FRANKENSTEIN
by Eric Lindbom The flat top head with two vertical clamps dripping like metallic sweat over the eyebrows. One shiny bolt protruding from each side of the neck. Stitches on …
The October Country
October is the perfect month to reread Ray Bradbury. When I read Bradbury, I always go through the same process. I begin quickly, thinking I will be able to move …
Talk to Me & The Exorcist
by Eric Lindbom TALK TO ME – Four Snakes I’ve never remotely known a distribution/production company that garners the deserved fan loyalty of A24. The company’s impeccable good taste, quality …
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
In 1630s New England, English settler William and his family—wife Katherine, daughter Thomasin, son Caleb, and fraternal twins Mercy and Jonas—are banished from a Puritan colony over a religious dispute. The family builds a …
HALLOWEEN SCARES!
By Janna Wong At Halloween time, you’ve got your ghosts and ghouls, witches, vampires, and monsters. They are all designed to scare you to bits. But, if you ask me, …
SEASON OF THE WITCH
“Season of the Witch” – Song by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan released in August 1966 on his third studio album, Sunshine Superman. -From 1645 to 1663, about eighty people throughout England’s Massachusetts Bay …
CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED
CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED : JOHN WYNDHAM, THE MIDWICH LEGACY, AND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE by Tom Lavagnino Every resident of the little English town of Midwich is suddenly rendered unconscious. Outside …
THE CARD PLAYER
“THE CARD PLAYER” (2004), DARIO ARGENTO’S “GIALLO” CLASSIC reviewed by Tom Lavagnino. COVID has re-calibrated the stature of daily life in so many people’s lives, but huge swaths of culture …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – POE & LINCOLN
“The president-mystery bond began with Abraham Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe, who were born within a month of each other in 1809. Like a lot of 19th-century readers, our 16th …
THE RETURN OF THE PHARAOH – Nicholas Meyer
SHERLOCK HOLMES? Remember when you used to cozy-up to the fireplace and read a good book. Good books have been hard to find of late. Finally, I’ve found one perfect …
