Category Archives: Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts

Jekyll and Hyde get goofy, gay, and gender-bending

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Daniel

It’s back to the 80s and 90s for this double feature of raunchy giggles at the expense of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel. JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (1982) Aah…one that aired regularly the year I got a job delivering … Continue reading →

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Two 90s anthologies that needed more than two stories each

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Daniel

3 master horror writers, 3 major horror directors, yet both of these movies draw out forgettable tales that would have worked better had they been shorter…which would have allowed each movie to squeeze in a third story! TWO EVIL EYES … Continue reading →

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A possessed pianist, a Nessie wannabe, and Nosferatu in the 1970s

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Daniel

Nothing screams second-tier 70s like this triple feature I watched as I continue to dig through all the DVDs left in my possession after my brother’s passing last summer. And speaking of possession… THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (1971) Alan Alda stars … Continue reading →

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The Richard Matheson/Dan Curtis trilogies of sporadic terror

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Daniel

Writer Richard Matheson has managed to have his hand in the horror genre for decades yet somehow stayed under the radar, never reaching the name status of the likes of Stephen King or Clive Barker. Many of his stories can … Continue reading →

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HP Lovecraft déjà vu with these two

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Daniel

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Re-animator and Dunwich Horror. Okay, don’t stop me, because I’m getting into them either way. HERBERT WEST RE-ANIMATOR (2017) If you’re a fan of Lovecraft, definitely check out this serious, stylish Italian … Continue reading →

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Going through aversion therapy with gay horror author Aaron Eischeid

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Daniel

Through words and illustrations, Aaron Eischeid’s “Aversion: A Zine of Therapeutic Vignettes” is speculative fiction that explores mind and body, sex and soul, religion and politics, young gay awakenings, gay love, and the horror of conversion therapy. Along with a … Continue reading →

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DeCoteau rebrands Poe as homo

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Daniel

If you watch this trilogy of gay horror films made by David DeCoteau for Here! Films and come out the other side bitching that it’s blasphemy and a disgrace to the brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe’s work, then you clearly … Continue reading →

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Digging through the DVR – 4 the fun of it

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Daniel

I DVR so much crap off the dozens of movie channels that it’s unusual to watch 4 in a row in one weekend that all give me a few cheap thrills—especially when at least half of them are mainstream horror. … Continue reading →

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Beware the children of the early 1970s

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Daniel

And I’m not talking Linda Blair. I look at an early Steven Spielberg made-for-TV film and an adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier story. SOMETHING EVIL (1972)   Although I wasn’t even 3 yet when this made-for-TV film first aired, … Continue reading →

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Slashermania – multiple maniacs slash through T&A and LGBT to the sounds of 80s new wave

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Daniel

As a GenXer, I get the distinct pleasure of saying “you had to be there” to those who didn’t live through the 80s. Well now, you can get a taste of the 20th century’s most totally awesome decade if you … Continue reading →

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