Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Scream 2 (1998)

            Do you like meta movies?

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Maniac (2012)

            Sadly, at no point was there flash-dancing in this film…

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

            You can never go wrong with Peter Cushing…

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Fascination (1979)

           I watch for the artful direction. Really!

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Re-Animator (1985)

           A classic, through and through.

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: The People Under The Stairs (1991)

            They don’t come any weirder than this…

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Monster Brawl (2011)

            You get what you pay for.

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: The Relic (1997)

                 Mimic this ain't...

Stream-And-Run, Halloween Edition: Seed of Chucky (2004)

   
          “I don’t know much about myself. I know I’m an orphan. I know I’m a freak. And, of course, I know that I’m Japanese.”

Read My Story "The Man from ABYSS"

    So, this is pretty cool...

    My short story "The Man from ABYSS" will be appearing in the October issue of the e-zine Voluted Tales, which is out today! The story introduces my character Aleister Max - a sort of James Bond by way of HP Lovecraft, if we must do the cheap Hollywood pitch. Of course there's a little more to it than that, and I have some pretty big plans for the character on down the line, if things work out as such.

   So do me a favor and check out the most recent issue of Voluted Tales, and you may want to go ahead and subscribe to the series itself, as they routinely feature a host of excellent genre fiction and articles.

    Thanks a bunch!

TV-Theme-A-Day: Dick Tracy

    After the Adam West Batman show came close to taking over the world there for a while there, producer William Dozier was eager to repeat the formula with other comic strip characters. The Green Hornet, Dick Tracy, Wonder Woman and Batgirl where all presented as possible series, although The Green Hornet was the only one to make it to series. The camp fad was over nearly as soon as it began, but not before a pilot was shot for the proposed Dick Tracy series. A shame that we never got anymore series out of the craze, but considering how quickly Batman wore out its welcome, it's probably a blessing.

TV-Theme-A-Day: The Prisoner

    The greatest damn TV show ever made.

TV-Theme-A-Day: The Dick Van Dyke Show

    Many fond memories watching this on "Nick at Nite."

Tuesday Review: A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

                “Don't be upset about the parachute. I'll have my wings soon anyway, big white ones. I hope it hasn't gone all modern; I'd hate to have a prop instead of wings!”

TV-Theme-A-Day: Batman: The Animated Series

TV-Theme-A-Day: The Avengers

    Bar none the greatest opening theme ever written for a TV show.

Musical-Number-A-Day: Royal Wedding - "You're All the World to Me"

    Fred Astaire's famous ceiling dance, accomplished by attaching the set to a gimbal and rotating it while locking the camera in place - a technique that would later be borrowed by the likes of Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan.

Musical-Number-A-Day: Gold Diggers of 1933 - "Remember My Forgotten Man"

    One of Busby Berkeley's finest.

Musical-Number-A-Day: Sweeney Todd - "Johanna (Reprise)"

    "Johanna (Reprise)" from Sweeney Todd, just about the only thing of worth Tim Burton's done of late (that wasn't in animation).

Musical-Number-A-Day: Singin' in the Rain - "Make 'em Laugh"

    "Make 'em Laugh" from Singin' in the Rain, performed by Donald O'Conner, who here outdoes most screen action heroes and comedians with just this one number.

Sunday Review: Gravity (2013)

Can you hear me, Major Tom? I’m stepping through the door, and I’ll be SPOILING this movie in a most peculiar way...

Concept-Art-A-Day: Ran

    In lieu of more traditional storyboards, for his 1985 masterpiece Ran Akira Kurosawa hand-painted each scene of the movie. The final film was painterly in the way only Kurosawa could be, but still doesn't quite match the raw power of the original paintings.

Concept-Art-A-Day: Battlestar Galactica

    Not sure this painting for the original Battlestar Galactica qualifies as "concept art," but it's Frank Frazetta, so we'll let it slide.

Concept-Art-A-Day: Batman: Year One

    Proposed costume designs from Darren Aronofsky's sadly unproduced Batman: Year One.

Concept-Art-A-Day: Spider-Man

    A Green Goblin proposal from Bernie Wrightson from the original 2002 Spider-Man, which is leagues better than the Power Ranger reject they wound up using in the actual film.