

Sherlock: Case Of Evil (2002) @ Permission To Kill

'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' Voted #1 Bond Soundtrack @ CommanderBond.net

Raymond Benson on Sound Authors podcast @ The HMSS Weblog

Free movie:The Girl in Lover's Lane (1958) @ Internet Archive

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) @ Rick's Flicks Picks

Saturday Update

last moments on earth (by smartee_martee)

Movies...

GoreZone revisits the Masters of Horror Part 1

House of Frankenstein (1997) @ Taliesin Meets the Vampires

Blood (1974) @ The Horror!?

Blood Freak @ Horror Yearbook

Mad Monster Party @ Teleport City

MST3K: The Amazing Transparent Man (with short: "The Days of Our Years") @ Satellite News

"The Animal World" & The Ape Man @ Random Acts of Geekery

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein @ Coming Attractions of the Past

Splash Page has some exclusive New Images from "9"

Check out 10 Saturday morning TV series that inspired blockbuster movies @ SCI FI Wire


TV...

Exclusive Interview with 'True Blood' Star William Sanderson @ BuddyTV

Classic TV: Kolchak Double Feature @ Examiner.com


Watch...

The Risk (1960) @ Internet Archive
A team of scientists find a cure for the plague but British Intelligence wants to keep their finding a government secret. Starring Peter Cushing.

Veronica Mars @ the WB  via /Film

Ernie Kovacs, Horror Host @ GaryP11111 (CHFB)

Here Comes Tobor - Episode 01 - Tobor and the Atomic Submarine (1957) @ Internet Archive

Men into Space episode 9, episode 10 @ Internet Archive

Sci-Fi Short Offline Is Tasty Movie Bait @ SciFiCool

The Exorcist Review @ NoHorrorCliches

Kids Get Dead trailer @ horrornews (YT)


Listen...

"Infestation" by Matthew Piskin @ Pseudopod  via Quasar Dragon

X Minus One 560515 051 Hallucination Orbit @ Internet Archive

The Raven (Poe) narrated by Derek Banner @ Internet Archive


Read...

Innsmouth Free Press: Summer 2009 Fiction Issue

In the Orbit of Saturn by Roman Frederick Starzl & Spawn of the Comet
by H. Thompson Rich @ FeedBooks

Black Crusade by Ari Marmell @ Wizards of the Coast  via Quasar Dragon


Books...

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn @ Mysteries in Paradise

Orwell's 1984 sixty years on @ The Independent


Comics...

The Fantastic Wishing Well @ The Fab Fifties


Pulp, Mystery...

Octopulps! via theelfinpoet

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 3 @ DVD Talk

OTR: Sherlock Holmes 1948-12-05 Island Of The Dead @ Internet Archive

OTR: The Amazing Mr. Malone - Early To Bed Early To Rise (06-15-51) &  Secrets Of Scotland Yard - Witchcraft Law (1947) @ Boxcars711

Yuki 7 papercraft @ Marshall Alexander  via Super Punch

"Casino Royale" predigested for easy consumption — and laughs @ The HMSS Weblog


Halloween stuff...

Check out the nifty frame grabs from this Vintage 8mm home movie of a school Halloween parade from 1954 on eBay via homemovie


Stuff...

Those Groovy Saturday Mornings: America's Best TV Comics @ Diversions of the Groovy Kind

Carnival of Space 106 @ Next Big Future

The Drive-In turns 76 tonight @ Temple of Schlock

Comic: Camp Runamuck (1966) @ Crosseyed Cyclops

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Wii Trailer!

Thursday night update...

The Mirrors (by Allan Tähtla)

Film...

"Land of the Lost" Is "Anchorman" With Dinosaurs and Aliens @ io9

The House of the Devil @ The Brooklyn Rail

Dark Mirror (2007) @ Filmcritic

Intruder (1989) @ Horror Movie A Day

Blade Runner Is About To Get A Prequel Webseries @ io9

Clive Barker's Twitter Feed Brings Hellraiser and Nightbreed News @ /Film

Why The Horror Blogging Community is the COOLEST @ Day of the Woman


TV...

Blood Ties Season 1 @ J!-Ent

Star Trek Re-Watch: "Arena" @ Tor.com


Watch...

Count Dracula and His Vampire Brides (USA cut of Hammer's The Satanic Rites of Dracula) & The House of Seven Corpses @ YouTube

The Devil's Partner (1958) @ Internet Archive

An old man dies in his shack while performing satanic rites. Shortly afterward, a strange man shows up claiming to be the old man's nephew. When he moves in, strange things begin to happen, like a man being attacked by his own dog.

'The Final Destination' Trailer Races Online @ Rope of Silicon

Trailer - Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo / Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo @ Nippon Cinema

Temptation (Gothic Vampire Horror) Teaser 2 (NSFW) @ YouTube


Listen...

Knock At The Door by Lights Out @ Relic Radio


Read...

25 Totally Free Tales by Top-Name Talent @ SF Signal via FSFD

aoife's kiss 8th Anniversary Issue via Quasar Dragon


Books...

'Burning Skies' – David J. Williams @ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review


Comics...

The Walking Dead #62,  Lionsgate Films: Leprechaun #2 & Vincent Price Presents #10 Previews @ Comic Monsters


Mystery...

OTR: Hercule Poirot - Murder Is A Private Affair (11-23-45) @ Boxcars711


Stuff...

London's magical history uncorked from 'witch bottle' @ New Scientist

Arthur Rackham - The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table (1917) @ Monster Brains

just a quick update...

Movies...

Bubba Ho-Tep (Collector’s Edition) @ Geeks of Doom

The Last Horror Film @ Cinema Fromage

Tinker, Tailor, Fembot, Spy & From Fembots With Love @ Spy Vibe

TV...

Blood Ties: The Complete Season One & 'True Blood' Season 2 - episode 1 preview @ Vampire Cafe

Actor Chris Gauthier Clues In on 'Harper's Island' Killer @ BuddyTV

Watch...

Star Trek TOS @ YouTube  via The Retroist

Listen...

The Bloody Good Horror Podcast Episode 76: Drag Me To Hell

Spies...

IanFleming.Com via The Book Bond

Stuff...

Primitive Lodon (1965) @ 10,000 Bullets

early Thursday update

David Carradine R.I.P. @ EW, Cinematical, BBC, FoxNews, ABC News


Film...


Script reviews for the Highlander Reboot & Poltergeist Remake @ AICN

The Hills Run Red @ AICN

Silemt Venom @ HorrorsNotDead

The Shining @ The Vault of Horror

The Cell 1 and 2 @ Horror Yearbook

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde stuff @ Coming Attractions of the Past

Movie Mobsters' Top 10 Fantasy Films

Teri McMinn Talks Meathooks, Chainsaws, and Massacres @ Dread Central

Scott Sigler Ain't 'Fraid of No Ghosts! @ Horror Hackers


TV...

The Listener @ AICN


Watch...

'Aliens vs. Predator' Game Trailer @ FEARnet

[Rec] 2 teaser trailer @ Quiet Earth

Three Clips from REC 2 @ Dread Central


Books...

Salt and Silver by Anna Katherine @ The Book Smugglers

Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 17) by Laurell K Hamilton @ Vampire Notes

Ralph Waldo Emerson, vampire slayer? @ And Now the Screaming Starts


Comics...

One Hungers by Neal Adams & Angel and the Ape in The Most Fantastic Robbery in History by Bob Oskner and Wally Wood. @ Grantbridge Street & other misadventures


Stuff...

The Autumn Society's 80's POP! Art Show @ /Film