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10.23.09 by Widge @ 2:40 am  It occurred to me that we apparently have never posted the original filmed version of Frankenstein, produced by Edison Studios back in 1910. It's a short twelve minute silent film that is an interesting piece of cinema history. Sure, Patrick Ogle's version of the monster looks like his fashion sense came from an 80s hair band and the cutting edge in FX from almost...Jebus, almost a century ago...is interesting to have for posterity. But. At four minutes in, when the "creation" sequence really kicks into gear, bear this in mind: if you had been watching this in 1910, you would have probably been crapping your pants. Categorized as: Movies
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10.22.09 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  So after looking at our track record for 32 Days of Halloween Movie Night #23 and seeing last year's Oasis of the Zombies (aka Dead Snow without the snow) and then 2007's howler King of the Zombies, I figured we needed another ...of the Zombies. And we're in luck because here's Horror of the Zombies, the third in the Blind Dead series. It goes by a number of other names, most notably The Ghost Galleon. Don't panic that this is a sequel and we're jumping in on Movie #3...the gist is that the long-dead Knights Templar get up and kill you. And they're dead because their eyes got eaten. That's...yeah, you're up to speed now. Categorized as: Movies
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10.22.09 by Widge @ 4:49 am  So after looking last year to where we posted the trailers for Village of the Damned and its sequel, I figured...hey, evil children. That will work. Children usually are only bad for society due to their parents...you know, when they drag their two-year-old to the prime time showing of an R-rated movie and then wonder why everybody's pissed at them. That's how it starts, anyway. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about kids using their innocence and who-me looks against us older type people. So we can go to the apotheosis of all evil kids--you know, that Antichrist youngster... Categorized as: Movies
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10.21.09 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  What madness is this? Hammer Horror combining forces with the Brothers Shaw? On a Dracula movie? With Peter Cushing back as Van Helsing? Mixing fu and horror? Really? Sweet! That's right, it's Cushing's last turn in a Hammer Dracula film and it's Hammer's last vampire flick. So it must be 1974's The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires. Check it out... Categorized as: Movies
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10.21.09 by Widge @ 6:37 am  I consider myself pleased to have stumbled across this: it's A One Way Ticket to Hollywood, a feature-length interview/retrospective concerning the life and career of one of our favorites, Peter Cushing. While the content is, as you might expect, not limited to his horror work (everything from Hamlet to Star Wars is also included)--this is Peter Cushing for crying out loud. So it's definitely within our jurisdiction for 32 Days of Halloween. And it doesn't appear to be in print on DVD...so enjoy it while you can, amigos. And consider this a little 32 Days present for Rox as well... Categorized as: Movies
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