Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008)

Michael Crichton dies of cancer (Hollywood Reporter)

Spooky Links : Afternoon

Some nice posters and lobby cards up at Wrong Side of the Art including Trog, The Day Mars Invaded Earth, Unnatural, Children of the Corn, and The Incredible Petrified World.

Voyages Extraordinaires goes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Jon's Random Acts of Geekery presets Castle of Frankenstein #9

Cool-Mo-Dee offers Out of the Night #6

Z0mbie Astronaut has The Dunwich Horror as read by Roddy McDowell.

Temple of the Spider at Diversions of the Groovy Kind

Hulu:
Casper the Friendly Ghost
From the original 1950's animation, Casper reigns supreme in these rare theatrical Technicolor cartoon shorts. Never has there been a friendlier ghost than Casper, and now these charming cartoons are here for a whole generation of fans! Watch Casper & his friends have all kinds of fun and spooky adventures.

Moon Phase
While Kouhei ranks among the best in paranormal photography, he's never actually seen a ghost! So when he fails to capture a hauntingly beautiful young girl on camera, he knows there must be an explanation.

Forever Knight
Nick Knight is a 13th-century vampire living in modern day Toronto. In an effort to regain his mortality, Knight atones for 700 years of evil by fighting crime as a homicide detective for the Toronto police.

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Election Day Quickie


An era inevitably begins to come to an end as AICN reports Forrest J Ackerman is slipping away...



Quint watches The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Topless Robot's The 10 Greatest and Most Pathetic Old-School Halloween Costumes

Blecha reminds us to Remember, Remember the Fifth of November!

The Horrors of it All presents Nightmare Island

Randm Acts of Geekery presents a collection of cool Spiderman stuff

retrospace's Worst Comic Book Costumes

11 Downloadable Horror Movie Tracks @ Horror Yearbook

Hulu:
The Rats
A colony of rats—the result of a secret DNA research project—terrorizes the residents of New York City during the Christmas season.

The Night Of The Headless Horseman
The terrifying Washington Irving story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," is given life in this up-to-date animated presentation.

Archie For President

ArchMe25-01 (by senses working overtime)

A non-horror related cross post from Senses Working Overtime where you'll also find a cute election story from the pages of Elsie the Cow Comics "Vote For Elmer".

Monday, November 03, 2008

Halloween Link Catch-up Part 3

Halloween is Grinch Night at brooklynvegan

Z0mbie Astronaut presents a rare radio pilot: The Alfred Hitchcock Show - Malice Aforethought, pt. 1 plus Ray Bradbury's The October Country

Twelve Months of Christmas presents the Twelve Months of Christmas Halloween special.

Scary Spooky Soundtracks
at Dartman's World of Wonder plus The History of Halloween

Halloween Leftovers
at Super Punch

Suvudu's Top Ten Appearances of Frankenstein

The Haunted House: The Bill Tracy Project
(via secret Fun Blog)

The Sexy Armpit rides Elvira's Superstition

Nostalgic G
remembers Disney Adventures Halloween in 3D

Elvira Greeting Cards
at Moongem Comics

Halloween Link Catch-up Part 2

John Rozum's Big Halloween Finale!

She Blogged By Night looks at Dracula Has Risen From the Grave

Alfred Hitchcock will not wear a Halloween costume at TV Squad

Cinematical:
Plauge Town trailer @ Spike plus The Top 10 Worst Slasher Villains Ever

Monster Mondays!
@ Random Acts of Geekery plus Halloween Night Movie Festival : The Mummy (Hammer), Horror of Dracula, and Blacula,

Last Blog on the Left reviews Dance of the Dead plus The Top 10 Best All-Time Horror Movies Ever & The Haunting of Molly Hartley

Shadowplay on She Wolf of London and Werewolf of Washington

League of Tana Tea Drinkers' Halloween Memories

Halloween Link Catch-up Part 1

I didn't really have time to do any web work on Halloween and I was away all weekend so here's a post full of wonderful tricks and treats that you may have missed - plus a few fresh ones mixed in...

The First Annual Kindertrauma Halloween Parade!

13 covered the likes of "EEGAH!!!", "The Monster Of Piedras Blancas" and "Fiend Without a Face".

It's a Halloween hootenany!
at And Now the Screaming Starts plus The Other Author of Frankenstein

Horror Movie a Day reviews The Beyond (1981)

The Horror Section's Halloween Link Roundup

arglebargle! celebrates The Munsters

The Wolfman (1941) & Werewolves 101
@ The Monsterverse

War of the Worlds 70th Anniversary
@ Blogue Macabre

Branded in the 80's remembers Saturday the 14th!

Halloween safety clips at Carrie White Burns in Hell
Link
Cinefantastique has Orson Welles on "The War of the Worlds" panic broadcast plus a Bruce Campbell interview

The Classic Tales Podcast presents Dracula's Guest, by Bram Stoker.

So much great stuff at Cool-Mo-Dee!
The Hammer Film Music Collection @ Cosmobells

Fong songs: Dancing at the Zombie Zoo

Dave Lowe has lots of great shots up of his yard haunt and home decor.

Stan Lee Reads The Raven @ Quickstop Entertainment

A Hardy (Boys) Halloween @ Dinner with Max Jenke

Diversions of the Groovy Kind has Jack Kirby's Spirit World! and Morbius--the Sci-Fi Vampire!

Halloween Party at The House of Edgar


Electronic Cerebrectomy's Link Recap

Evil on Two Legs critiques The Fashion of Haddonfield

Exploitation Retrospect reviews Argento's The Mother of Tears

Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
@ Franklin Mint Blog

Groovy Age of Horror on the Universal & Hammer Monster Rallys plus "My Groovy Grandma - Halloween Edition"

Happy Halloween from Chas Addams @ Hairy Green Eyeball

Haunted Forum menber jimmyzdc's Phantom Hollow Yard Haunt

Avalard's Box of Obfuscation Podcast: Is This A Hammer Film? (via Hammer and Beyond)