Crying Wolf.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 29, 2007 | 3 Comments

Even a man who is pure of heart
And says his prayers by night
May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
And the moon is full and bright.
–from the movie The Wolf Man (1941)
Because of Universal Studios’ golden age of horror films in the 1930’s and early 1940’s, the Wolf Man forms part of an unholy trinity [...]

Science Fiction Double Feature.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments

What are some of your favorite science fiction films? And, just as important for Halloween, do you like scary movies? Check with The Movie Maven for one list of the thirty best horror films of all time, as well as a tantalizing look at an upcoming release.
Personally I like the classics: Forbidden Planet remains one [...]

Kiss Me, Kate!

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

Every once in a while someone, usually a Yankee, will ask me, “What or who is the Bell Witch?” It’s a difficult question to answer because, on the one hand, I believe it must be mostly a story, a bit of local legend that might have begun as pranks and which became, over time, exaggerated [...]

“I Know I’m Human.”

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 19, 2007 | 3 Comments

This year, 2007, marks the 25th anniversary of the release of John Carpenter’s classic The Thing. The film remains terrifying even now, a masterpiece of both psychological horror and fantastic special effects that are as good as any computer-generated effects you’ll see in today’s film, and even more impressive when you consider the time, effort, [...]

“I Am…Dracula.”

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Before Bela Lugosi, before Max Schreck, even before Bram Stoker, there were vampire legends, but there was also Vlad Tepes, “the impaler”, son of Vlad II of Romania, a member of the Order of The Dragon (Dracul), who imparted to his son the name Dracula. A Fifteenth Century prince, Vlad Tepes defended his country against [...]

Zombiphilia.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There’s something about zombies that, no pun intended, keeps them coming back. The classic zombie of contemporary cinema, appearing in low-budget classics like The Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price and, of course, George Romero’s original Night Of The Living Dead, with its vacant stare and shuffling walk is the stuff of our deepest [...]

Costumes!

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment

There’s a down town fairy singing out “Proud Mary”
as she cruises Christopher Street,
And some Southern Queen is acting loud and mean
where the docks and the Badlands meet.
This Halloween is something to be sure
Especially to be here without you.
-Lou Reed

Don’t feed the plants!
I’ve always enjoyed costumes. In recent years I’ve been a gargoyle, Seymour [...]

Book ‘Em: You Say You Want A Revolution.

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Before she was known for directing the stage production of Disney’s The Lion King, Julie Taymor was known for her work with experimental theater, particularly puppets. Naturally she was known to a much smaller crowd; no doubt when she was asked to stage The Lion King a lot of people scratched their heads and said, [...]

Bye Bye, Bat Boy!

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Weekly World News, which is one of the few magazines I find myself actually tempted to buy while standing in the supermarket checkout line, is ceasing publication. They’ll maintain their online version, but the old familiar paper edition, with its headlines about the Angel of Death visiting Earth, Mother Nature endorsing Al Gore’s presidency, [...]

Shakespeare Who?

Posted by Christopher Waldrop

July 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

I admit it: I’m an unashamed Doctor Who fan, a Whovian, and have been since I was sixteen. So I’m more than a little excited that Doctor Who is coming together with one of my other great passions, literature. Tonight on the SciFi Channel the Doctor will meet none other than William Shakespeare in [...]

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