Trailer of the Week: The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

This is one of the better Roger Corman Poe films with absolutely no connection at all to current events...

At least I hope so.

Trailer of the Week: Die, Monster, Die!

Proof that an ailing Boris Karloff and a Edgar Allan Poe-ized adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Color Out of Space" do not make for a very watchable combination.

Pop and Halloween Song of the Week: "[The System Of] Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether"

It's that time of year again. And sometimes it's enough to drive you -- well, you know...

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Edgar Allan Poe!

Born January 19, 1809. Died October 7, 1849.

He, of course, was one of the most famous writers in American history. Not much else I could add to that.

Fantasy Quote of the Week

It was night in the lonesome October.
--Edgar Allan Poe, "Ulalume"

Quote of the Week

How much English do you need to know, after all, to feel the terror of a good old-fashioned movie monster?
--Tess Gerritsen, "Poe and Me at the Movies"

Book of the Week

Well, it is October and I have been feeling kinda lonesome. So what could be more appropriate than Roger Zelazny's novel A Night in the Lonesome October?

Besides, this is one of author Roger Zelazny's most popular novels and it is so appropriate to the Halloween season that I am surprised that they haven't made a movie out of it. Then again, after seeing what happens to many of my favorite books when Hollywood adapts them into my movies, that is probably a good thing.

Plus, the title was inspired by a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. No, seriously.

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Edgar Allan Poe!

Born January 19, 1809. Died October 7, 1849.

He, of course, was one of the most famous writers in American history. Not much else I could add to that.

Pensamientos Acerca de Televisión

Masters of Horror: "The Black Cat"

Director Stuart Gordon tries to do for Edgar Allan Poe what he did for H.P. Lovecraft with his Reanimator series. The result is not quite as memorable as I would have liked but at least I can tell Gordon tried. If nothing else, it will be interesting to compare cult icon Jeffrey Combs' performance as Poe with that of a more conventional actor when John Cusack plays the same character in the upcoming mystery flick The Raven.

Poema de Mi Id: Parte III

“Poe-Try”

While the demons, all pallid and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, “Lust”,
And its hero the Conjugal Worm.