The Wee Hours

After staring at the ceiling from 1:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. I decided to give up and get up. I'll work on the 2008 Halloween cd while watching an old black & white horror:

I'll probably fall face first asleep in my waffles come 8:30 a.m.



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We Don't Need A Cat In The Hat On Our Rainy Day

It's a rainy, dreary day today. Pumpkinrot and I will spend it making all sorts of little creatures to go up on our Pumpkin Hollow Etsy Shop. While we do that, movies will play and Halloweeny candles will be burning. In today's queue:

The Tempter, 1974. I've actually had this one laying around for quite some time and have yet to watch it. I bought it when the little video store I worked at occasionally was getting rid of all its VHS. I paid 99 cents... a much better bargain than the $59.95 list price on the box. The back of it reads:

"Picture this: a beautiful young woman becomes devilishly possessed, and after committing a series of unspeakable acts - shown in graphic detail, of course - a priest is called in to exercise some exorcism. Sound familiar? Well, move over Linda Blair, 'cause there's a new demon on the block!..."

It goes on to say that its "titillating scenes" include an "orgy in hell." Should make for some good rainy day viewing, no?

**Follow Up: Wow...that really, really sucked.

After that it's The Nanny, 1965, starring Betty Davis and my latest obssession, Pamela Franklin.


It's shaping up to be a pretty good day.

*Follow Up: The Nanny was fantastic!*

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Haunted House Day

Yesterday was one of the first true days of fall. For some reason the crisp, cool air always puts me in the mood for a good haunted house story. So, I watched three old favorites in a row: The Legend of Hell House (1973), The Haunting (1963), and The Haunting of Julia (1977). Clove candles burned as the movies played and autumn air blew in through the open windows. It was a good day.


The Legend of Hell House (Awesome screencaps by a75.)

The Haunting

The Haunting of Julia



If you happen to come across this blog and know of any really good haunted house or ghost movies, please let me know. Thanks. :)


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Ginger Snaps

Watched an old favorite of mine this morning, Ginger Snaps. Two sisters and a werewolf - this is some good stuff. I absolutely love the characters, their wicked backtalk and wisecracks, and how they relate to one another. The opening credits are some of the coolest I've seen. If you haven't watched it and are a fan of the wereworlf genre, you should check this one out - a new twist on an old tale. (And the whole metaphor for becoming-a-woman-thing is pretty damn interesting too).

Images from the opening credits.

Bridgette


Ginger



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