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Throwback Thursday: Dazed And Confused (1993)

“Just keep livin, man. L-I-V-I-N.” 1993 was a big year for me. It was the year that I entered my senior year of high school. It marked the beginning of the end of my life as a nobody in a small town in Louisiana. Flash forward nearly thirty years later and I’m still a nobody,Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: Dazed And Confused (1993)”

McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Justice League 2021 Batman

“He’s never fought us. Not us united.“ I have a copy of Zack Snyder’s Justice League tucked away in my hall closet. I have yet to watch the film yet but had to get my hands on this Batman figure from the film. My life has been very crazy over the last few years andContinue reading “McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Justice League 2021 Batman”

McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Armored Batman

“I want you to remember, my hand, at your throat, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.” Frank Miller’s 1986 four part mini-series, collectively referred to as The Dark Knight Returns, forever changed Batman, DC Comics, and the comics industry as a whole with its dark tones, ultra violent story, andContinue reading “McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Armored Batman”

November Noise: Too Fast For Love, Mötley Crüe, 1981

“Cuz I’m alive……” Mötley Crüe was the first “bad” band that I ever listened to as a kid. With their Satanic imagery, lyrics about rock staples such as sex, drugs, alcohol, and doing pretty much whatever you wanted to do as a youngster in the 1980’s, I was forbidden to listen to them. Because ofContinue reading “November Noise: Too Fast For Love, Mötley Crüe, 1981”

Throwback Thursday: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)

“Ack!!!” Friends, family, and regular readers of this blog are aware that I am a huge KISS fan. I’ve heard pretty much every track that they’ve released, watched all of their videos, and spent countless hours watching and listening documentaries, interviews, etc. with the band. The one thing that I haven’t done is watch KISSContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park (1978)”

November Noise

Who wants to rock? With Thirty-One Days O’Horror officially done for 2021, I’ve decided to dial things back a bit for the month of November. I’m going to have a few action figure reviews, film reviews, and other general genre related posts, but each Friday during November I’ll be highlighting one album from some ofContinue reading “November Noise”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror 2022: Reign of the Scream Queens!

2022 Is All About The Ladies! Whether they graced the screen in one film, one franchise, or across decades of horror films, certain women have always risen to the top of the horror genre. In 2022 I will look at thirty-one of the most famous, most memorable, and most beloved scream queens from horror. FromContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror 2022: Reign of the Scream Queens!”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

“I’ve harmed nobody, just robbed a few graves!” Hammer Horror entered the world of color with 1957’s The Curse Of Frankenstein. Not only that, Hammer introduced classic monsters to a whole new generation of horror fans. The film would prove to be a huge success and would quickly be followed by a number of sequelsContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

“There is evil in the world. There are dark, awful things.” Hammer gets groovy with Dracula A.D. 1972. The film was Hammer’s attempt at modernizing the classic Dracula theme that the company did so well with in a Gothic setting. The updated version still featured the two masters of Hammer horror, Christopher Lee and PeterContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Charlie Boy (1980)

A Different Type Of Fetish A young couple trigger a terrible spell in Charlie Boy, the sixth episode in the wonderful Hammer House of Horror anthology series. The episode’s “horror of the week” is voodoo and comes in the form of an African fetish doll. The episode is genuinely creepy and manages to build upContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Charlie Boy (1980)”