My creativity is revved up, but Linnea is frustrating me. Badly. The adding of text ain't workin'. I may just leave her as is, though more prominent. I previewed how she'd look alone on black and she looks good. Simple, but good. Anything else would be overkill. Friday I'll be working out my Eva Green ideas, along with a shiny new design I've been plotting forever featuring Christina Lindberg as she is from They Call Her One Eye. Why Friday? Besides coming home from work tomorrow tired and ready for The Office re-runs, Friday will be ideal because SciFi is running a Tales From the Darkside marathon, and I don't work Fridays. It'll be perfect.

Fall is coming. I can feel it. As soon as September starts, so does the anticipation, and my craving for horror/exploitation kicks in. Let's take a look at what I've ordered from Amazon.com, shall we?

Comes out on dvd September 11. I'm fucking thrilled. I never knew of this film's existance until I got my hands on Tom Savini's first Grande Illusions book to learn about his special make-up effects. The books itself makes me feel like I'm sitting in someone's wood-paneled basement rec room, due to the films featured and all of the aged color photos. The Burning looked rather impressive to me, with Savini going to great lengths to properly research how certain effects would look and work; at this point he went further in his work than ever before (Creepshow and Day of the Dead would push him even further). I'll have to dig up the book and scan it, but one effect that stood out to me was of a girl with her throat slashed by gardening shears. The look on her face and Savini's effect combined created what I strangely consider to be beautiful and powerful. And of course, I cannot forget to mention the film's infamous raft scene which featured a bevy of teens being slaughtered, with no possible escape.

I LOVE Suspsiria. Everything about it is perfect to me: an Argento film, the 4 strip technicolor film process, giving the film vibrant, beautiful colors, the haunting Goblin score, and of course, Jessica Harper. So why don't I own it? Well, I remedied that. I ordered the limited 3 disc edition (the third disc being the soundtrack). Certainly worth it, and nowhere near the cost of the Sid and Nancy Criterion I bought last month (it was worth it, though). I love, love, love it. I keep hoping that this year's Horrorama will show it. Hopefully, someone can track down an original film print.

I'm a massive fan of Margot Kidder, and I love all that I've seen of DePalma's work; so after seeing the shit-tastic poster for the shit-tastic remake (Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Rea, you have betrayed me!), I decided to cave and ordered the Criterion release. William Finley (credited here as Bill) and Charles Durning only sweeten the deal.


I HIGHLY anticipated the dvd release of this one since seeing it in the theater as it was on its way out. September 18, the full cut. Death Proof is my favorite half of Grindhouse because it was actually like a grindhouse feature. Planet Terror? Not so much. More like an early '80s Italian horror. Very enjoyable, and I own the Cherry Darling and Dakota Bloch action figures, but Death Proof claimed my heart. Kurt Russell. Zoe Bell. Muscle cars.


Being the fanatic that I am, I had to have the limited edition of Opera. Argento is always good, and I need more of him in my collection, which is primarily dominated by Romero.

In other news, Becca and I saw Rob Zombie's rendition of Halloween. Besides now being able to claim that I saw the original (thanks, Horrorama!) and the re-make in the theater, I actually enjoyed it. I love Rob's previous film work, and I do not have the same attachment to Michael Myers as a good majority of horror fans do. Sure, I've seen the orginal more times than I can count (Michael as a child in the original is one of the cutest kids ever) as well as all of the sequels, but Myers never resonated with me the way Freddy Krueger and the Cenobites have. But was a re-make warranted? Probably not. Was it enjoyable? For me it was; Sheri Moon, Brad Dourif, and Danielle Harris in particular. Will it be amongst the few re-makes that have actually surpassed the originals? Not likely (The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Fly). But I say it's worth a viewing, and I'll most likely see it again.

BTW, I just now discovered Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith. I've been aware of her. but now I know.

She has a Sondra Locke (whom I love) quality to her. And she was MST3K'd.

In even more other news, I'm really fond of '70s porn. There's a carefree spirit to it that you can't find these days. Natural bodies, willing participants, and films that really pushed the boundaries of sexuality and decency. But that's a post for another time.

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I rambled you all to death with pretty pictures included, but I figured this would help improve my post.