The Opening Shot
To the few people who know me from my old blog, Midnite Media, and the fewer people who actually followed me over here to my new digs, I just want to give a heartfelt thank you. I posted at Midnite...
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Goodies In The Mail!
This was actually delivered to my apartment's office a few days ago, but I wasn't able to collect it until today. I didn't even know that it was coming (Thanks, Hazmat Media!), so it was a pleasant...
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You Asked For It: Bela Lugosi (1953)
YOU ASKED FOR IT was an odd spin on the variety show format that originally aired on the defunct DuMont Network beginning in 1950. Viewers would write in to the show and request segments covering...
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Short Film: The Hole (1962)
This short animated film from 1962 features a pair of well-acquainted construction workers whose idle chit-chat grows serious when the subject of the nuclear threat is breached. Could Armageddon be...
View ArticleMoon Memories: Telephone Armageddon
I have a distinct memory from my early childhood of watching a portion of a movie on television. I only recall one scene and a few extraneous details:The film took place in a large city, and everyone...
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[Automatonophobia] The Great Gabbo (1929)
The Great Gabbo PosterThis elderly piece of cinema follows the romantic and professional misadventures of ventriloquist Gabbo and his amazing dummy Otto. Gabbo (Erich Von Stroheim) is rather renowned...
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Horror in the Heartland: Going Deep into Stephen King’s “1922”
Cover Image1922 is the opening novella in Stephen King’s 2010 collection FULL DARK, NO STARS, and it takes the form of a written murder confession by farmer Wilfred Leland James, scrawled in a motel...
View ArticleFive Horror Television Adaptations I'd Like To See
Things may seem dire in the theaters some days, but we are living in a Horror Heyday of television. AMERICAN HORROR STORY and SUPERNATURAL are both original ratings giants, but look at the adaptations...
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[Automatonophobia] Dead of Night: The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1945)
DEAD OF NIGHT is a very well-respected British horror anthology film from 1945, notable for being among the first of its kind and setting the template for those that would follow. A group of guests at...
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Headlines: Open House Serial Killer Claims Fourth Victim
Today's headline comes from the 1988 real estate-based slasher flick OPEN HOUSE. The headline pretty much sums up everything you need to know about the movie...except for the fact that Adrienne...
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[Comic] Devil Doll? by Daniel Clowes
Title PanelAt one time or another, most all of us have been given or stumbled upon one of those "Chick Tracts"--pocket sized comic books that rally against the evils of the world and invite you to...
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[Automatonophobia] Alfred Hitchcock Presents: And So Died Riabouchinska (1956)
Title ScreenLieutenant Krovinch is called in to investigate the murder of a man named Luke Ockham at an old theater. Initially, not much is known about Ockham other than that he had come around...
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[Book Review] Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls by Alissa Nutting
Cover ImageI had received this book in a discounted multi-pack of indie authors some years ago, and never got around to reading it until recently. It's a damn shame that I waited so long.This...
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Unholy Grails: Wicked, Wicked (1973)
Poster ImageI've been wanting to see this film ever since I first read about it, years ago, in Michael Weldon's irreplaceable Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film. Here's what he wrote about it:A comic...
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Iconography: All Problems Solved
Today's iconography comes from the 2002 sequel HELLRAISER 6. This mysterious business card is only one clue in a brain-melting mystery that Kirsty's husband has to unravel in order to pull his fat out...
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[Automatonophobia] Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Glass Eye (1957)
Title ScreenWhen Julia Lester passes away a lonely old spinster, she leaves all of her belongings to her cousins Dorothy and Jim Whitely. Amongst these items, they locate a most unusual curio, the only...
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The Driver of This Taxicab Has Seen ON THE BEACH!
I've never actually seen 1959's ON THE BEACH from director Stanley Kramer. I don't know why I haven't bothered to see it--it's a post-apocalyptic drama with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and...
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My Horror Movie Survival Crate
I was recently contacted by Alexandra from Man Crates: Gifts for Men, challenging me to compile a list of supplies that I would want in my Man Crate if I were trapped in a horror movie. I checked out...
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Moon Memories: The Red Balloon
The Red Balloon - Cover ImageOne of the films that scared me the most as a child wasn't even a horror movie. Ostensibly, it was a family-friendly fantasy... but it certainly didn't seem that way to...
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[Automatonophobia] Short Film: The Dummy (1982)
The Blood-Spattered DummyThere's not a lot of story in this short film, and clocking in at only about 7.5 minutes, there's not much room for any, either. After arguing with her husband about an...
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