Welp, it’s out on video, finally. It released the beginning of this month. Netflix tells me there is a “very long wait” for the DVD, so it would seem I’m not the only poor sucker still having to watch his movies on DVD. As I wait not at all patiently for them to ship me…
Month: July 2018
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Part Five
NINE DAYS AGO: WAXING CRESCENT MOON The sound of leather meeting flesh echoed off the sandstone walls of the gully, a dry smack followed by a gasp of pain. The young woman knelt on the gravel of a dried riverbed, her knees and the balls of her feet grinding against the sharp stones. She leaned…
Be Very, Very Quiet…
A QUIET PLACE is now out on video. It occurs to me that it isn’t quite correct to say “out on DVD” now, as more and more of you are moving away from those pretty shiny discs in favor of this “livestreaming” fad. I’m a collector, down to the marrow, and I will ALWAYS prefer…
Black Phillip in the Mail! Or, The Mandela Effect Hits Close To Home
You’ve all heard about the Mandela Effect, right? It’s this theory concerning parallel realities, and it explains why lots of people have clear memories of Nelson Mandela having died in a South African prison in the 1980s when he didn’t really die until 2013, or why the Berenstain Bears used to be spelled BerenstEin Bears.…
The Georgia Werewolf and the “Scariest Small Town”
Oh, this is gonna be fun. First, refresh your memories as to my search for, and subsequent discovery of, the gravesite of the “Werewolf of Georgia,” Ms. Emily Isabella Burt. Then check out this site. It’s all about Talbotton, Georgia, the “Scariest small town” in the State. And it’s so packed with false information that…
STRANGER THINGS Season Three – Steve Goes To The Mall
This commercial is brilliant. This commercial is hilarious. This commercial is also an example of just how clever and creative a show can get when it is as over as STRANGER THINGS. (Wrestling terminology: the term harkens back to the Carnie days, from which wrestling sprung; for a performer to be “over” means that fans…
Werewolves?! That ain’t Christian!
I have, for the most part, given up wasting time arguing with people on social media. It’s such an easy trap to fall into, and when you are, like me (not bragging, it’s just a fact), good at rhetoric, it’s even easier. It’s tempting to totally tie up some numbskull in logical knots. It might…
THERIOPHOBIA: FEAR THE BEAST Chapter Four
NINE DAYS AGO: WAXING CRESCENT MOON Lucas hated clubs. Not just disliked them. Hated them. On a couple of occasions back in college, he’d been dragged along by his friends to one of their favorite spots. Both times, he’d ended up nursing a soft drink and a growing migraine, sitting by himself and watching them…
My Devil Sign Is Back!
Last week, I was traveling south on Interstate 65 in Alabama. As I drew near the State capital of Montgomery, I started to keep my eyes peeled, hoping to see it. I’m talking about Alabama’s most infamous and beloved roadside oddity, the Devil Sign. It features a bright red devil, complete with a nasty-looking scythe,…
Ed Gein wasn’t PC? Say it ain’t so!
Here is an article bitching about—I mean, examining—the ways in which THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS isn’t PC. Typically this kind of thing elicits only an eye roll from me, or, if I’m short on material for the week, an angry online deconstruction of the original piece at this or one of our sister sites.…