It's that time again. So Bad It's Good time. Well, it will be in a few months, anyway. Isn't it amazing that this blogathon is going into its eighth year? I hear from people pretty frequently that this is one of their favorite blogging events, and I hope it stays that way. For those who might … Continue reading Announcing the Eighth So Bad It’s Good Blogathon
The Hands of Suggestion
We're here... The idea of reconstructing the human body has intrigued the scientific community for over a century now, and we all know that it can be done with varying degrees of success. Even face transplants. No one ever thinks those body parts will cause people to do things the previous owners might have, though. … Continue reading The Hands of Suggestion
Dracula Goes Hammer
Hammer-Amicus time... Vampires are so common in the Hammer-Amicus universe as we all know, and Dracula is no stranger, either. One of the first ones of these, at least for Christopher Lee, was the 1958 film, Horror of Dracula, which nails a lot of its marks. Mostly, anyway. Also starring the equally durable Peter Cushing as … Continue reading Dracula Goes Hammer
Poverty Row Tries Horror (Or Something)
Here we go... When I picked my movie for Kristen's latest Spooky Classic Movie Blogathon, I thought Torture Ship sounded suitably menacing. I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about the movie except that it was released in 1939 and was about a ship where criminals were tortured. It should have been at least a little … Continue reading Poverty Row Tries Horror (Or Something)
The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon: Wrapup
We have come to the end of the blogathon, friends. Dang, that went fast. If anyone is just joining us, here are Days One, Two, and Three. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed! We had a wide variety of movies this time around and it's made for a very interesting and diverse blogathon. I'm … Continue reading The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon: Wrapup
Get Out of My House
Come on in... We all know that moving is a stressful business, especially after a big life change like a divorce. No one expects to add a home invasion to the mix, though, but that's what happens in 2000's Panic Room. Brought to us by screenwriter David Koepp and director David Fincher, the former of whom … Continue reading Get Out of My House
Secret Places, Trippy Houses: Day Three
We're on to the final day of the blogathon. Who's been enjoying these posts? If anyone is just joining us, Days One and Two can be found here and here. Now, on to Day Three! Here's my review of the 2002 film, Panic Room, about a mom and a daughter who have a few tricks … Continue reading Secret Places, Trippy Houses: Day Three
Secret Places, Trippy Houses: Day Two
Here's Day Two, everyone! Hope you all enjoyed our first round of posts yesterday (find them here if you missed them), and here we go with more secret places and trippy houses on Day Two... Rich from By Rich Watson starts us off with a review of the very underrated 1993 movie, Dark City. Kristen … Continue reading Secret Places, Trippy Houses: Day Two
The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon Has Arrived
It's time. Welcome in, everyone! Who's ready for this? We've got a wide variety of posts coming up over the next few days, and I'm excited to read everything. So yeah, it's the usual deal. Please send your entries to me over the next few days and I'll add them to the day's post when … Continue reading The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon Has Arrived
One Week Until the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
It's coming down to the wire, everyone. Seven days until we talk about secret places and trippy houses. Who's ready for this? I know I am. As usual, thanks to everyone who's already signed up! Our list has grown since the last post, and I hope it'll grow a bit more between now and next … Continue reading One Week Until the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
A Triple Dose of Sunshine
It's been a long time since I've gotten a Sunshine Blogger Award. Like a really long time. Not that I'm complaining, but it has been a while. And then...whoodathunkit...I got THREE of them. One from Sally of 18 Cinema Lane, one from Rachel of Hamlette's Soliloquy, and the third from RosTy, a new friend on … Continue reading A Triple Dose of Sunshine
Order Up
Anyone hungry? Restaurant kitchens, especially kitchens in fine dining restaurants, seem like inner sanctums. We don't know what goes on in there, but food emerges at the hands of servers almost like magic. In a way it's like a curtain going up, and like the theater, it can be plenty cutthroat, and not everyone makes … Continue reading Order Up
One Month Until the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
One month to go, y'all. One month until we revel in secrets we're not meant to see and places we're not meant to go, and we have an impressive array of bloggers and posts ahead of us. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm definitely intrigued. Thank you so much to everyone who's signed … Continue reading One Month Until the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
Dial “O” For O’Malley
Welcome back, Miss Ingrid... I don't know about anyone else, but my parents and I watched a lot of movies when I was growing up, and they were the ones to introduce me to classic Hollywood. They were both born in the early forties and remembered a lot of these movies from their childhood and … Continue reading Dial “O” For O’Malley
Dancing With Walter and Jack
Off we go... Real-life best friends Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon co-starred in nine movies, which is, funnily enough, one more than Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and two more than Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Anyway, Lemmon and Matthau's next-to-last movie together was 1997's Out To Sea, a fun if uneven comedy that has its heart … Continue reading Dancing With Walter and Jack
The Student Surpasses the Master
Saddle up, y'all... When a genre is soaked with titles, it can take a lot for a movie to stand out. Westerns are probably the most saturated in this regard, because they were often cheap to make, didn't need a lot of sets, and there was always a ready crowd of real cowboys waiting outside … Continue reading The Student Surpasses the Master
Announcing the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
One of the most fascinating plot devices in storytelling, whether on the screen or in books, has to be the secret place, whether it's a literal secret room or a weird house with secret passages, or maybe an underground city, or something that has gone unnoticed. It means that everyone who doesn't know about these … Continue reading Announcing the Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon
Taking Up Room 