tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post7222991385876248514..comments2023-09-28T08:56:57.955-05:00Comments on The Mighty Blowhole: Sometimes A-Feared, Sometimes Not.Igorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857186835391466064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post-62413384099503541252010-10-22T12:28:53.431-05:002010-10-22T12:28:53.431-05:00OK, so now Legend of Hell House is back in my queu...OK, so now Legend of Hell House is back in my queue along with The Changeling, which I've somehow missed. And I vaguely remember hearing about Del Toro's book(s), so I'm definitely going to get that/those.<br /><br />Haven't y'all mentioned Drood on here at some point? (Too lazy to go looking.) I'm about 125 pages into that, and boy is it good so far. There is some CREEPY shit in that book ALREADY.<br /><br />As for handwritten letters, remember the Jello Biafra letter? I still have it. Gonna scan and post here eventually.kicker of elveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819019135835419846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post-65965880093992504332010-10-21T04:07:12.489-05:002010-10-21T04:07:12.489-05:00And I can attest to that, since Z showd me said ha...And I can attest to that, since Z showd me said handwrit note, lo these many years ago... <br /><br />And I nominate the super-subtle, mood-driven ghost story The Changeling (the one with George C. Scott) for excellent Halloween mooby-viewing!Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857186835391466064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post-78614701130125330802010-10-20T14:52:45.540-05:002010-10-20T14:52:45.540-05:00Excellent post, as always. :)
I still haven'...Excellent post, as always. :) <br /><br />I still haven't read The Passage. Fangoria gave it a really excited review and said it "might be better than The Stand because it's going to be a trilogy," but I looked at it and saw too many fantasy elements... it looked like there were tribes or clans and characters known as "The _____" (fill in the blank with anything and it'll usually set my hackles up) and so I haven't tried tackling it yet. I heard Guillermo Del Toro's _The Strain_ was good but haven't tackled it yet, either, 'cuz it's also a trilogy. Why can't anything be a stand-alone anymore?<br /><br />I liked Hell House when I read it, but that was some time ago. The movie is well-worth seeing. Usually Matheson is genius, but I'll have to re-read it to see if I think it still stands up. Peter Straub's _Ghost Story_ kinda didn't when I re-read it... it was still good, just not as brilliant as I'd remembered. I remembered being a little ticked that Hell House's was a steal from Shirley Jackson, though. O' course, that plot's been stolen at least a dozen times since... Shirley should be getting royalties, or at least have her books kept in print! It's criminal how little of her stuff is still available.<br /><br />I usually avoid remakes, so I still haven't seen the Psycho or Halloween remakes, but I'll have to look for those now. And, yep, Sherri Moon Zombie is great eye-candy. Rob Zombie definitely knows what kind of girl he likes, because she resembles Sean Ysuelt a good bit. (I love Sean, too... and Sean was super-nice to me when I wrote White Zombie once - I still have a handwritten letter (on the back of a flier for a show they did with Prong and Raging Slab) she sent me.)Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.com