Costume Time Again
What's your favorite Halloween costume? I won a large costume contest in my early-20s as a urinal - as the night proceeded and the drinking accumulated, I had to be vigilant against the easily deceived. The most intricate, colorful and...
Posted in Blogcritics on October 7, 2004 10:47 AM

Blood Feast
For October: revisiting 1963's landmark "appalling" gore/horror flick. . .
Posted in Blogcritics on October 4, 2004 05:18 PM

Janet Leigh Dies at 77
Exceptional actress best known for the black and white trilogy Psycho, Touch of Evil, and The Manchurian Candidate, extraordinary beauty, and the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh died Sunday at her home in Beverly Hills at 77....
Posted in Blogcritics on October 4, 2004 01:34 PM

Sean Stewart - Perfect Circle
The short version is this: Sean Stewart's Perfect Circle is a masterpiece. It's a moody, compelling ghost story that manages dark humor, chills, and sadness all in a fairly compact 243 pages. The long version is a bit more complicated....
Posted in Blogcritics on October 4, 2004 01:53 AM

Hollywood Hell House: Carny-ization of Fundamentalists
Hollywood Hell House at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood is part parody and part carny show. Being religious isn't particularly hip in Hollywood or most of liberal California. So as one might expect during the short 40-minutes which costs...
Posted in Blogcritics on October 3, 2004 01:47 PM

Movie Review: Shaun of the Dead
The first time I had heard about Shaun of the Dead was earlier this year at Ain't it Cool News. I remember reading the descriptions and seeing the early trailers and thinking how good it looked. I also remember thinking...
Posted in Blogcritics on September 30, 2004 09:17 PM

Godzilla (1998) DVD Review
It obviously wasn't enough for Hollywood to ruin on of its own. After the mid-70's slaughter of "King Kong," eyes turned to Japan and the "Godzilla" series. Numerous scripts, directors, and writers tackled the subject throughout the 80's and early...
Posted in Blogcritics on September 30, 2004 07:10 PM