Over the course of this series, I have already written 25 articles (for those counting, I did two articles for “R”). This is number 26. As with the last article, “Y” titles are not as numerous, but more so than “X”. For the most part, I can stay with the … Read More
Lock Grandma in her room! Send the kids to a Pixar film! Draw the shades! Shut off the lights! We are gonna get raw! We have it all: Violence, Sex, Nudity, Genitalia. All in living color, except for one that is only in black and white. Yes, there are … Read More
So, now I have stooped to using a scene from a comedy film. Extra points to your House if you can name the film! Today, the film landscape is dotted with zombies, double features, more zombies and a surprise classic. Most are from the US, although France figures into the … Read More
Okay, just as no self-respecting Dracula would say “Blah, Blah, Blah,” (Thank you Adam Sandler in “Hotel Transylvania”), no Dracula ever said “I vant to suck your blood.” I did say that titles were hard to come by! Worse than that, there are no vampire films on this list. Here … Read More
I would have thought that the Letter “U” would be tough. But I was wrong. There are quite a few with a “U” as a header. This time, we are going to both ends of the Millennium, with a couple of films by pioneers and then a view of what … Read More
Sit down. Have something to drink. Would you like a scone with that? Maybe the antidote? Here we are again, dear viewers. Another letter, another group of intriguing short films. As with “R” and “S”, the letter “T” has a good quantity of choices. To go along with this, … Read More
You can tell that this series is winding down as the titles are getting less and less creative and more and more ridiculous. I had a vision of an undead Dorothy Gale, singing to a skeletal Toto in an alternate Kansas. Hence the title. Today, we travel to Canada, France, … Read More
I come from the primordial ooze! Well, not really. But I do come from a time before MTV and music videos. This time of year, the radio stations would play novelty records that had monster themes. Add to this the syndicated Dr. Demento Show on Sunday nights (in Philly), and … Read More
Each year for the past couple, I have scoured the websites of the world of Cable to find all the horror, sci-fi and fantasy films that are being shown on or around Halloween. This year, Halloween falls on a Monday. Most of the channels out there are showing our … Read More
In 1954, Toho Studios bankrolled the concept of a monster, created by the nuclear bomb, rising from the depths of the ocean and laying waste to Tokyo. The movie was less about the monster and more about nuclear warfare. Most of the discussion of the use of the H-Bomb only … Read More
