Unfortunately, one of the downsides to running The Vault is getting inundated by every Tom, Dick and Harry pushing an amateur film. If I had a nickel for every appallingly unwatchable zombie flick I've been pitched or sent, I'd have at least enough to get me through the McDonald's drive-thru. I've even said before on this very site, that having a camera and a bunch of friends willing to play zombies doesn't give you a justification to make your own zombie movie.Thankfully, Mac Eldridge's Chem... Read Full Story
So who are today's equivalents of Price, Lugosi, Karloff, etc.? Is it Englund? Campbell? Henriksen? Anyone?Speaking of Karloff, he might be the most terrifying man to ever have a lisp. Just saying.Am I the only who always got profoundly annoyed at Stephen King's propensity for introducing dumb little catchphrases into all his novels and having the characters repeat them ad nauseum? They all float down here, indeed.I never remember so many women being into horror as there are these days. If it... Read Full Story
By Ray Henderson, Bud De Sylva & Lew Brown1928A sentimental tear-jerker if ever there was one, this is however a fine example of the powerful work of Al Jolson, a titanic entertainer of the early 20th century. Call it sappy, but I find that a measure of the level of maturity one has attained in life can be taken by whether or not one is moved by this song. Jolson himself introduced it in his second talkie, The Singing Fool, and took it to #1 for 12 weeks, selling over a million copies. Th... Read Full Story
Friday, October 30FINALLY. Although, isn't going from a Count to a knight kind of a downward step? Well, all jokes aside, hearty congratulations to the legend who gave us Lord Summerisle, Count Dooku, Saruman the White, Scaramanga, Fu Manchu, Kharis the Mummy and the Frankenstein Monster; and the most prolific screen Dracula in history.The Vault of Horror Read Full Story
Every now and then, the horror gods smile down, the planets come into alignment, and a project like this one comes to be. As horror fans, we are very lucky to have such a remarkable film which, thanks to the miracle of home video, we can see pretty much any time we want.Let's break it down, shall we? The original story comes from a work by Robert Louis Stevenson, author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Stevenson apparently based it upon true reports of grave robbers on a spre... Read Full Story
By Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke1940First recorded by the Tommy Dorsey band, this was actually the first hit record from Dorsey's new boy singer Frank Sinatra. An extremely popular jazz standard, it was covered by just about every big band of the era, and continues to be popular with modern jazz vocalists. A sweet and pleasant standard if ever there was one.Lyrics:A country dance was being held in a garden.I felt a bump and heard an "Oh, beg your pardon"Suddenly I saw polka dots and moo... Read Full Story
OK, so lots of other people seem to be doing the whole "Here's what I did for Halloween" post--so why not me? I apologize for the lateness, but here goes. As you can see above, I went the whole zombie route this year. Unimaginative, I know. But I hadn't done it in many years, and there have really been noticeable improvements in drug store Halloween makeup since the mid 1990s!Zombelina did the cowgirl thing. I know, I know--we're not especially creative in my household. But who cares, how ado... Read Full Story
