A college professor and writer by trade, I've grown up on horror literature and film, from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to the "deep red" fantasies of Dario Argento.
RIP Bernard Bonnin
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The local Filipino entertainment industry has lost yet another of its
veteran actors in Bernard Bonnin who passed away Saturday, November 21. He
was 70.
B...
thank you for holding
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Well, I really was hoping to get an initial reaction to today's Blackest
Night haul up by early afternoon, but of course things couldn't go that
smoothly.
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Candid Karloff
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Some photographs of Boris Karloff behind the scenes and between takes. Check
out more Karloff related goodness at Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog.
H...
Ever Wonder How Twilight Works?
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The Oatmeal has provided the answer to this burning question in its
hilarious guide to "How Twilight Works"
The author (that's you Stephanie Meyer) create...
Gallery 107
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Wow, after a wait of almost a month, I've received a package of monsters in
the mail.
They come from Suzie Garner who is an art teacher at Mesa State Colleg...
like, stuff and other things.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah...over at AMC, I wanna rock and roll and watch horror
movies all night, and party every once in a while, so long as there are
snacks. What...
Boris Karloff's 10 Best Roles, Besides You-Know-Who
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Astute Vault-Dwellers (I know you're out there) will note that I usually do
top 10 lists on Tuesdays, not Thursdays. However, this is a special
occasion--n...
Bite: A Vampire Handbook – review
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Author Kevin Jackson
First Published: 2009
The Blurb: One bite and you’ll have the taste for blood.
Arm yourself with garlic, stake and crucifix, for the...
Alfredo, Alfredo
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This 1972 Pietro Germi comedy, starring Dustin Hoffman and Stefania
Sandrelli as Alfredo and his “awful wedded wife” is never less than
entertaining but do...
I need your vote for Ms. Horror Blogosphere!!!
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Okay, here's the deal.
Along with 20 other extremely talented female horror bloggers, I am up for
"Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009"... a competition for the f...
Movies: The Cat Piano
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I owe this gem of a find to commentator Emazzola who left a lead to it in
the comments to my post on the grotesque katzklavier, a keyboard that plays
cat...
Voting for Ms Horror Blogosphere 2009 has begun!
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Greetings and Salutations. Voting for the Ms Horror Blogosphere 2009 has
begun over at The Vault of Horror. So make your way across to the vault and
vote f...
The Boris Karloff Blogathon: Day Three
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Boris Karloff with daughter Sarah Karloff aired august 26, 2007.
“Sure, I remember Boris Karloff. He was the monster in
Frankenstein.”
Well, yes, but wha...
The Rebirth of the Monster
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With the March 1952 issue of *Frankenstein #18*, legendary comics creator *Dick
Briefer* threw out the cartoony humor stylings of the previous kiddy
orient...
The Boris Karloff Blogathon : Day Three
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On a break, but still burdened with heavy makeup right to his fingertips —
notice the burned hand — Boris and fellow ex-pat Colin Clive enjoy a tea
momen...
Vote Now!!
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Voting for Ms. Horror Blogosphere has officially started! If you haven't
already, head over to The Vault Of Horror and check out the over 20 blogs
that ha...
The Day We've All Been Waiting For
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Paranormal Activity, eat your $11,000 heart out. Better yet, let a killer
turkey wearing the skin and mustache of your father do it for you and save
$7,5...
Ember Reigns, Naughty Witch, 2009
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Grumpy Pumpkin tells me “I’m still suffering from Halloween withdrawal,
maybe another pick-me-up would help.” Perhaps I can help. Sets of
witchy-themed str...
VOTE BJ-C FOR MS. HORROR BLOGOSPHERE
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*Voting Started at 1pm(Chicago Time) 11/24 -- Ends on 12/4*
*See the poll to the RIGHT in the gray bar at Vault of Horror
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Oh my darling Womanizers, I need...
Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009
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In case you've been off from school with mono, and didn't hear the news: *The
Vault of Horror* is currently collecting votes for the *Ms. Horror
Blogosph...
VOTE TENEBROUS For Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009
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Lieblings, liebchens and assorted internet...
Past "Goremet" Selection Ratings
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Over the past 12 months we have read a wide range of Dean Koontz titles and
The Nobody wanted to rank each one based on feedback from the Conversation
Grou...
Read This: Frankensteinia's Boris Karloff Blogathon
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[image: Boris Karloff Blogathon large]
To celebrate the 122nd birthday of horror legend Boris Karloff, the blog
Frankensteinia (an Internet destination rec...
Targets (1968): or, Go On, Boris, Take a Bow
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Part of the Boris Karloff Blogathon, sponsored by Frankensteinia! Click Here to enjoy all the other entries in this web-wide celebration of the Life and Care...
In Defense of Twilight
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Wait, what? Several days ago a debate raged on for approximately fifteen
minutes on the Twitters over the destruction of vampire mythology in the
Twilight ...
"It Always Has a Hard-on": Long Jeanne Silver (1977)
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Hey folks. A queer oddity this time around, with Alex deRenzy's *Long Jeanne
Silver*, starring Jean Silver, who was born with a deformity and had the
lower...
The First Thanksgiving (1962, Lou Rogers)
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I'll be honest, readers, there just isn't that much Thanksgiving-related
stuff in this dusty old Haunted Closet...and what is there isn't scary at
all. But...
Marc's Mansion part 2
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Welcome Foolish Mortals,
Yet again, there is very little, if any, Mansion news to report.
In website news; I am working on a couple of pages that I hope...
Salon Kitty
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Ah, the Nazisploitation film. An acquired taste, to be sure. I remember
years ago the guy that tattoos me was telling me about the Ilsa movies while
drill...
Sexy Sexploitation-Thankful For The Holidaze!
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Nothing says Friday like classic sexploitation artwork! With all praises due
to the various scanners and sites (such as Wrong Side of the Art, The Poster
...
"Mad" Spoof of ST:TMP
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*(Click on images to enlarge.)
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Ye Olde Collection Cabinet opens to reveal a well-done spoof of Star
Trek:The Motion Picture from the pages of Mad magazine...
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland
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[image: Photobucket]
*Author:* Carlton Mellick III
*Illustrator:* Ed Mironiuk (cover), Carlton Mellick III (interior)
*Genre:* Bizarro, Science Fiction, Hor...
Ron Sproat Dies
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It is with sadness that we report the death of longtime Dark Shadows writer
Ron Sproat. Ron died at his apartment in Manhattan of a heart attack on
Novembe...
Jean Rollin Screenshots: The Nude Vampire
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***In the early days of this blog I used the photo service Zooomr to store
all of its photos. While I will still use the ...
TRAGIC CEREMONY [1972]
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Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea [1972]
('From the Secret Police Files of a European Capitol')
AKA Tragic Ceremony at ...
THE SCIENCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by E. J. Wagner
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I freely admit I'm a total science nerd, and Sherlock Holmes should be near and dear to every Dust & Corruption reader. I'll be honest, I don't plan on cove...
Who's your favourite Hammer Glamour girl?
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*Hammer Glamour*, the book for which the coffee table was invented, and has
patiently waited for these past centuries, is finally in my hands...
In fairnes...
Ghost Adventure Updates
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courtesy of The Travel Channel
The good folks over at The Travel Channel have been good enough to send us
some fresh news about Zak and the ...
Bestsellers for Week Ending 10/31/2009
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Here are our bestsellers for the week ending 10/31/2009. I’ll start posting
our best sellers here every Sunday. Hardback Horror Fiction Bestsellers My
Rott...
Monster Squad article
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"Monster Squad" finally came out on DVD not too long ago, after a wait of
many long years by affectionate fans of the movie. Enjoy this writeup about
the...
Eerie 45
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Luis Dominguez provides the Dax-themed cover for this issue of Eerie, dated
February 1973. The frontis for this issue is "Eerie's Monster Gallery: Vlad
th...
Ghost Town posters
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*The Skeletal Spotlight shines this time on:*
The poster art for Empire Studio's 1988 "Ghost Town."
*(Click in images to view full-size.)*
You've heard of t...
3 comments:
Nice screen capture lol. Hope you have a fun and safe 4th!
And you as well! (Keep those curtains closed!)
Suddenly I want to see this film.
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