We start this episode with more Wordsworth. There’s nothing quite like hearing quotes from “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” while watching a child find his dead dog, then have his mother cough up blood all over him. Frankenstein’s devastating childhood gives us a window into why he loves the flowery language of […]
Author: Dusty Evely
Categories
Danger Word: A Short Film
Director: Luchina Fisher Writers: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes Before I get started, I’d like to point out that Steven Barnes has writing credits for The Twilight Zone, The Real Ghostbusters, The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, Baywatch and Andromeda. That’s a terrific collection of shows. Danger Word is based on “Devil’s Wake”, a YA novel […]
Categories
Godzilla
Monster movies are tricky in that the titular star is often a minor character, behind those that it affects. He is a plot point. A puzzle to be solved. A villain to be conquered. They are often the center of the film, but they are unable to carry it. That duty in Godzilla falls on […]
Categories
Penny Dreadful S1E2, “Seance”
“Pay attention to me!” Like the first episode, this one moved along pretty slowly, revealing just enough to keep interest up. A slow start does not mean a disappointing start. I loved this episode every bit as much as the first one. These first two episodes feel like the set-up of bigger things to come. […]
Categories
Rosemary’s Baby: Part 1
Before I get started, I think it’s important to get a couple things out of the way. I don’t really care for Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby. I can appreciate it for what it did for the genre, but I never found it particularly scary or interesting. I love the atmosphere, but, in the end, it […]
As I wrote about a couple weeks ago, I went to Wizard World in Louisville this year. While I was there, I met The Glamorsteins: a relatively new group on the cosplay/costumer scene. I had my picture taken with them, and they handed me their business card. They were friendly and seemed passionate about what […]
Categories
“The Sacrament” by Dusty
Read Lisa’s review here. It’s terrific. Description from Netflix: Using “found footage”, this unnverving thriller recounts the tragic story of an exiled Christian cult and the grisly events that transpire after three journalists – one looking for his missing sister – arrive at the commune. My thoughts: Lisa and I had a rousing debate over […]
Categories
Wolf Creek 2
Description from Netflix: Backpackers Rutger and Katarina escape the city for an adventurous vacation in the Australian outback…but their dream trip turns into a nightmare when they run into a bloodthirsty serial killer with a penchant for sadistic games. My thoughts: I love slasher movies. It’s a well-known fact about me. And yet I didn’t […]
Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s talk a little history. A penny dreadful was a 19th century British pulp magazine, filled with serial fiction, often of the violent crime or adventure variety. A handful of recognizable characters originated in penny dreadfuls, the most famous being Sweeny Todd. (It’s also worth noting that “Varney […]
Categories
Trailer Talk – Godzilla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBwsUD7jYCI Release date: May 16, 2014 Director: Gareth Edwards (Monsters) This is the first trailer I saw, and it’s still my favorite one. The skydiving scene that opens is amazing. The silence as they drop, and the destruction they see as they break through the clouds. The flashes of anguished faces (Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth […]