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The Curator of Schlock #532: The Violent Professionals
In a flash, the Revenging Manta sliced his blade into the bullet flying toward my heart, cleaving it in two. The ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando then directed his attention to the man in the banana costume, cutting the fabric to ribbons until all that was left standing was a hairy man wearing nothing but Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #531: Revolver
My life flashed before my eyes. That first time seeing Howard the Duck, Roadhouse, and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. That time I got my outward retainer stuck in my left eye. That time I stuck a wad of aluminum foil in the microwave to see what happened. These are the things one thinks of before one dies. The bullet Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #529: Absolution
The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, slowly slid the straw from his large cherry slurpee up through his mask. He sipped a few gulps, no doubt in contemplating about what our responsibility was to the downed Banana-Man crumpled on the blacktop. The Banana-Man began to stir, opening his eyes as he struggled Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #527: Goulies IV
Albert Simmons and I walked out of the hospital. Much to my surprise, Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, was having a tussle with a man dressed as a banana. Banana-Man was a frozen banana vendor and he was chucking chocolate covered bananas at Edwige rapid fire. Edwige hopped her way Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #526: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College
I wandered the halls of the hospital, lost in my thoughts. The kid with the beanie and his musclebound father crossed my path. I knew Albert Simmons, accountant to the Goose Lord and his gang, must be close by. I found him in a waiting room, knocked out with a bloody nose with two Snickers Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock # 525: Ghoulies II
Seeing Waldo hooked up to that ventilator and clinging for dear life filled my heart with sorrow. Yes, he was a flawed man who defaced the statue of Carl Weathers in the Museum of Schlock, but even that despicable deed didn’t earn him this pitiful state. I left the room distraught, wondering if saving my Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #524: Critters 2
I had lost track of Albert Simmons, accountant to the Goose Lord and his gang, and was aimlessly wandering the corridors of the hospital. By happenstance, I walked across a room with some poor sod hooked up to some kind of ventilator and an IV. Then I noticed a Ziggy tattoo on his left forearm Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face) France, 1960 Director: Georges Franju Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Édith Scob The final minutes of Les yeux sans visage are the most beautiful in the history of horror cinema. A plastic surgeon is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter Christiane who was disfigured in Continue reading
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Episode 666: A Discussion of David Lynch’s Ronnie Rocket (with Stephen McClurg)
In honor of the passing of David Lynch, John and Stephen McClurg discuss the screenplay for a legendary Lynch project that was never made, Ronnie Rocket, which is a metaphysical detective story mixed with a Frankensteinesque story about a youngish rock and roll phenomenon called Ronny Rocket. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Ronnie Rocket over at lynchnet.com. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #520: Graduation Day
Albert Simmons, accountant to the Goose Lord and his gang, had lost $2.25 in a vending machine at the hospital where our compatriot Waldo was fighting for his life. His Snickers Almond got stuck. I figured there was only one solution to this issue. “I tell you what Albert,” I said, trying to maintain a Continue reading
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