Most 20th-century horror films seem to relish the gore. I don’t think anyone would suggest that “Saw” or “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” were subtle. August Heat is different. I read the final sentence and had to re-read it to really recognize what W. F. Harvey had just done. It’s wonderful.
If ever there were an example of the adage “Be careful what you wish for,” The Monkey’s Paw is it. It tells the tale of an artifact brought to England from India by a member of the British Army when his tour ended. Legend has it that its owner gets three wishes. There’s an artful …
Another story from the anthology: Algernon Blackwood’s The Empty House: Inside the house the silence became awful; awful, he thought, because any minute now it might be broken by sounds portending terror. The strain of waiting told more and more severely on the nerves; they talked in whispers when they talked at all, for their …
You’ve seen the white screen iDon’t commercial for Verizon’s Droid if you’ve been watching baseball or football. The song is by a woman calling herself Mozella. Here’s her website. Here’s the video for the ad. Here’s a link to the video for the entire song.
I first read Man-size in Marble in an anthology of ghost and horror stories called The Haunted Looking Glass. What makes the anthology special is that the stories were selected and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Here’s the description of the setting: The church was a large and lonely one, and we loved to go there, …
Given the number of home run hitters on both the Phillies and the Yankees, I give you: “Cy Young winners over here!”
Yep. Brand new, released October 13. Here’s Ken Tucker’s review from NPR, with audio. Here’s Christmas in the Heart at Amazon. From what I’ve heard of the music, I think I agree with Tucker that the man has his tongue in his cheek and an eye half-closed in a wink while singing these songs. Dylan, …
Even knowing that United States Senators are self-aggrandizing egos encased in human form, Joe Lieberman’s statement today that he would vote with Republicans against health care reform is unusual. Reprehensible, too. This is the guy who only retained his committee chairmanship by the skin of his teeth when Harry Reid told us “he’s with us …
Are DVD players designed to fail? We have one (an Aspire AD-N820B) whose tray seems to be jammed shut. I can’t get it open, not even enough to get a pair of tweezers around it to pull. It’s not like it’s worn out from heavy usage. I’ll bet we’ve played about fifteen movies and a …
Beat the Yankees!