Crappy Holiday

Jebus … that holiday was depressing.

Here are some pictures from the Open House at Roger and Kat’s this past Saturday evening (no captions ’cause I am lazy) …
Open House 2007
Open House 2007
Open House 2007
Open House 2007
Open House 2007
Open House 2007
Open House 2007

And here’s a picture Post-Gumbo at Roger and Kat’s last night. Note that Jonsey is asleep again …
Open House 2007

Crappy Holiday

Name that 1979 Horror Film (Answer)

Ah, yes. I should have known that Dave would nail it quickly.

“Tourist Trap” (1979)
Directed by David Schmoeller.
With Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Tanya Roberts, Robin Sherwood, Keith McDermott, Dawn Jeffory.

A group of teens on vacation get stranded in the middle of nowhere due to some mysterious car trouble. They are helped by Mr. Slausen (Chuck Connors), owner of Slausin’s Lost Oasis (a museum filled with animated mannequins). As their friends begin to disappear one by one, the remaining teens must avoid the attacks of a strange man in a mannequin-like mask in order to escape a fate worse than death.

Nice little horror gem that works especially well if you find mannequins to be the least bit creepy.

Sheesh, Homer. Hopefully your last date didn’t look like that … you handsome fella ya!

Name that 1979 Horror Film (Answer)

Post New Year (Redux)

Yeah. I haven’t had a whole hell of a lot to say since the start of the New Year. Had a fun-filled panic attack on New Year’s Day and have been dealing with the fallout ever since. Hooray for anxiety issues. Pretty much been a nervous wreck for the last week and a half with some calm moments where everything feels good and then toatlly wired moments where the entire bottom feels like it’s gonna drop out of my life. I suppose that I need to go back to the doctor, but I sure don’ t want to have to go back on Paxil again. That stuff is semi-evil.

And now … some more pictures you have already seen (for lack of anything better). It’s a gallery of almost all the photos I shot back in August of last year when I went to New York City to see the Fella. Yep. That’s some Wigstock in there, too. Enjoy …
Gallery: New York City, August 2005
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Post New Year (Redux)

(Another) Finally!

Dead Yet?
Finally, one of my favorite films from the 90’s is getting the dvd treatment it deserves! Peter Jackson’s “The Frighteners” was released in 1996 and died a horrible death at the box office. Why, you might ask? The film was originally slated for a Fall/Halloween release date, but the film came in on time/under budget and was liked enough by the studio to “reward” it by bumping it into the summer release schedule. Bad news. “The Frighteners” opened one week after “Independence Day” and was ignored because of it.

Back in the heyday of LaserDiscs, Universal released a Signature Collection Edition of “The Frighteners” featuring (what is termed) a Director’s Fun Cut, Commentary by Peter Jackson and a 4-1/2 hour Making Of Documentary. Needless to say, this version of the movie has been near impossible to find since LaserDiscs are way out of fashion now.

Thankfully, Peter Jackson has become a Hollywood “it boy” and “The Frighteners” is getting a much needed re-release on dvd. Looks like the the new double-sided release is gonna contain all the Signature Collection LaserDisc features. Plus, it sports the original poster art which I have always considered to be one of the better movie posters ever made. Whoo-freakin’-Hoo!!!! See you at the store on November 29th!

(Another) Finally!