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Final Farewells • Universal Horror's John Brunas
John Brunas, one-third of the writing team for the influential film history, UNIVERSAL HORRORS: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, has passed away.John's brother and co-writer with Tom Weaver,...
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Birthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays • Edgar A. Poe, born on this day in 1809
Today is Edgar A. Poe’s birthday.So light a candle Pour something hot into your Poe mug. And read a tale or a poem or two. Or watch some short films inspired by Poe. And reflect upon the man, his...
View ArticleIndependents & Documentaries • Short Films inspired by Edgar A. Poe
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1909; American Mutoscope/Biograph) iframe THE RAVEN (1915; early Poe biopic) iframe PRELUDE (1927; based on The Premature Burial. Accompanied by Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# minor, a...
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Animated Horrors • THE BLACK CAT (1960 or 1961) Animated; Poe, Basil Rathbone...
Here’s one I’d love to see. But there isn’t much out there.It was submitted to the Academy Awards in 1960 but was not nominated in 1961.Narrated by Basil Rathbone, the film was comprised of 50 (!)...
View ArticleTV Terrors • STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW
STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW was a massively delightful surprise, and Jude Law made a great space pirate. It's the best live-action new Star Wars show, IMHO (with ANDOR a close second -- though they are...
View ArticleClassic Horror On the Web • The Poe Museum YouTube Channel
The finest Edgar Poe channel on YouTube is the Poe Museum, bar none.The channel is a cornucopia of bitesized videos detailing artifacts and info to choose from. You can see their most recent...
View ArticleFinal Farewells • Mike Ferraro, owner of one of the oldest comic book stores...
Last May, he was evicted from his Philadelphia store location because he was having trouble paying the rent due to the loss of business from Covid and Amazon. Later, he posted that his New Jersey...
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'70s Horror and Sci-Fi • "House of Shadows" (Arg.-U.S., 1976)
("La Casa de las Sombras") "I belong to the astral world." Ghostly sounds, a "mirrored room", a throttling rather than a clutching hand... a bloody body found in a barrel... another bloody body...
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Coming Soon • Vampire Survivors (2025)
I'm not into video games but I'm told Vampire Survivors is extremely addictive with an extensive cult following - so news that a live-action film is coming will gain an immediate audience. The game is...
View ArticleCurrent Films • Al progredire della notte / Into Darkness (2025)
Claudia, a nervous young woman, rents the upper floor of an isolated house from Letizia. The older woman explains to Claudia that she specialises in metaphony - the way in which mediums communicate...
View ArticleOff Topic Discussions From Another World • DC comic books at Dollar Tree
As I was leaving, already checked out, I saw against the wall from the front of the story, a cardboard display rack from DC with DC comics sealed in plastic. They were priced at Dollar Tree's base...
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Final Farewells • Big Chuck Schodowski Passes Away at 90
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View ArticleGolden Age Horror • Horror film recommendations
Hello I would like some recommendations of horror films. I will try to list out what I like/have seen so as to make it easier for anyone to give me their opinion. If you need clarification I will do...
View ArticleCurrent Films • Kraken / Кракен (2025)
A Russian nuclear sub deep within the Greenland Sea encounters something much bigger and more terrifying than a school of whales: iframe For those who enjoyed The Queen's Gambit as much as I did, you...
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Current Films • Kraken (2025)
A gigantic multi-tentacled creature inhabits a fjord in Norway, picking off unsuspecting teenagers, fishermen and tourists.Sara Khorami who plays marine biologist Johanne starred in oddball zombie...
View ArticleComing Soon • The Bayou (2025)
There's something lurking in the bayou. It's not a kraken but it's equally dangerous as our poor marooned tourists are about to find out: iframe Madalena Aragao starred in last year's Portuguese...
View ArticleBirthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays • Colin Clive: "20 January 1900"
Birthday Blessings for the wonderful COLIN CLIVE, born in 1900!"NEVER FORGOTTEN"!"E"statistics: Posted by Elisabeth — 6:44 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 0 — Views 76
View ArticleBirthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays • DAVID LYNCH JANUARY 20,1946 - JANUARY...
NOTHING WILL DIE (1830) ...poem by Alfred Tennyson, excerpted and heard at the conclusion of THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980).statistics: Posted by FAMOUSCINEFAN — 7:40 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 0 — Views 75
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Horror Film Stars • Bela Lugosi and Adolf Hitler
Of course I know thats an absurd story! But it was so hilarious, I had to share this statistics: Posted by Eric Marnay — 8:12 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 0 — Views 106
View Article'70s Horror and Sci-Fi • A SOUND OF THUNDER
Here is a very rare print of William R. Stromberg's 1973 short A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on Ray Bradbury's short story. Special effects by Stromberg and Phil Tippett and music by the late great John...
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