How much do I love vintage toys? ALOT!!! But there were no Dark Shadows figures back in the day. Sadly, just a few models and games back in the day that rocked my world!
Seriously, if you can get them now, I say DO IT! Spectre Toys released The Wolfman figure from the cult favorite Dark Shadows soap opera and it’s so cool that I have to make this one mine. This wooly wolf is a must have for Dark Shadows fans and even Monster Fans!
I got the 12 inch Majestic Toys Barnabas figures when they came out and they are AMAZING! I LOVE em! But these Spectre 8-inchers are SUPER great too! The Barnabas 8 inch figure is now a bit tough to find.
I have to say that I simply LOVE the Wolfys looks and charm. Plus considering my monster kick, this guy is beyond perfect for satisfying my voracious hunger!
Out of one graveyard and into another, James Karen and Thom Matthews aren’t the only ones returning for Return of the Living Dead 2 — Ron and Little Miss Horror Nerd are back to walk you through all the wacky hijinks of talking heads with screwdrivers stuck in them, Michael Jackson impersonating zombies and even zombie hands terrorizing cars full of people. Listen to Little Miss Horror Nerd inject herself with strange substances on the air! Get your medical fix, horror fix and Jessica’s cat fix all in one place on this week’s show!
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This week I have a treat for you! Earlier this week, I attended the world premiere of Jersey Shore Massacre in New York City. Jenny “JWoww” Farley from MTV’s Jersey Shore was an executive producer on the film.
This was my first ever movie premiere and I had lots of fun. Everyone I met involved with the film was extremely nice and accommodating. I also had the pleasure of meeting the one and only Ron Jeremy. He was very approachable and very gracious. An all around nice guy who appreciates his fans especially the ladies! (ED Note: Reports from the event tell me that he also smelled nice)
The story revolves around a group of six “Jersey Girls” who take a trip to the shore for the weekend. When they arrive, they discover there has been a mix up and their house has been rented to some other girls. Teresa, one of the six, offers up her uncle’s cabin in the Pine Barrens. Once there, the girls and a group of fist-pumping Jersey dudes start getting picked off by a mysterious killer.
I won’t go any further so as not to spoil anything. This fun, campy horror film was quite entertaining. Maybe more so because I was a big fan of MTVs Jersey Shore and watched every season! In my opinion this movie had all the ingredients to amuse — stupid humor, cool kills and bare boobs for those boob connoisseurs out there. Let’s not forget the devastatingly stupid cops! There is even a very clever movie within a movie!
In my opinion, creative and gruesome kills are essential to a successful slasher. Here we had death by tanning bed, a spearing during sex and death by electric sander. Ouch! If you just want to check your brain at the door and be entertained, check out this fun film.
It will be available for purchase on August 26th and VOD platforms this Friday, August 22nd.
Though the costumes were a flimsy mess, I couldn’t resist a monster costume made of day-glo paints and major FUN! I LOVED these things! I could easily become any creature I wanted! It was fast and it was little to no mess which made my mother super happy! My faves were the Ben Cooper costumes but I never strayed away from the Collegeville costumes either.
The body of these costumes were made out of a flimsy satin or plastic, the kind that went “whoosh, whoosh” when you walked. On it was a picture of a monster head with the name emblazoned above it in case you didn’t recognize the monster or what movie it was from. The mask—a thin, brittle piece of plastic and day-glo colors—had two eyehole cutouts, two small nose-holes and a slight mouth slit for breathing. Only, it wasn’t easy to breathe when wearing that mask. And the mask would steam up with a massive amount of sweat…..BUT THEY WERE THE BEST THINGS EVER!
Ben Cooper, the son of a restaurant owner who became a costume impresario, didn’t invent the Halloween costume. But he and his company awakened generations of kids to the potential of what Halloween could be.
Halloween night I would run from neighborhood to neighborhood a sweaty ripped up mess as I would usually trip over somebody’s giant rock in their yard and dump my treasures everywhere, but WOW was it FUN! Some of the best of times really! I feel bad for today’s kids that don’t get to experience that!
One old lady in a creepy old haunted looking house would always welcome me in along my Halloween route! I was scared to death which added to the excitement. I would enter her dark house and follow her down dark and creepy hallways. With my imagination reeling (she looked and sounded like a witch and she wasn’t in costume), finally reaching an amazing smelling old kitchen where she had what seemed like hundreds of cool vintage Halloween bags stuffed with freshly made popcorn balls and plastic spiders, snakes and bats! IT ROCKED MY WORLD!
I LOVED and LOVE these costumes! After Halloween night I would add my costume to the wall of past costumes and eagerly wait for the next year to add to my collection on my wall and live the excitement of wearing these costumes again!
Oculus was directed by Mike Flanagan (Absentia) and released to DVD and VOD August 5, 2014.
The story centers around the Russell family of four and moves back and forth between two decades. The family moves into a new home. When they do, they buy an antique mirror which is placed in the father’s office. A tragedy befalls the family and as a result the young son, Tim, is convicted of murder. Ten years later when he is released his sister Kaylie sets out to prove the mirror is responsible for the murder her brother was arrested for as well as many others deaths dating back to the 1700s.
I won’t go further. I don’t do spoilers. I was skeptical about this film as I did not care for Absentia at all . However, I was pleasantly surprised. It seems Mr. Flanagan is improving as a director. I call it an Amityville/Poltergeist hybrid with a dash of Nightmare On Elm Street.
I enjoyed this film and cared about the characters. Kaylie reminded me of Nightmare’s Nancy with her plot to foil and destroy the mirror. I was often left wondering what was real and what was supposed to be in the imagination of the characters.
Maybe the film is supposed to be about a haunted mirror — but is it haunted or are all these people the victims of their own choices or bad luck? In my opinion the viewer is left to make that decision and I didn’t mind that. I think the director tried to do that same thing in Absentia. He was more successful in Oculus. While I wasn’t frightened by this movie, I was genuinely creeped out at times. If you are looking for tons of gore, action and nudity this isn’t the film for you. It was more of a slow burn.
I am a fan of Katee Sackhoff who has been building her Scream Queen resume since she appeared in Halloween Resurrection in 2002. Katee played Marie Russell, the mother. I loved her performance the most. In my opinion, the ending was bleak and I didn’t see it coming. Overall, I was impressed with the film and am curious to see what the irector will do next. If you like paranormal horror, this one is worth a shot!
Seriously, if you can get them now, I say DO IT! Spectre Toys released The Wolfman figure from the cult favorite Dark Shadows soap opera and it’s so cool that I have to make this one mine. This wooly wolf is a must have for Dark Shadows fans and even Monster Fans!
I have to say that I simply LOVE the Wolfys looks and charm. Plus considering my monster kick, this guy is beyond perfect for satisfying my voracious hunger!
