Welcome to M20, a personal recollection of the most important albums of my life, starting in 1999. I will choose an album released that year that had the most impact on me. This is not necessarily the best of the year, and they may not necessarily continue to hold up. This is about the journey. … Continue reading Twenty years in, Songs for the Deaf drowns out the negative noise
I’ve made no secret of the fact that until fairly recently, I had very little experience with the Hammer horror pictures. I’d seen their versions of Frankenstein and Dracula, but everything else was a mystery, with one exception. Plague of the Zombies has a special place in my heart, because it was one of three … Continue reading Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Today, the Free Times released their Power Issue for 2019, an annual list that chooses the 50 biggest movers and shakers in Columbia, South Carolina. Every year people's positions on the list change: some go up, some go down, and some are brand new to the list. I did this last year, and not only … Continue reading Power Issue 2018: Where are they now?
Most of the time in this series, I seek out recommended movies and try to judge if they can rise to their hype. But this time, when compiling my list, I came across a real oddity. And while I certainly can’t recommend investing the 73 minutes required to watch Incubus, I’m pleased to have such … Continue reading Incubus (1966)
Welcome to M20, a personal recollection of the most important albums of my life, starting in 1999. I will choose an album released that year that had the most impact on me. This is not necessarily the best of the year, and they may not necessarily continue to hold up. This is about the journey. … Continue reading M20: A 19 year-old takes refuge from a changing, terrifying world in cartoons
I’m afraid I must begin this review with a bit of an apology to my readers. I’m not normaly super concerned about the release dates of these films, but I should have done this review earlier this week, and my review of The Skull today. I made a big deal discussing Amicus Production in that … Continue reading Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Welcome to M20, a personal recollection of the most important albums of my life, starting in 1999. I will choose an album released that year that had the most impact on me. This is not necessarily the best of the year, and they may not necessarily continue to hold up. This is about the journey. … Continue reading M20: At the end of the 20th century, I discover the greatest band in the world
With the exception of Planet of the Vampires, all the movies I review for 1965 are British productions. I’m not exactly sure what was happening in Hollywood at the time. The past decade has been seemingly dominated by Hammer Film Productions. They’re a formidable institution, a brand as recognizable to horror fans as Coca-Cola. Well, … Continue reading The Skull (1965)
Like it or not, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane started a movement. Suddenly the studios had a use for aging actresses: a new genre called psycho-biddy. Both Bette Davis and Joan Crawford kept the lights on for a while with movies like Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Nanny, and Strait-Jacket. Olivia de Haviland was also in … Continue reading Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Welcome to M20, a personal recollection of the most important albums of my life, starting in 1999. I will choose an album released that year that had the most impact on me. This is not necessarily the best of the year, and they may not necessarily continue to hold up. This is about the journey. … Continue reading M20: Moby’s Play was dance music for an undancing teenager
