LITERAL REMAINS

It seems a little odd that the tale of a murderous barber who uses his victims’ remains to make meat pies would be the ideal subject matter for a Broadway musical.  But Stephen Sondheim thought so, and it only seems natural that Tim Burton would come along almost three decades later and do the film version.
I [...]

I’ve been secluded away on a somewhat sabbatical.  In truth, I’ve been kind of busy and haven’t had time to do much in the last week, and when I have had some free time, I’ve just been goofing.  But I’m trying to do better.
Over the last week or so, I’ve had a second (sometimes third or [...]

Is it ever too early to begin thinking of Halloween?  As I begin writing this, it is 107 days until Halloween.  Just a few days ago, a friend of mine said she wished it could be Fall all the time.  And I thought, Hells yeah!  Imagine it.  How awesome would that be?
I love Autumn, the [...]

It’s the first day of summer.  Happy Father’s Day!  Now that we’ve got that out of the way, how is everyone?  Good, happy to hear it.
Anyway, it’s officially summer.  And what better way to start the summer than to pack the kids off to summer camp and then watch some movies about camp counselors and [...]

I’ve not seen The Haunting In Connecticut yet, but I’ll sure check it out when hits DVD this July 14th.  It appears that film has been so successful, it’s getting a sequel, sort of.  Gold Circle Films is planning to start shooting The Haunting In Georgia this September (in Canada? apparently the real Georgia is not [...]

the Clive Barker fansite fights for a 145 minute Nightbreed DVD no one wants….
Or so says Wil from HorrorYearBook.  I want it.  I like Nightbreed.  I think it’s an underrated film marred by not so good acting.  Anne Bobby is the main offender.  But other than that, what is everybody’s deal with hating this movie?  [...]

Several years ago, way back when I was in high school, I read this book.  It belonged to my aunt, I think.  I saw it, and, as often happens (not just with me, but a lot of people) I liked the cover and thought I would read it.  I read it, liked it, and somehow, [...]

I thought this was interesting.  It is Thomas Edison’s film version of Frankenstein, made in 1910.  Actually, Edison had nothing to do with it, it was made by his production company.  It is the first film version of Mary Shelley’s classic.  It stars Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as the Frankenstein’s Monster, and Mary Fuller [...]

Five, maybe ten, minutes into this movie I already liked it better than the book.  Nothing against Maurice G. Dantec; maybe something was lost in translation, I don’t know.  The book, Babylon Babies, was boring for the most part.  A chore.  The movie, I liked it much better.
I’m no real fan of Vin Diesel.  I [...]

If I receive a lot of grief for this, I’ll take it.  I’ll endure.  I’ll survive.  I proclaim it here, I say it loud and proud- I liked House of the Dead II.  The movie, not the game (though the game series does rock).  I thought it was a decent movie, and much better than [...]

The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
For a long time I’ve been a fan of the original film The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I finally read Finney’s book.  Although the book I read Mr. Finney had changed somewhat, minutely, for a 1970’s publication.  I think it [...]