Horror
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with Dmetri Kakmi The Bride of Frankenstein USA 1935 Director: James Whale Cast: Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive The Bride of Frankenstein is unique in the horror pantheon. Far from being a mere sequel to Whale’s own Frankenstein (1931), it is a beast in its own right. And, like Beatrice to Dante, the ‘monster’s mate’… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #489: Late Night with the Devil
The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, wasn’t buying my story of a reanimated corpse attacking the goons that were hauling him off while unconscious. I argued that I once lived in an antebellum mansion filled with vampires and was almost abducted by aliens, but he called my observations flights of fancy and… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #273: Baby, You’re a Haunted House
Houses are haunted by what we leave behind in them. For instance, a house I used to live in is haunted by the collection of coolers we accidentally left in the attic. In another instance, a house may be haunted by the giant machine designed to peer into the afterlife and make contact with the… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #487: The Changeling
Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, had once again returned to me. She held a a giant key ring in her mouth and dropped it in front me. The key had a horse skull carved at the end of it and I marveled at its craftsmanship. The Revenging Manta stirred again and slowly opened his eyes.… Continue reading
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101 Horror Nights #4
with your host, Dmetri Kakmi The Old Dark House 1932, USA Director: James Whale Cast: Ernest Thiseger, Gloria Stuart, Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton It is hard to know where the horror film would be without gay filmmakers. Perhaps not surprisingly, homosexual men have found a home in the codified language of horror, opening new doors, founding surprising… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #453: Night of the Living Dead (1990)
“It’s a zombie! It’s a zombie,” the ski-masked punk yelled as he tried to wrestle free from the clutches of a corpse I had on display in the Museum of Schlock. The other gang members were busily trying to crucify the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, to a wall in the exhibit.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #452: Night of the Living Dead
The ski-masked punk started slicing the neck of the corpse with his free hand. The fingers on his other hand were stuck in the corpse’s mouth due to a supposed muscle spasm triggered in the deceased man. He kept hacking away at the neck to no avail. As he was about to take another slice,… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights #3
with your host, Dmetri Kakmi Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1931, USA Director: Rouben Mamoulian Cast: Frederick March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Edgar Norton On a recent visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, I stayed in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Georgian terrace. It was grand, to say the least. From my room in the upper reaches of the house… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #450: Road Games
At the same time members of the Goose Lord Gang were trying to crucify the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilant of downtown Orlando, to a wall in the exhibit for Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond, a punk in ski mask was taking a closer look at the corpse I had on display in the exhibit. He stuck… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #449: Killer Party
Where was I? Right. A few punks were messing around with a corpse I had on display in my exhibit of Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond at the Museum of Schlock. They removed the spikes that attached the corpse to a facsimile of a basement wall. With no more support, the corpse slumped to the ground.… Continue reading
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