Friday, October 9, 2009
Things To Watch
It should be cooling down in Florida, but it's not. In fact, cities all over the Sunshine State have reported record heat and humidity in the past few days. And according to all the meteorologists, it's going to get hotter before it cools off. I love the climate here and I hardly ever complain about the weather, but I have to admit the heat is starting to beat me down. It's too hot to be outside for any reason. The golf course is unbearable and even the beach is sweltering. That's why I'm planning to cower in front of the air conditioning and plug in some DVDs until the next "cold" front arrives.
Since we're coming up on Halloween--my favorite holiday--classic horror flicks are at the top of my must-watch list. Up first is this newly-released Gorehouse Greats DVD. It's a collection of twelve horror movies from the 60s to the 90s and features mainstream stars like John Carradine and cult idols like Tor Johnson. The set includes: Blood of Dracula's Castle, Brain Twisters, The Devil's Hand, Madman of Mandoras (They Saved Hitlers' Brain), Nightmare in Wax, Prime Evil, Satan's Slave, Stanley, Terrified, Terror and Trip with Teacher. Next is this collection that's so big it's an instant horror library in a single set.
It includes 50 classic horror movies on twelve two-sided DVDs. With some of my favorite horror actors like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Fay Wray, Lon Chaney Sr., Lon Chaney Jr., and Tor Johnson, it's on my must-have list. Plus, there are some true classics featuring big stars, like The Little Shop of Horrors with Jack Nicholson and A Shriek in the Night with the lovely Ginger Rogers. Even off the screen, this is a star-studded collection. Dementia 13 was directed by Francis Coppola under the guidance of one of my favorite directors of all time: Roger Corman, "King of The Bs." I can't list all the movie titles in this blog, but you can see the full list here.
Another 50-movie pack is our Legends of Horror DVD set. This set is so compelling because it offers some of Alfred Hitchcock's early classics that aren't found in any other set. I can't wait to watch some of these movies like The Man Who Knew Too Much, Sabotage, and Secret Agent again and some of his silent films from the 20s that I've never seen before. You can also see Lugosi, Karlof and the Chaneys in this set, which includes two of my favorite horror flicks, Silent Night, Bloody Night and The Crimes of Stephen Hawke.
My Halloween-themed marathon won't just be horror movies. It has to include tales of the supernatural, too. Like this 50-episode collection of One Step Beyond, the series that presented 'real-life' incidents that included ghost sightings, disappearances, strange creatures and more. The series re-created these anomalous happenings for each episode, but didn't try to solve the mystery or provide answers. Designed to ask questions, not answer them, it always left me wondering, "What if?"
Next up is a five-DVD set that explores the scariest stories on earth. Haunted Histories takes you on a trip into the darkest recesses of evil around the world. With unflinching courage, this series looks into the face of the Devil himself, describes the mysterious ritual of exorcism (which is still practiced today), exposes the horrors of the Salem witch trials, ventures into the world of Voodoo and researches the story of Vlad Dracul, the sadistic prince who inspired the story of Dracula.These collections should keep me busy until we get a break in the weather. Meanwhile, I'm off to find an AC vent to stand in front of.
See you next week,
Bobby
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