Post Halloween...

So as we begin to pull out of the sugar-induced coma, I suppose it's time to do a little catching up. There's been a lot of things cross the desk lately, and I don't know how many we'll actually get to today, but we're gonna give it a good shot today and tomorrow then probably round things off on Friday with a junkyard. That's if everything goes according to plan. And let's be honest, how often does that actually happen?

So, first thing, how about writing off the Halloween season with a couple of items that really fit into the season but we just never got around to.

Hmm... let's set the wayback machine for 62 (yes, really, 62) years ago. 1946 saw the introduction of one of the truly scariest monsters ever created. And I'm not necessarily talking about the furry red guy:



fun schtuff, hunh? ok, now let's head back even further to Halloween 1939. Orson W - wait a second! What's happening? it seems we're caught in some kind of temporal/dimensional crossover! Look, over there! Is that a martian, or a guy with pointy ears?

Actually it may be both. LA Theater Works is a group dedicated to carrying on the traditions of Old Time Radio, presenting both original works and recreations of old radio shows. Recently they gathered together a collection of stars from the Star Trek TV shows, including Leonard Nimoy and John DeLancey, to recreate the 1939 Orson Wells classic The War of the Worlds. The results are definitely interesting and well worth a listen. The show, presented in two parts below, also includes an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World which was actually adapted for radio by the aforementioned John DeLancey . And be sure to check out the L.A. Theater Works website for more great audio plays.

Click play for part one:

Click play for part two:


Ok, so in looking at all the trailers for our classic horror trailer roundup laast month, I of course ran across a whole bunch that looked interesting but didn't really fit the format. Worry not, though, because you'll be seeing them pop up here and there for awhile, I'm sure. The first of these is for a little movie which is actually out on video now (and available on Netflix's watch now) called Boy Eats Girl. Let's just say it appears to be Ireland's entry into the zombie apocalypse comedy race. And though more low-key than Shaun of the Dead, it's still pretty funny. Here's the preview:



BTW, you may remember a while back we linked to a story about a correlation between republicans being in power and a rise in the number of zombie movies, and a corresponding rise in interest in vampires when the Democrats are in power. How then to explain this year, where Twilight is sharing the multiplex screens and box office dollars with Zombieland? That's when it struck me that even such usually reliable predictors are completely confused by the fact that Barack Obama, a Democrat who ran on a platform of change is acting more and more like his Republican predecessor....

Ok, enough of that for now. Let's move on, shall we?