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Quickies: Two Fun Part Twos (And Three Crappy Part Threes) 8 Aug 2013 | 07:09 am
Two Fun Part Twos Zombi 2 – Maybe, just maybe, this one’s a little bit of a cheat, as it’s really only a pseudo-sequel to the Italian cut of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Still, Zombi 2 is not o...
Bronies in the Mist pt III - How Bronies Think They're Perceived By Outsiders 19 Jul 2013 | 04:41 am
It would not have been unreasonable for readers to conclude from the wrap-up of the previous post that this post would be up relatively quickly. That being said, I'm nothing if not easily distracted ...
Bronies in the Mist pt II - Age & Gender Distribution of Bronies 31 May 2013 | 09:02 am
The first thing I wanted to know as I began to beat a path through the Bronyverse was simple: Who are these guys? Well, there’s no better way to get an answer than to ask a question, so I posted a (p...
Bronies in the Mist: An Outsider Studies the Internet's Most Misunderstood Subculture 24 May 2013 | 07:31 am
Introduction Long ago, from the primordial mists of the 1980s, there emerged a toy line and attendant animated series called My Little Pony. I was a kid at the time, and I remember being aware that ...
The Giant Claw (1957) 20 Jan 2013 | 11:27 pm
The forties, fifties, and sixties spawned something of a pantheon of schlock movie producers, men whose names are stills spoken of in hushed tones even today: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Henry Saperstein, K. Go...
Mortality Sucks 9 Jan 2013 | 06:41 am
For the most part, I do my best to avoid talking about personal matters on the blog. Blogs are inherently something of an ego trip, and while I may have convinced myself that some small portion of th...
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) 9 Dec 2012 | 11:05 pm
Over the years there have been a number of Christmas-themed horror films. From Bob Clark’s proto-slasher film Black Christmas in 1974 to the surprisingly funny Santa’s Slay in 2005, Christmas horror ...
Santaclysm! 4 Dec 2012 | 08:45 am
Last year I got the chance to take part in a really awesome Christmas episode of Joe's Awesome and Tommy Hates Everything. That particular Christmas episode is currently unavailable for download, but...
Christmastime With Skippy 24 Nov 2012 | 07:42 pm
As the dozen or so of you that come by the blog for reasons other than Google Images sending here you to look for ninja pictures may have noticed, it's been pretty quiet around here since Halloween. ...
Halloween Horror Countdown #1: The Evil Dead (1981) 31 Oct 2012 | 06:05 am
Halloween is nigh. We've talked about a lot of great horror movies this month, and I hope you've had fun along the way. We've come to the end of our list and now there's only one movie left. It's a ...