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ABC’s of Death

Terror from Beyond the Daves is pleased to welcome guest writer, Joe Vampire from HalloweenCostumes.com!

As a genre, horror films tend to do well when placed in an anthology setting.  The short runtimes allow for maximum gore and tension with minimal downtime.  Plus, they allow for ideas which might not work as full-length films to be given a chance to shine.  Of course, sometimes those ideas probably shouldn’t have been filmed in the first place.  This tends to make anthology films really hit or miss.  As in: for every Creepshow, there’s a Creepshow 3 and for every “Amelia” from Trilogy of Terror there is one of the other vignettes from Trilogy of Terror that nobody remembers because there isn’t that creepy little doll.

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The Costumes of C2E2! Part 3 of 6

Many more costumes to show from C2E2…and we’re only half through!

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All roads lead to Ray Harryhausen…

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When I was growing up, our town (like many at the time) had it’s own local theater. It wasn’t one of those big multiplexes you see today but rather a one screen wonder offering standard-sized viewing and a small popcorn machine/soda fountain serving as concessions. I remember the lobby having a musty odor and being adorn in red velvet; the theater seats so old you’d invariably be sitting at an angle. I also recall my grade school friends and I snickering at nude, Greek statues (missing their heads) that stood at opposite sides of the entrance.

The Homewood Theater was already in it’s decline when I was a kid back in the ’70s but, one Saturday during summer months, would provide throwback experiences once commonplace during my parent’s youth. On these occasions, they’d offer affordable “all day” movie experiences featuring family friendly films along with cartoons, Three Stooges shorts, and old serials in between.

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C2E2 and the Thrill of the Comic Book Hunt!

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Back in my junior high and high school years, I admit to being a pretty serious collector of comic books. This was back in the early ’80s and well before The X-Men, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Batman, and The Avengers would all become modern day pop culture & box office phenomena (as I write this post, Iron Man 3 just pulled in $175M on it’s opening weekend here in the US). Unfortunately, back in my day a guy needed to downplay his love of super heroes lest he receive daily wedgies from the school bully while consistently repelling members of the opposite sex.

I discussed my comic book history back when I reviewed The Avengers movie last year (seen HERE). This year I decided to use the C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) occasion to not only cover the Return of Svengoolie (see last post) but also as an opportunity to reconnect with my comic book past.

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