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February 17, 2025
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Trading Card #22

After numerous local interviews, the students relaxed and drank a toast to "a good day." Heather, obviously pleased with the way the project was shaping up, suggested that they spend the evening unwinding. "A very good first day," she proclaimed. "We'll go over an equipment check, and I'll call my mom. Let's be relaxed, because we've got a really, really long day tomorrow. Today was cake compared to tomorrow."
Published on February 17, 2025 03:30
Ghost Rider (2007) - Newspaper Ad

I remember seeing this, but little beyond that. The little I do remember consists of the late Peter Fonda's serviceable turn as Old Scratch and my being unsettled at how Sam Elliot's five o'clock shadow seemed to reach all the way up to his freakin' eyeball sockets. Beyond that, nothing...
Published on February 17, 2025 03:00
February 16, 2025
Rechiato No. 6612 - A 1000 piece puzzle with a missing piece
Gah, I hate when this happens.
There is no way of knowing if it came this way or if I, or one of our three cats, knocked that piece onto the floor, where it got vacuumed to oblivion. Either way, this one will most likely be tossed into the recycling bin. So it goes.
Published on February 16, 2025 10:58
Alien (1979) - Trading Card #19

After conferring with 'Mother', Dallas reveals that the "Nostromo" is on and unexpected course.
Destination: a small asteroid from where unearthly signals are apparently emanating.
Published on February 16, 2025 03:30
Diary of the Dead (2007) - Newspaper Ad

When Diary of the Dead got a paltry theatrical release in 2008, I hoofed it over to the Landmark on Shattuck Avenue, in Berkeley, so I could see it on the big screen.
While I found plenty to admire and enjoy about the film, I also found the found footage conceit somewhat clumsy and distracting in its staging. It worked in bits and pieces for me, just not as a whole.
My hope, which was soon dashed, was that the movie would get a solid enough positive critical and commercial response that Romero could have the opportunity to make something other than yet another zombie movie.
Published on February 16, 2025 03:00
February 15, 2025
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Trading Card #21

Mary Brown was played by Patricia DeCou (1934 - 2007). She was the only person that responded to flyers that were hung at a local college, asking for people to help the low-budget production.
Published on February 15, 2025 03:30
Friday the 13th (2009) - Newspaper Ad

I remember taking my son to see this on opening weekend. Hell, it might even have been opening night. I wore my What Would Jason Do t-shirt and we had a blast.
Published on February 15, 2025 03:00
February 14, 2025
The Baytown Outlaws (2012) - Soundtrack

A completist impulse purchase that paid off nicely.
I have been a fan of Christopher Young ever since Hellraiser (1987) and, I am reasonably certain, I recognized Kostas Christides thanks to my having the soundtrack for the After Dark Horrorfest entry Dark Ride (2006).This is a score written for a rock band and the music does, in fact, rock.
Published on February 14, 2025 04:00
Alien (1979) - Trading Card #18

"Nostromo" crew members are surprised to discover that they are nowhere near their native planet. Have the ship's preprogrammed computers malfunctioned in some way?
Published on February 14, 2025 03:30
The Stepford Wives (1975) - Newspaper Ad
Published on February 14, 2025 03:00
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