Quick Thought On Dawn Of The Dead

I didn't like zombie films. But I don't know that I really had seen many. White Zombie I had seen, taped off of television back in the 80's, and I didn't care for the voodoo type zombies. I liked vampires and monsters. Also I liked slasher films that I saw (cut) on cable.

The box for the VHS tape of Dawn Of The Dead creeped me out. I'd see it in the video store and steer clear. You remember the one. Roger, recently undead, is sitting up in a three picture panel. Yeesh.

No Thanks.

All of this changed one very late night in the late 90's at Matthew's house. Upstairs, in between his and his sister's room is an open air television room. Matthew threw in a VHS of Dawn (much to my (more than likely) silent) chagrin. How wrong was I? You know how wrong I was. I've forgotten plenty since but I haven't forgotten that night. This is the ultimate zombie film and only a few can really even challenge that title. It just goes to show that you can't judge a book by it's cover and you should occasionally go outside of your perceived comfort zone. I try to remember this when Richard is putting over musicals.

The Year Of The Fulch

Hello? Good grief, I hope you haven't been here the whole time. Yeah so, hey. Sorry it's been so long. I did miss you. If that helps. Richard and I are recording tonight and we are plotting the triumphant return of Hello! This Is The Doomed Show! Plus if I can get myself in gear I'll post here a bit more often. Brad, you didn't even tell folks Merry Christmas. Sorry y'all. Happy New Year!

This dude.

We're planning on contributing to the worldwide phenomena that's occurring worldwide called The Year Of The Fulch! So hopefully we'll finish up our Fulci series. And Troy Howarth is releasing his Fulci book that we are all VERY excited about. And we're giving away a baby elephant. Stay tuned.

Horror Anthologies?

Well, the Christmas season is upon us and with Scream Factory's release of Tales From The Crypt (containing one of my favorite holiday segments: All Through The House) and The Vault Of Horror on bluray got me to thinking: What are your favorite horror anthology films? While certainly not exclusively made by British horror film company Amicus, they made a lot of great films to pair up with Creepshow and the like. I'm going to say my favorite is Tales From The Crypt followed closely by From Beyond The Grave. What can I say, I'm an Anglophile. What say you?

Contest! Alarm! Win!

Hello to all my fine friends worldwide! As you may know, this year Scott MacDonald of EuroCultAV.com asked me to do some reviews for him. I was flattered and excited to do it. Scott is a cool dude that is very knowledgable about genre films and I have used his site as a buying guide for a while.

Time came around to do his holiday guide and he again kindly asked me for a submittal. Richard did several as well. Scott is giving away a pack of blurays AND a region free bluray player!

Head over there and sign up! You want to win. I want you to win. We are winners. And don't you want something to play Arrow's Bava blurays on?


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EuroCultAV Review

Scott MacDonald asked me to write a review for EuroCultAV and I jumped at the chance. Because I'm not writing anything else, am I? Eh? I don't have a blog that needs updating. Oh wait, I do! Whatever. Lazy.

Here's the review:   Brad's EuroCultAV Review


Thanks Scott!

EuroCultAV Holiday Bonanza!

Hello kids. The fine folks over at EuroCultAV are putting together a holiday gift guide and best of 2014 list. As part of the promotion they are having a contest sponsored by 220-Electronics.com and are giving away a region free Sony bluray player! So keep your eye on eurocultav.com, like them on Facebook if you haven't and watch this space! Because aren't we all tired of being shackled by the man and his 'region coding?' I say no more. The line has been drawn in the sand, the gauntlet thrown, and various other appropriate cliches. YOU COULD WIN A REGION FREE BLURAY PLAYER!