Robert Louis Stevenson knew plenty about doctors and medicine- he wrote most of his 1886 classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in bed, coughing up blood. After reading the book in seventh grade, I would retire to my…
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M– is for the monstrous way she treats us. O– means that she can be just obscene. T– is for the torment that she causes. H– is for the hatred she receives. E– is for the eyepatch she wears smiling.…
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Though he’s best known for playing George McFly in the megahit Back to The Future, it’s Crispin Hellion Glover’s more offbeat roles that have earned him a special place in my dark heart. I love his weirder characters- like the…
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This gloriously bonkers low budget 1980s action film was rescued from the trashcan of memory by the good people at Vinegar Syndrome and is being released in select theaters across the country and in a beautiful 2-disc Blu-ray. The story…
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I’ve always held dear to my heart films by directors I love that are thought to be lesser works, or simply aren’t as well-known. I find myself desperately trying to turn friends onto them and writing about them endlessly. When…
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My idea of hell is being ball-gagged and strapped to a chair while a gaggle of obnoxious children in choir robes scream The 12 Days of Christmas in my face. Even my mother would bristle with fury when that tune came on…
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When I think “Thanksgiving,” I think “pancreas.” It was on that celebratory November day back in the early 70s when, after partaking of a memorably delicious Thanksgiving with friends, my pancreas literally exploded and I was rushed to a hospital…
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What’s the scariest film of all time? Some say Psycho, some The Texas Chainsaw Masacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street. For many there was nothing to equal the first time they saw Night of the Living Dead. But for me,…
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Most of us remember the first movie witch that freaked us out. From the green-skinned Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, to the evil Maleficent of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. Honestly, for me the thought that you could ride a broom and…
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Starting in 1995 the US Post Office released a series of “Legends of Hollywood” stamps that were a thrill for collectors and fans. From James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock to Shirley Temple there…
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