Welcome to the fourth repost of The Phantom Creeps recaps, brought over from the old She Blogged By Night blog. If good things happen — and it won’t; listen to Louis CK, kids, because he’s right about everything — once the reposts are all moved over, I’ll finish the recaps, giving me time to move…
In Memoriam: Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine circa 1973. (via) Ernest Borgnine passed away yesterday at age 95. A terrific actor and a strange, wonderful man. He will be missed.
The Best Hitchcock Movies (That Hitchcock Never Made) & My First Movie Blogathons
The Best Hitchcock Movies (That Hitchcock Never Made) Blogathon, sponsored by ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Tales of the Easily Distracted is going on right now! Visit Tales of the Easily Distracted for a list of this year’s culprits I mean participants. Please check out the entries, and keep checking in every day for new posts…
The Phantom Creeps #3: Power Enough to Seize or Destroy the World!
Our third repost of recaps of the 1939 serial The Phantom Creeps, previously published on the old She Blogged By Night and moved over here to get us all ready for the tremendous finale that awaits. This one is going up a little earlier than planned so I can move on to finishing my entry…
The Phantom Creeps #2: I Must Not Show My Power Until I Am Ready to Strike!
For the next few days, we are revisiting the episodes of The Phantom Creeps that were previously posted on the old She Blogged By Night, before we go thrilling to the final solution I mean conclusion. Sorry, I think Plucky Girl Reporter’s sleepy-eyed antisocialism is starting to wear off on me. The post is the…
The Phantom Creeps #1: And Now, As the Phantom, There is Nothing I Cannot Do!
The Phantom Creeps Chapter 1: The Menacing Power Dastardly Dr. Zorka (Bela Lugosi in a super realistic beard) and his escaped dastardly convict sidekick Monk have created many dastardly things. Mrs. Zorka worries about her be-bearded husband and enlists the help of Zorka’s former partner, Dr. Mallory, in an effort to try to talk Zorka…
July Movies to Watch For
The following are some films on Sundance, Fox Movie Channel, and TCM that you might want to check out this month. All times Eastern. Remember, these films may be edited, time compressed, in the wrong aspect ratio, canceled, or eaten by bears. You know how it is. *** SUNDANCE The Deep End (2001) July…
Queer Film Blogathon: Freebie and the Bean (1974)
This is my entry for the Queer Film Blogathon, hosted by Garbo Laughs. Please check out Caroline’s entries as well as all the other fine participants! *** Hollywood loves to engage in bigotry through the guise of humor, usually qualified as “edgy” or “irreverent.” When bigotry is played as humor, it automatically inherits the default…
In Memoriam: Susan Tyrrell and Richard Lynch
The film world has recently lost two terrific character actors. Susan Tyrrell, who appeared in Fat City (1972), The Killer Inside Me (1976), and Cry-Baby (1990), died of unknown causes on June 19. Photo courtesy Follies of God by James Grissom, which has a wonderful quote about Tyrrell by Tennessee Williams. Richard Lynch, horror,…
My Thoughts on The LAMB
I have dithered about posting any of this publicly for a very long time, and because of the way discussions about these issues tend to go, I have disabled comments. Further, because I will be mentioning names and blogs for clarity’s sake, I do not want anyone to go off in comments on any of…