Friday, October 23, 2026

Gris Gris


From Dr. John's 1968 album Gris Gris - Mr. Brown turned me onto this a handful of years back and it's become part of my regular October rotation.
 

31 Days of Halloween:

A couple nights ago I rewatched All Hallows' Eve. This one is pretty freakin' grimy - even moreso than the first Terrifier flick - but I was in the mood. After, I found myself wondering about the sequel. I finally watched that yesterday, and I have to say, not what I was expecting at all.


There's a definite jump in budget here. The Art-wave of money clearly brought in some extra dough and the Producers put it to pretty good use. Also, gone is that grimy vibe; All Hallows' Eve 2 is way more in line with something like Tales of Halloween than its predecessor. Not everything works, but I'll tell you, I watched a few of the shorts herein and then had to come back to it the next day. In that time, I started reading the book I talk about in the "Read" section below, and then it hit me - thematically, this has way more in common with the EC Comics paradigm than it does any modern anthology. And that really endeared this one to me. Not sure I'd watch it again outside of maybe showing it to a friend, but I enjoyed my time with it for sure, and I didn't feel like I needed a shower after it ended, like I do with the first All Hallows'.

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary*
7) Beware Boiúna*
8) Milk & Serial*
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings*
12) Carrie (Mike Flanagan)*/ John Carpenter's The Thing
13) The Roost / Return of the Living Dead III*
14) Trigger Man
15) Evil Dead Burn
16) Pulse*/ Lord of Tears*
17) Impetigore*/ Sator
18) My Soul To Take*/ The Serpent and the Rainbow
19) Terrifier
20) Evil Dead 2013/ All Hallows Eve
21) Crystal Lake*/ Friday the 13th
22) All Hallow's Eve 2*/ A Nightmare on Elm Street

Also, K and I put paid to Crystal Lake. 


The Horror Vision's review will land on Monday, but in short, this divided me completely down the middle. I don't want or need anything this offers (other than Linda Cardellini on screen), but part of me also acknowledged that this was bound to happen, and as far as explaining the monster - something I don't think you should ever do - while I'll always prefer the elegance of Adam Marcus just dropping the Necronomicon in Jason Goes to Hell and letting us interpret that how we may, this show's "science" actually wasn't a bad way to go.

Read:

This past week on NCBD, I picked up this new DC's Finest Horror Collection:


This is an early 550 page tome filled with reprints of select issues from books like House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Witching Hour, Unexpected, all published between 1970 - 1971. To say the EC paradigm is at play is an understatement. Featuring work by Lein Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Alex Toth, George Kashdan and Jerry Grandenetti (to only name a few), this is a slice of Horror history. And as a fan of Sandman, it's nice to finally read some of the framework Gaiman used as the spine for that series; Cain, Able and an earlier version of the Kindly Ones are on full display in their spectral glory. 

Playlist:

Boards of Canada - Inferno
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies - Cathedral
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Shapes of Midnight
Ritual Howls - Ruin
Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers + Queers
Misfits - Collection 2
The Damned - Evil Spirits
Marilyn Manson - One Assassination Under God Chapter 2
Dance With the Dead - Malombra
Matthew Pusti - Onslaught OST
Beastmilk - Climax
Big Black - Lungs
Goblin - Phenomena OST
Walter Rizzati - The House by the Cemetery OST
Dr. John - Gris Gris
Gnaw Their Tongues - All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity
Nabihah Iqbal - Heaven Can Wait (single)

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• 03: The Empress
• Ace of Wands
• Page of Cups

Okay, this is startlingly similar to Monday's pull, so let's think on this a moment:


• Eight of Cups
• Page of Wands
• 03: The Empress

I'm not nearly skilled enough to eke out an interpretation here, so I had to consult the google. 

First, it struck me there may be some significance in moving from the Eight of Cups to the Page of Cups. If anyone knows any texts out there that might discuss these kinds of inter-card leaps, please let me know. Apparently, moving from an Eight to a Page in Cups indicates leaving mastery behind for fresh, uninitiated vigor. Applied to the suit of Cups - Emotions - that tells me I have to get around or 'over' myself on something I'm doing, probably with my writing. 

What am I emotionally attached to here that I cannot let go?

The recurrence of the Empress suggests I'm ignoring something I know, or something my subconscious is trying to tell me. The move from Page of Wands to Ace of Wands says the time for experimentation has lapsed and I need to lean into my talent or 'foundational gift.' 
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Grimly Fiendish



Before Mr. Brown gifted me a CD copy of The Damned's 2022 live album, Night of A Thousand Vampires, I would have told you my list of great live albums was limited to three: The Who: Live at Leeds, Slayer: Live Undead, Slayer: Decade of Aggression, and Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute. Now there's five, because The Damned's two-disc live show recorded at the London Palladium on October 28, 2019 is stellar. I mean, start to finish, this is a total banger in every sense of the word, and it earned an immediate place in my October regular rotation. Here's a favorite, among a double album chocked with favorites.

31 Days of Halloween:

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
12) Carrie (Mike Flanagan)/ John Carpenter's The Thing
13) The Roost / Return of the Living Dead III
14) Trigger Man
15) Evil Dead Burn
16) Pulse/ Lord of Tears
17) Impetigore/ Sator
18) My Soul To Take/ The Serpent and the Rainbow
19) Terrifier
20) Evil Dead 2013/ All Hallows Eve

Larry Fessenden's version of the classic, Universal monsters comes to a head in the new film Trauma Or, Monsters All, due out November 4th. Here's the trailer:


I am looong over due for a rewatch of both Depraved, which I haven't seen since it was in the theatre back in 2019 and Black Out, which came out VOD in 2024 and which, although watching, I remember next to nothing about. Fessenden's seminal NY vampire film Habit, which I know quite well. Still, the prospect of all these characters meeting in the new film - I expected Depraved's Adamand Blackout's Charley to meet, as they did briefly in Blackout's after credit scene, but I did not expect Habit's Sam to enter the mix. So cool! To think, Fessenden has basically been building to this for his entire career! So cool.

Trauma Or, All Monsters gets a limited theatrical rollout, so I may end up having to hit the Belcourt for a screening.

NCBD:

Trim week, but some goodies in the box for sure:


I don't know if I'll be fortunate enough to snare one of these "C" covers, but I'm going to try. Regardless, loving Sean Murphy's new dystopian series.


Oh man, the cover! I feel so much for this Abe Lincoln robot. If Destruction Be Our Lot continues to head up my top comics of 2026 list; the places this is goes are fantastic, and judging by this image, we're getting out of the "Robot World" and into what's above ground. I'm rooting for you, Abe!


I've always said that Spider-Man has the most Halloween-esque rogues gallery, so how can I pass this up? I'm still not sure about this "Treat" villain that's essentially a female Hobgoblin - Ol' Hobby being my favorite Spider-villain of all time - but I see pumpkin bombs and I fork over da cash, capiche?


Not gonna lie - I hate this cover. It's the color scheme. Still, this book has been cooking and a recent leak - if it's true - says some major things are en route, so my complaints are skin deep at most. 

Playlist:

The Damned - Night of a Thousand Vampires
Godflesh - Decay
Type O Negative - Origin of the Feces
Ritual Howls - Into the Water
The Final Cut - Consumed
Ain Soph - Rituals
Miranda Sex Garden - Suspiria
Miranda Sex Garden - Fairytales of Slavery
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• Four of Cups
• Ten of Pentacles
• Five of Swords

Contemplating stability is the first step to stability.

Wow. Loud and clear.
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Monday, October 19, 2026

New Music From Deafheaven!!!


Deafheaven dropped a new EP a week or so ago, and it's brutal A.F. I'm posting this "film" that accompanies the opening track, "Hunter," but I haven't watched it yet. Regardless, love that we got this!  The POWER in this track, in George's voice and the overall mix - it's just awesome. 

You can order a copy of At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb directly from the band HERE.

31 Days of Halloween:

One of the flicks I watched over the weekend was Joko Anwar's 2019 Impetigore. I could have sworn I'd watched this before, back when it first hit Shudder during or shortly before the pandemic. I absolutely watched the opening, which is one of the best openings in Horror of the last decade. No previous Letterboxd entry, though, and I did not remember the overall plot, so I guess I started it and never went back. Regardless, this is a fantastic flick, and it represents everything I have come to love about Indonesian Horror over the last half dozen years or so. The darkness of a steaming jungle lit only by torches and the claustrophobia of such a wide open space. The brutality, and, of course, the insane ritualistic mechanics of the haunting/possession or, in this case, curse.

 

Despite not being a Slasher, elements of this hearken back to Peter Carter's Rituals, The Final Terror and Just Before Dawn for me. The Folk Horror elements are strong, but do not constitute the point of the film. For that, read about the impetus that inspired Graham and I think it adds an entirely new level of respect to the final product. 


I followed Impetigore with one I had seen and loved before, and Jordan Graham's Sator 100% holds up. This is the definite of a slow burn; the horrific elements steep, and while they do, we're treated to some of the most breathtaking nature cinematography in recent years.

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
12) Carrie (Mike Flanagan)/ John Carpenter's The Thing
13) The Roost / Return of the Living Dead III
14) Trigger Man
15) Evil Dead Burn
16) Pulse/ Lord of Tears
17) Impetigore/ Sator
18) My Soul To Take/ The Serpent and the Rainbow

Sunday night Kirsten asked about a Wes Craven movie neither of us had ever seen, so we rented My Soul to Take on Prime. 



Despite some atmospheric shots peppered throughout the film, this one was a stinker. You can literally feel Craven chasing his next big hit, modifying previously used formulas to the degree that this feels like a mismatched amalgamation of several of his previous films. Because this was so bad, I had to follow it with my favorite Craven film, and one that reminds me how great he could be, 1988's The Serpent and the Rainbow. Here's an old tv spot from its original theatrical run:



I've known this film for most of its life, first seeing it on WGN channel nine's weeknight movie at 7:00 PM back circa 1989 or 1990. I love it, and it always strikes me as containing some of the most horrific images I've ever seen. 

Play:

I was minding my business this past Friday when I saw an article on Fangoria that mentioned this new game Directed by Andrés Borghi, whose team handled the FX in Demián Rugna’s When Evil Lurks. The game, Tenebris Somnia, has live action cut scenes. I really didn't need to hear anything more.

 

 I've not played as much as I would have liked over the weekend, but I played enough to look forward to more. The game play is taking a bit getting used to, but it's in my wheelhouse as far as styles go, and I'm not much of a gamer, so that should in no way be considered a judgement on the game itself. So far, it's doing what it promised and providing an intriguing Horror premise (alternate dimensions?). The cut scenes have been cool - nothing crazy yet, but again, I'm still early on in the game play. I'll report back when I advance further.

Playlist:

Miranda Sex Garden - Fairytales of Slavery
Goblin - Suspiria OST
The Damned - Night of 1000 Vampires
Big Black - Lungs
Type O Negative - Dead Again
NIN - Further Down the Spiral
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Lustmord & Dave Lombardo - The Pulse of Atoms
Deafheaven - At Work In The Field Of The Bomb EP
Genital Shame - Wellness Plan (pre-release singles)
Fvnerals - Let the Earth be Silent

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• Eight of Cups
• Page of Wands
• 03: The Empress

Let curiosity counter writer's block, but rapid prototype things - don't be afraid to entertain new ideas and walk away from them quickly if they don't work.

Great advice. As I write this, I have a whole new angle on the third act of Shadow Play 2 in mind, but it's a stretch and I'm not sure it will work. Time to find out.
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Black Pyramid - The Crypt on the Borderlands


Isn't this just the coolest name for a track? Sounds like Bernie Wrightson adapting William Hope Hodgson. 

From Black Pyramid's 2024 opus The Paths of Time Are Vast, which you can order over at Totem Cat Records HERE. It's been a minute since I've talked about these guys. Felt like the right time. Not only is this record a sonic mallet, but it has one of my favorite sleeve designs in years. 


Can't wait to hear what these guys do next.

31 Days of Halloween:

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
12) Carrie (Mike Flanagan)/ John Carpenter's The Thing
13) The Roost / Return of the Living Dead III
14) Trigger Man
15) Evil Dead Burn

Watch:

Despite what I consider a HUGE misstep in Season Three, the trailer for Yellowjackets' final season just dropped and I'm excited for the show to reach its conclusion. Here's the trailer. 


I am very happy this is wrapping up with this season. I'd originally heard five seasons, but I think they're smart to end it now. I'm not sure if the issue I had at the end of Season Three will tank the rest of the show for me - I'm really hoping not - but I can say, if we don't get some resolution to the major mysteries, I'll be pissed. I love ambiguity if it's earned, but in the case of a show like this, leaving the eyeless guy or some of the other threads dangling will feel cheap. 

Playlist:

John Carpenter w/ Alan Howarth - Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST
Godflesh - Purge
Boy Harsher - Get Mean
Genital Shame - Wellness Plan (pre-release singles)
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Shapes of Midnight
The Sword - Age of Winters
Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time are Vast
Miranda Sex Garden - Carnival of Souls

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


Financial motivation in the form of disappointment.

• Knight of Pentacles
• Knight of Swords
• Five of Cups
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Genital Shame - Wellness Plan

 
I LOVE this album so far. This is the first music from Genital Shame I've heard, but it instantly left an indelible mark. Basically a one-woman show, the band is the brainchild of Erin Dawson. Really blown away by this. There's a moment in the third single released so far, "Górecki Peace," that completely transforms the track into something I've never heard before. The metal returns, but it's altered, and the song plays out its final approximate four minutes in a way that now feels inverted. It's brilliant arranging, and overall indicative of a project that's using Black Metal as a launching pad. Always my favorite 'flavor' of Black Metal.

I am very much looking forward to the full album dropping on October 30th. You can pre-order the new album, Wellness Plan, from the Genital Shame's Bandcamp HERE.

31 Days of Halloween:

I have a new thing this year where I'm going to be super selective about the non-films I log, and when I do, I'm going to simply log them for the day I finish them. 

K and I began Mike Flanagan's Carrie last Friday with three episodes, did three more Sunday night, and then finished up Monday night with the final two. Holy cow. 

 
First, I am not really a fan of Depalma's film. I just don't think it's as great as people remember it. I saw it later in life and, while nostalgia skews my opinion of plenty films, that is not the case with this one. 

I don't know that Mike Flanagan's Carrie qualifies as "Horror" - at least not yet - but it's moving in that direction. He apparently wants three seasons to tell the story he's set out to, and I'm hoping that happens. What we do have here are the horrors of the modern world, and it's often pretty hard to watch. Bullying, narcissism, obsession... the social media paradigm in all its horrid glory.

I'll say the writing here is exquisite - I honestly think Carrie is the best Flanagan series yet. I'm not sure it's my favorite of his, but it's the best. 

The architecture that brings things to a head in the "arbitration" episode is so well woven. Everything matters, everything pays off, everything brings the characters exactly where they need to be in this intricate narrative machine. 

Helping sell all this is the acting, which is all top notch. Summer H. Howell nails Carrie White as such an interesting cross-section of personality traits. Shy and awkward, but with a simmering strength that comes out long before the TK does. And Samantha Sloyan! A Flanagan regular who never disappoints, her performance evolves in such a maddeningly believable and stoic manner that you almost feel like you're watching her socials. Also, I have to mention Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, as Sue is my favorite character in the Carrie mythos thanks to the through line in Carrie 2: The Rage and how Amy Irving develops that character across two films separated by over twenty years. Agudong brings her to an entirely new level, and once again, her story continues beyond the first installment.

Also, allow me to say this: I think there's a much larger tie-in to Flanagan's eventual Dark Tower adaptation here than just one little easter egg sign. No, I think subsequent seasons of this show may prove to be the beginning of the road to the Dark Tower. Of that, I will say no more at this time.

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
12) Carrie (Mike Flanagan) / John Carpenter's The Thing (theatrical viewing)
13) The Roost / Return of the Living Dead III

I also watched Brian Yuzna's Return of the Living Dead III for the first time. 


I don't know why, but I always assumed this would be awful. Not the case! I actually really enjoyed this, and it felt pretty consistent in tone with the first two flicks in the series. I mean, nothing will ever be Return of the Living Dead, but hot damn if this wasn't along similar enough lines that it felt related. Also, I have such a fixation on any story that takes place in underground tunnels, as a large part of this does.

NCBD:


This week's comics waiting for me at Rick's!


The unfortunate thing is, I somehow never subscribed to this book and totally missed the 11th issue! That's okay, I'll track it down before I finally find the time to sit down and reread both The Nice House on the Lake and this sequel series in a weekend.


Yet another facsimile! Yet another Batman facsimile! Yet another Batman cover I have seen my entire life that I have never read. 

Beachhead. 'Nuff said!

ARAH and the Skybound book are really showing me how much I love Beachhead's character. Always one of my favorite Joe figures as a kid, he's visually the closest thing the Joes have to a Cobra visage on their team, but he's also a certified bad ass!


If this entire issue is a, "... meanwhile, back on Cybertron" issue just to stoke the flames of our curiosity of what's coming out of Megatron's cocoon next issue, well, I guess they should have withheld the cover solicitation for #38. Either way, this book still kicks ass.

Playlist:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
John Carpenter w/ Alan Howarth - Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST
Ritual Howls - Into the Water
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Samhain - Final Descent
Godflesh - Decay
Genital Shame - Wellness Plan (pre-release singles)
Dreamkid - All Thriller, No Filler (single)

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Hand of Doom Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• Three of Swords
• Page of Cups
• II: High Priestess

There's a big shift in tone coming up in my work, and I need to embrace it, not recoil from it. That change will be a battery that may carry me through the rest of the book.

That's certainly empowering, but it's a bit scary, too. I need to be sure I recognize this when it happens, as there's an aspect of the the Three cards that pertains to change and an association with the Three of Swords in particular that warns of sorrow. Nothing causes sorrow faster than resisting necessary change.
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Pumpkinseed Appreciation Post


From the end credits of Stan Winston's 1989 Directorial debut, Pumpkinhead. Music by the film's Composer, Richard Stone. 

31 Days of Halloween:


I've watched Stan Winston's directorial debut from 1989 probably four or five times, and every time I'm blown away by the attention to detail, craft and overall strict visual aesthetic.

But that's Stan Winston, right?

Talk about Southern Gothic! The swamp and hallow structures here are meticulous and gorgeous in their dilapidation, exterior and interior. Speaking of interior, the lighting really gives this film the look of something you're not meant to see. Like Ed Harley, you're trafficking in things best left alone, and when hell comes to collect, it spares no one. I get the sense the final girl - who is really only a final girl because Harley's sacrifice allows her to survive - was an afterthought. 

And what of Pumpkinhead? Being that the demon appears to bond or outright become the person who summoned it for revenge, I guess I'd always assumed each summoning was an iteration that would eventually be repeated. Like a perennial plant. And I'd wager it was this question, once again brought about by the final scene where Haggis lays the now fetal monster back into its grave, only this time wearing Ed Harley's necklace, that saw me finally 'take the plunge' and hit play on the sequel two days later. 

1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial
9) Pumpkinhead
10) Deathgasm (The Last Drive-In Presentation)
11) Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

Released in 1993, directed by Jeff Burr with FX by KNB, this is one of those sequels that based solely on the once lucrative home video library sales that helped buoy Horror in the 90s, pre-Scream. I don't think anyone asked for this, and I don't think anyone involved had any illusions as to what they were doing. That said, while Blood Wings has its problems, it's also a pretty good time, especially when things with the monster get going.


Yeah, I could have looked for a post with better image quality, but sometimes, seeing these faded tv spots and trailers really accentuates the time and place context of the film. And while Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings - which really probably should have been called Son of Pumpkinhead - was not nearly the film the original is, well... I still kind of enjoyed finally checking it off my list. While the first half is a slog, the second act picks up and every moment the monster is on screen is great.

Playlist:

Dreamkid - Daggers
Ritual Howls - Ruin
Type O Negative - Life is Killing Me
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Shapes of Midnight
Zeal & Ardor/Carpenter Brut - Devil Is Fine X (single)
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Perturbator - Lustful Sacraments
Deafheaven - At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb EP
Genital Shame - Wellness Plan (pre-release singles)
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Night Creeper
Lustmord & Dave Lombardo - The Pulse of Atoms
Trivium - The Crusade
John Carpenter w/ Alan Howarth - Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• Ace of Swords
• 13: Death
• 11: Justice

Intellectual breakthrough that leads to a large change and a well-deserved accomplishment.

I pulled this and wrote the above generic interpretation, then sat down for a writing session. Revisiting this post for a final polish after said session, I realize this pull was a nod toward today's writing. I wrapped up something in far shorter order than I anticipated, and it really was due to a breakthrough where I stepped back and looked at the situation and characters different than I had been. 
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Lustmord Lombardo


When From the recently released The Pulse of Atoms, out last Friday on Ipecac Recordings. Order a copy HERE. 

The idea of these two juggernauts teaming up blew my mind when I first caught wind of this as an upcoming release earlier in the year, and the end result does not disappoint.

31 Days of Halloween:

When I first saw the trailer for Beware Boiúna at the theatre last month, I was torn. Creature features are not always my jam, and with the unavoidable surface-level comparison to Anaconda - a film I've still never seen and have no intention of seeing - I wasn't very jazzed. That said, there was something about this trailer that felt a bit like Thai/Indonesian Horror. Specifically, David Sodergren's Death Spell. That may be way off, but it flashed through my brain and kept me at least somewhat interested. Then I saw that Mike P. Nelson Directed this. His Silent Night Deadly Night reimagining last year was one of my favorite films (I LOVE seeing nazis die, and that movie had a lot of that!). So last night, I caught a late-ish screening.


The jungle. That's what gives me those creepy, Indo-Thai vibes. The two regions share the geography of hell - i.e. jungle so thick and hot and wet and filled with alien species it would break a westerner like me in probably minutes. And Nelson's film perfectly telegraphs that. Also, it's not just a creature feature; there's some pretty smart human drama going on in the spine of this thing. And gore! This may be the most visceral theatrical viewing since Primate earlier in the year.

Overall, I very much enjoyed it am definitely glad I caught it on the big screen. I'd love to see a making of featurette on this one, just to see/hear what filming was like and how they did some of it. 


1) George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
2) V/H/S/ playlist (Amateur Night; Safe Haven; Slumber Party Alien Abduction; Bone Storm; Dreamkill)
3) The Warriors
4) Big Trouble in Little China
5) Dreamscape
6) Infirmary
7) Beware Boiúna
8) Milk & Serial

Read:

So here's something I did not expect. I ended up grabbing copies of Marvel's three new "Midnight" series debuts this past Wednesday. The X-Men and Spider-Man aren't really worth talking about, but holy cow did I dig this one:


So let me clarify. It's not like the X-Men: Midnight and Spider-Man: Midnight were bad; they were fine. But FF really grabbed me. Imagine Reed as a pill-poppin' scientist obsessed with opening a rift between worlds and willing to do anything - including sacrifice his assistant Victor - to do so. Now imagine Sue Storm as the head of a dangerous corporation who also want that door between dimensions open, plucking Richards from the maw of the law and putting him to work on this dangerous project, probably for nefarious ends.

Yeah, this one I'll be reading.

Playlist:

Lustmord & Dave Lombardo - The Pulse of Atoms
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Shapes of Midnight
Swallowed - Lunaterial
Joy Division - Closer
Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Sword - Age of Winters
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
Testament - Para Bellum
The Cramps - Gravest Gravy
Ritual Howls - Ruin

Card:

From Jonathan Grimm's Eldritch Lace Tarot, which you can buy HERE.


• 16: The Tower
* Five of Swords
• Five of Cups

Change sometimes begins as a disappointing defeat, but to use that as the beginning of something new...

A definite reference to an endeavor I've had a hand in over the last year coming to an end. Or is it?
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