I have now obtained all of John Carpenter's films. (Not pictured: Dark Star and Elvis , which are on the shelf above.) They're disp...

Letterboxd's themes and nanogenres tracking is a fun idea, but it's taking a long time to tag the hundreds of thousands of films on ...

  From 1960 to 1962, Boris Karloff hosted Thriller, an anthology of suspense and horror stories. Midway through the first season, early in 1...

The very best horror films are also tragedies. Obsession (Curry Barker, 2025) will haunt anyone who ever pined for someone beyond their reac...

Today a lovely special edition of Tobe Hooper's adaptation of Stephen King's  Salem's Lot appeared on my doorstep. It comes wit...

In this jar a living brain A silent scream its one refrain While I consider, stern and smug My floating captive in its jug "This would ...

What mad work of genius is this? I can't wait to find out.   

Back in the mid-80s, Sean posed for a photograph while holding a jack-o-lantern up in front of his face to make himself look like he had a p...

Sylvia and I went for a slow, cautious, leisurely drive around west Edmonton last night to see some Halloween decorations. Here are some of ...

SAVAGE GILL-MAN STRIKES AGAIN 4 DEAD IN EVERGLADES MASSACRE Florida City--Four are dead in the wake of the latest attack of the so-called ...

This is the first time I've attempted to paint a flesh-toned minifigure using Jeff's most recent tips. I underpainted the hands and ...

I'm pretty happy with this Thing. Fans of John Carpenter or 1980s science fiction or horror films will recognize this monstrosity.   

I can't say what compelled me The door was open and a ray of sunlight revealed warped floorboards so I  Went inside and the boards creak...

1. The Mummy (Boris Karloff version)  2. The Blob (original version)  3. Frankenstein's Monster (Boris Karloff version)  4. The Bride of...

A few nights ago, I dreamed that I was in my 20s again. I was walking through downtown Edmonton, and my fingers hurt. They were swollen, and...

  Blogger wiped out about 80% of what had been a 2,000 word post right before I could save it. And no, I didn't write it in Word first, ...

I tried to get Stable Diffusion to render a person being chased by a man-eating toilet, as in the unproduced Toilet Chase screenplay. I hop...

Here are 28mm scale models of the Maltese Falcon and the criminal brain used to create Frankenstein's monster. I agonized over how to pa...