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Hubrisween 2017 :: U is for The Undying Monster (1942)
Startled awake from a fitful sleep, a groggy Helga Hammond (Angel) asks Walton (Hobbes), the family butler, if her brother, Oliver, has returned home yet. Seems she was waiting up for him in the study...
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Hubrisween 2017 :: V is for Voodoo Woman (1957)
Somewhere in the fictionalized land of Bantalaya (-- which the Magic 8-Ball says might be an island in the Caribbean or might be somewhere in deepest darkest Africa, answer unsure, try again later),...
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Hubrisween 2017 :: W is for Wild Beasts (1984)
As dozens of smokestacks belch high above a factory -- from which obviously contaminated water flows, a title card informs we’re in some smog-encrusted "northern European city"; and from there we...
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Hubrisween 2017 :: X is for X ... The Unknown (1957)
In an abandoned gravel pit near Glasgow, Scotland, a group of soldiers are about to wrap up a training exercise involving taking turns with a Geiger Counter to find a small container emitting a...
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Hubrisween 2017 :: Y is for Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)
Somewhere along the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, a large glacier is in the process of calving off huge chunks of ice. A normal thing in nature, sure, until a young boy and his dog spot something...
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Hubrisween 2017 :: Z is for Zombie (1979)
After a brief but intriguing opening coda which sees a figure, wrapped in a dirty sheet and bound up with rope, rise from the confines of its bed only to be shot through the head, we crash-cut to New...
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On the Big Screen :: Seeing it Before it Melts to Find Out Just How Bad it...
Beginning with a flashback, we open in the frigid hinterlands of Norway; a remote cabin specifically, where a policeman arrives with a pack of fresh supplies for the sole occupants -- a mother and her...
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Favorites :: Mags and Slicks :: Strange! Fantastic! True? Not Really. No.
Artist: Clarence Doore. Artist: Unknown. Artist: Unknown.Artist: Thomas Beecham. Artist: Thomas Beecham. Artist: Thomas Beecham.  Artist: Thomas Beecham. Artist: Thomas Beecham. Artist: Thomas...
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Recommendations :: Arrow Video's George A. Romero's Between Night and Dawn...
Our latest cinematic adventure begins with a couple walking alone along a wooded path. Dried-out leaves crunch beneath their feet as the man powers ahead, noticeably leaving the woman in his wake...
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Asked and Answered :: Professor Birdman's Wing-Flapping, Plumage-Flaunting,...
Well. Haven't done one of these SLIFR quizzes for awhile. Thus and so, and here we go! 1) Most obnoxious movie you’ve ever seen? Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?...
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Only Two More Days Until the Cheese Hits the Fan! Are You Prepared?
Stay tuned to this space for more details.
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Only One More Day Until the Cheese Hits the Fan! Who Can Save Us Now?
Stay tuned to this space, Boils and Ghouls!
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WARNING :: The Cheese Has Officially Hit the Fan :: The Atomic Weight of...
Hello, Boils and Ghouls! That's right! Yours truly, along with good friends and authors, Mike Bockoven (Fantasticland, The Pack) and Steph Romanski (The Resurrection Man), join forces to solve the...
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The Mummy Fungus Is Among Us :: A Beer-Gut Reaction to Tom Kennedy's Time...
While exploring the excavated tomb of the young Pharaoh, Tutankhamen, visiting American archeology professor, Douglas McCadden, marvels at what’s left of the ancient burial site that hasn’t been...
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DANGER :: The Atomic Weight of Cheese Podcast :: Episode 2 :: May the Wookie...
Greetings, Fellow Atomic Cheeseketeers! By some miracle, I and my robot super-pals, Mike Bockoven and Steph Romanski, once again gathered in the Top-Secret Bunker and recorded our second TAWOC podcast...
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Happy Holidays :: The 12th Annual All-Night Christmas Craptacular Movie...
With the Holiday Season once more upon us, Boils and Ghouls, I must ask of you to once more rally to my war-cry as we barrel into the breach to do battle anew with a noxious spell of Seasonal Affective...
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2017 Wrap-Up :: A Pictorial Essay for a Very Good Year in Revival Screenings.
2017 was a very good year for me as far as revival screenings go: managed to catch two of my top ten favorite films of all time -- Vanishing Point (1971) and Blood and Black Lace (1964). Beyond that,...
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2017 Wrap-Up :: Favorite First Tme Vintage Film Encounters of 2017.
Gremloids (1984)Full review. Â Sweet Revenge (1976)Â Cops vs Thugs (1975)Full review. Train to Busan (2016)Â Medium Cool (1969)Â American Pop (1981)Â Maximum Breakout (1991)Â Killing Ground (2016)Â Half Human...
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2017 Wrap-Up :: A Year at the Movies :: Reflections of a Movie-Goer.
January:Â February:Â March:April:May:June:July:August:September:October:November:December:Not Pictured:Theatrically: Get Out (2017), Battle of the Sexes (2017), Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Home Video or...
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