notcoming.com | Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
We are introduced to Chaney as he is scavenging fallen soldiers for scraps of food and water. His movements are ape-like, and even his thickly bearded face and jutting lower-jaw give off a simian impression. Like a dog, he is sent into frenzy over a meatless bone, as though even the familiar eating ritual is somehow satisfying him.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Every week, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) I admit to a certain affection for silent films. I also admit to the difficulty of selling ...
Conservative Gothic (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Wow, I haven't caught up on Teh Viewings since before Halloween--that leaves a lot to cover! The horror leftovers include Torture Garden , with Peter Cushing and Burgess Meredith; Twice Told Tales , with Vincent Price; and The Haunted Palace , with Price, Lon Chaney Jr., and Elisha Cook. Then, for November to this date: Dead Reckoning , with Humphrey Bogart; Middle of the Night , with Fredric March;...
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
By the time the average boy is thirteen, he has a pretty good idea what’s going on and why below his belt buckle. He’s constantly forced to interact with his penis — peeing, for one thing. And the matter of sexual release, even if not…um …practiced, is specifically concentrated. But woe to the 13-year-old girl, who’s [...]
PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Click Here to download full episode Andrew Lloyd Webber, eat your heart out. The 2004 film version of the stage musical was lovely, but nobody could play tortured, disfigured characters like Lon Chaney. He’s brilliant in this 1925 silent adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel about a mad, physically grotesque composer smitten with a lovely young [...]
Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
I think I'll keep up with the cesspool posts, just not as frequent. Only three movies to mention at the moment, but I had to put this up for the simple excuse to talk about the first one (with bonus screencaps cause I liked it so much). Spider Baby (1968 - Jack Hill) - I was really caught off guard by how much I liked this one. I picked it up on a whim (not quite a blind pick as I had vague
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Halloween is upon us… and there’s no better time to take a look at one of the most famous horror stories in literary history: Frankenstein! In this two-part article, we’ll discover some truths (and dispel some myths) about Dr. Frankenstein and The Monster. Tomorrow, in Part II, we’ll focus on Mary Shelley’s novel. Today, everything else! ON [...]
PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Click Here to download full episode Imagine how happy you’d be to find out you just inherited a mansion that had been in your family for generations. Now imagine how you’d feel when you and your wife move in only to find out that your great-great-grandfather, a warlock burned alive in 1765, plans to inhabit your [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Nothing like Halloween to conjure images of the unholy trio from those endlessly rerun 1930s horror classics: Boris Karloff's childlike Frankenstein monster. Bela Lugosi's imperious Dracula. Lon Chaney Jr.'s moon-crossed Wolf Man. But they're long departed -- so let's talk to the sequels:
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
A recent survey of movie fans named "The Exorcist" (1973), "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) as some of the scariest movies of all time. You can argue all you want where they stand in that regard. But there's no debate about whether they're age-appropriate or family-friendly.
Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Criminy, is this almost over already? I'm shocked and appalled by this notion. Well, since last year we posted the original Lon Chaney 1923 version, this year we throw you the 1939 Charles Laughton remake: Direct link for the feedreaders. Buy Stuff - It Supports the Site! Click here to buy it on DVD from Amazon. This [...]
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
From scorned starlets to personable pets, some of Tinseltown's most famous faces are still haunting the town, decades after their deaths.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
If this were a 1930s horror movie to be watched in black and white, the leaves would rustle, lightning would flash, and bats ...
UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER! (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Holy Cow! It's almost Halloween! This'll probably be my last post for that holiday, so I'll try to make it interesting. Here (above) Lon Chaney enters the Opera Ball as the Red Death. Here's (above) some plague victims unearthed in Italy. I always thought the costumes plague doctors wore (above) would make good Halloween costumes. Speaking of the Plague, what do you think of this giant rat attempting...
The Parthenon (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
The Marshall Artists Series will be presenting the silent film, "Hunchback of Notre Dame" at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center. The film will be accompanied by 2007 American Theatre Organ Society organist of the year, Scott Foppiano, who will be providing the soundtrack on the theater's newly acquired and restored Wurlitzer pipe organ.
