Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Bauhaus - King Volcano


A little Bauhaus as we close in on the most sacred day of the year. I once had a dream about this song that made me question everything I thought I knew about my own mind. Pure Magick, this one. From Burning from the Inside, their 1983 "final" album (until 2008's Go Away White, that is) and the first Bauhaus record to cross this human's path. Made me an instant fan. 




31 Days of Halloween:

Ken Russell's Gothic, a film that, although my recent rewatch taught me it doesn't quite hold up to the impression it made on me when I was younger, is still far and away a wild ride. 


I have Frankenstein on the brain, and this really hit the spot, even if it is kind of more Ken Russell than it is Horror or Historical. That's fine with me, though, as I'd imagine a night spent drinking laudanum in a castle with Lord Byron would definitely make me feel as though I were in one of Russell's films. 
..

1) Incident On and Off a Mountain Road///The Funhouse (theatrical viewing)
2) Tales From the Crypt Ssn 1 Ep 4, "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"///Cabin in the Woods
3) Satanic Hispanics
4) Creature From the Black Lagoon 3D///Lucky McKee's May
5) The Strangers
6) [REC]
7) The Autopsy - GDT Cabinet of Curiosities///[REC]2
8) Where the Devil Roams
9) The Roost
10) Good Boy///The Viewing - GDT Cabinet of Curiosities
11) Blood Moon (aka Wolf Girl)///All Hallows' Eve (The Last Drive-In Helloween)
12) The Shining///The Simpsons Ssn 6 Treehouse of Horror V
13) Stream (2024)
14) Creepshow (1982; theatrical viewing)
15) They Live in the Grey///John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (theatrical viewing)
16) Black Phone 2
17) Scream 2///Mayhem (The Last Drive-In Blu-ray
18) The Exorcist
19) The Wolf of Snow Hollow/// The Taking of Deborah Logan
20) Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (theatrical screening)///Cellar Dweller
21) The Black Phone///"Dream Kill" (segment in V/H/S85
22) The Transfiguration///Black Phone 2
23) Shelby Oaks
24) Clown in a Cornfield/// Jack-O (The Last Drive-In Splatterween double feature)
25) Ken Russell's Gothic/// Inferno/// Lords of Salem
26) Night of the Living Dead 1990/// Night of the Demons
27) Final Destination 3/// Jimmy & Stiggs
28) Trick r' Treat




NCBD:

I never made it out to Rick's Comic City Clarksville last week for my pull, so I'm doing double duty today. Here's this week's books:


Like Imperial below, I'm not really sure this series has lived up to what it could have been, but it's been fun. Ten bucks says Noran Rad isn't actually going to die, that this is just the launching of a new female character a la She Hulk, who Marvel can play around with alongside the original surfer. 


I have no idea if I'll actually get a shot at picking this up—it wasn't in my shop's Shopify—but I'll try. Been meaning to watch the original Ghoulies all month, as it's one of K's favorites, but we just haven't gotten around to it. Maybe bringing this home will help make up for that. 


Imperial started a lot better than it's developed, but I'm still hoping to see some crazy cosmic WTF Marvel sh*t this month in the finale. 


Easily my most anticipated book each month at this point, I'm dying to see what is actually going on in this book. Zander Cannon has laid the groundwork for an epic, and based on what we've seen so far—the way everything has been plotted and slowly unraveled—Sleep is a Horror Mystery of a most singular nature. 




Playlist:

Various - Return of the Living Dead OST
Steve Moore - Jimmy & Stiggs OST
Various - Rocktober Blood OST
The Cramps - Flamejob
Ritual Howls - Ruin
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife
Trust Obey - Fear And Bullets
The Body - I Shall Die Here
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
Bauhaus - Mask
Eerie Von - Bad Dream No. 13
Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside




Card:

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

• Three of Swords
• XX: Judgement
• VIII: Strength

Conflict and a reckoning will require strength, but that strength will also increase. 

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