While we are staying with the mad scientist for a bit longer, this one is a genuinely new take on the concept, namely the brain transplant. Plus Karloff and Lugosi, so that's a bonus.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Horror Countdown 2017: Black Friday (1940)
Black Friday (1940) dir. Arthur Lubin, Universal Pictures
Horror Host 2017 Retrospective: Davey Horror
Real name: David A. Parietti
Years active: 1996-2006 (?)
Having finished Maine, I figured we would move south towards New Hampshire, but sadly that state has never had a horror host. So we head west and find Davey Horror, the first and to date only horror host from Vermont.
Airing on Public Access Chanel 15 in Burlington, Davey Horror sat on his ornate throne and hosted thirty minute versions of classic and not so classic films, ranging from the Giant Claw to the Return of Doctor X. The Davey Horror Show certainly looked cool, although the most recent thing I can find was dated 2006. He also did the nearly forgotten art of the spook show (live performances, music, etc.) called Spookarama, although I was unable to find any footage of that.
His main website seems to have gone dark, but a brief archive of his work is included below.
His website
Years active: 1996-2006 (?)
Having finished Maine, I figured we would move south towards New Hampshire, but sadly that state has never had a horror host. So we head west and find Davey Horror, the first and to date only horror host from Vermont.
Airing on Public Access Chanel 15 in Burlington, Davey Horror sat on his ornate throne and hosted thirty minute versions of classic and not so classic films, ranging from the Giant Claw to the Return of Doctor X. The Davey Horror Show certainly looked cool, although the most recent thing I can find was dated 2006. He also did the nearly forgotten art of the spook show (live performances, music, etc.) called Spookarama, although I was unable to find any footage of that.
His main website seems to have gone dark, but a brief archive of his work is included below.
His website
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Horror Countdown 2017: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), dir. Rouben Mamoulien, Paramount Pictures
Going back to the well again, this time with the first proper sound version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story was well told by this point, but with sound Paramount set the stage for all future versions.
Horror Host 2017 Retrospective: Eddie Driscoll
Real name: Eddie Driscoll
Years active: 1962 to 1980's
Years active: 1962 to 1980's
Kicking off 2017, we take a look at the horror hosts of New England, and who better represents the hard working Northeasterners than the host of a million faces Eddie Driscoll?
Perhaps I exaggerated a bit, but while it is not uncommon for hosts to change names (Count Gore de Vol would change into a spaceman for his kids show) or just change the name but keep the costume (see Roland's transformation into Zachlery), Driscoll would go all out.
Uncle Gory was a one eyed hunchback who hosted horror films, but when the film screening on WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor was a sci-fi production, viewers would be treated to KRANDALL the MARTIAN! A three eyed alien who joked around from his spaceship.
Weird, and later Weird II would focus on the Universal monster films, as well as a few Mexican treats too, that is when Driscoll wasn't also hosting Dialing for Dollars.
The man had a thirty year run as a host, which is darn impressing no matter where you are.
Sadly Eddie Driscoll passed away in 2006.
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Resident Evil 2, or why I don't write for a living
Given that Resident Evil: Apocalypse was more of the same as the first film, why not do another take on it?
Monday, September 4, 2017
Resident Evil, or why I don't write for a living
Well, since we'll have some time before the time of the dead those who host, why not take another stab at a film series that has always bothered me.
Video game movies have been around for a while, but while comic book films may have some similarity with the source material, video game films might be lucky if the main characters even have the same name.
Resident Evil at a glance should have been a slam dunk film. Zombies attack, heroes fight, hell, you even had George A. Romero doing the script...so naturally they dumped all that nonsense for Paul W. Anderson's wife showing up everyone and ending with a set up for a sequel. My take would be a be bit different.
Video game movies have been around for a while, but while comic book films may have some similarity with the source material, video game films might be lucky if the main characters even have the same name.
Resident Evil at a glance should have been a slam dunk film. Zombies attack, heroes fight, hell, you even had George A. Romero doing the script...so naturally they dumped all that nonsense for Paul W. Anderson's wife showing up everyone and ending with a set up for a sequel. My take would be a be bit different.
Friday, September 1, 2017
In Search of Lovecraft (2008)
In Search of Lovecraft (2008), dir. David J. Hohl, HohloGraphic Productions
And now our lights are dim and the curtains are falling for this summer of Love(craft). How will it end? With a maddened shriek after glimpsing some eldritch horror, or with a shrug as we're carried off by patchwork men?
And now our lights are dim and the curtains are falling for this summer of Love(craft). How will it end? With a maddened shriek after glimpsing some eldritch horror, or with a shrug as we're carried off by patchwork men?
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