Ring-A-Ding-Ding folks. Although I’ve crossed the age where
I’m closer to 40 than 30, I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a low down, no good
present whore. Shove a box with colorful wrapping paper and a well tied bow in
my hands and I get as giddy as a fat kid when it’s pizza day for school lunch
(do scoohl’s still serve the square cheese slices with a side of dish of cheese
sticks? I used to LOVE mashing chunks of cheese onto that toasted Italian delight).
Christmas time is a boon for horror fans. Despite the
Halloween title getting all the love, there are actually more genre films
centered around Christmas. We’ll talk about some holiday genre favorites at a later
date, but for right now it’s time for a brief list of goodies any self
respecting horror fan would love to find under his or her tree.
If anyone wants to forward this list to my wife, I won’t
object.
For the fashionista: One of the many fine offerings from the
folks at FRIGHT RAGS
My love affair for this teeshirt/hoodie site began with the
purchase of the They Live “OBEY” tee
shirt and has continued through my latest pick up, which proudly informs anyone
that gazes at it that ‘The Wolfman Has Nards”. The site currently has about
three dozen designs that can ship out in time for the holidays. I will warn
you, some designs are better in theory than practice (I’m looking at you, Freddy
Krueger cuddling a barrel full of kittens tee shirt) so choose wisely.
Personally, I find the simpler the design the better it looks worn out in
public.
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The AMC show may be all over the map quality wise, but there’s no denying it draws in viewers-three
times the amount of critical darling Mad Men as a matte rof fact. There’s no
doubt that only a fraction of the audience have ever picked up the source
material and that’s a shame because the long running comic never ceases to
amaze. Volume 1 collects the first 48 issues of the comic and introduces one of
the all time great villains in The Governor.
For the high falutin "I don't even own a TV" reading types:
John Dies At The End (Jason Pargin writing as David Wong)
An odd mashup up of The X-Files meets Harold & Kumar, this pair of slacker paranormal busters might be the only pair that can prevent the world from getting sucked down a hellish vortex that would end with all mankind having their brains feasted upon by telepathic space slugs for eternity. The novel's a hoot and moves at a breakneck pace. As of today Don Coscarelli is working on the post production of the 2012 film, so catch the source material before it hits the big screen.
Harbour (John Ajvide Lindquivst)
We could say "From the writer of "Let The right One In" and leave it at that, but that would be pretty lazy. Lindquivst manages to take classic monsters (vampires, zombies) and craft small, personal tales that resonate with universal emotions but still convey moments of pure terror. His third novel explores a family trying to pick up the pieces after their daughter's disappearance while trying to figure out why the townspeople are hiding critical information.
Do Not Enter, Dead Inside (Various)
If Max Brooks' World War Z tackles the zombie apocalypse on an epic scale, this project from the site Lost Zombies looks at the epidemic from the ground level. Composed of handwritten notes, scraps of papers and the fragmented thoughts left behind by the survivors (and the dead), DNE, DI is often chilling and often inspiring by putting a fresh approach at a tired subject.
Horror DVD’s & Blu Rays That Should Be In your Stocking
There’s been far too many terrific home releases this year to even attempt a partial list of what you should hope makes its way into your stocking. Bill Lustig's Blue Underground label has banged out pristine reissues of sleazy grindhouse and exploitation fare and more Fulchi than you can shake a stick at and jammed the discs full of the bonus material hardcore fans crave. This is just a smattering of what they're offering:
An odd mashup up of The X-Files meets Harold & Kumar, this pair of slacker paranormal busters might be the only pair that can prevent the world from getting sucked down a hellish vortex that would end with all mankind having their brains feasted upon by telepathic space slugs for eternity. The novel's a hoot and moves at a breakneck pace. As of today Don Coscarelli is working on the post production of the 2012 film, so catch the source material before it hits the big screen.
We could say "From the writer of "Let The right One In" and leave it at that, but that would be pretty lazy. Lindquivst manages to take classic monsters (vampires, zombies) and craft small, personal tales that resonate with universal emotions but still convey moments of pure terror. His third novel explores a family trying to pick up the pieces after their daughter's disappearance while trying to figure out why the townspeople are hiding critical information.
If Max Brooks' World War Z tackles the zombie apocalypse on an epic scale, this project from the site Lost Zombies looks at the epidemic from the ground level. Composed of handwritten notes, scraps of papers and the fragmented thoughts left behind by the survivors (and the dead), DNE, DI is often chilling and often inspiring by putting a fresh approach at a tired subject.
Horror DVD’s & Blu Rays That Should Be In your Stocking
There’s been far too many terrific home releases this year to even attempt a partial list of what you should hope makes its way into your stocking. Bill Lustig's Blue Underground label has banged out pristine reissues of sleazy grindhouse and exploitation fare and more Fulchi than you can shake a stick at and jammed the discs full of the bonus material hardcore fans crave. This is just a smattering of what they're offering:
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