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10.29.06 by Widge @ 8:27 pm
10. Day of the Dead (1985) 11. Re-Animator (1985) HELL YES! The bonesaw through the chest! That's how you know you've got the unrated edition! Now that's what I'm talking about! Ah, 1985. The final year of zombie goodness until recent years proved a resurgence in horror. 12. Frankenstein (1931) Cosette has just pointed out that the credits list "Based upon the novel by Mrs. Percy B. Shelley." Her name, Mary, is nowhere to be found. Cosette considers this quite fucked up of them. 13. Weird Woman (1944) One of Universal's Inner Sanctum mysteries starring Lon Chaney. It sounded the craziest of the six we had to choose from on the boxed set. Update: The fun of watching a film from the 40s is seeing it with a costume designer. "Wow, they have lycra out there on the Islands. And look–a pointy bra, too." 14. The Call of Cthulhu (2005) The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's silent film adaptation of this story is without a doubt the best Lovecraft adaptation ever. If it's not perfection, I have no idea what is. Which just goes to show that classic horror should only be put in the hands of people who know what the hell they're doing. There's a reason it won the Chazzie for Best DVD last year. 15. The Wolf Man (1941) Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi in the only film to have all three together. How cool is that? 16. Filed under: General BS
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John Robinson is a writer of prose, poetry and comics who also writes under
the pseudonym of Widgett Walls.
This is my latest book. Short stories written especially for you, or at least someone who reminded me a lot of you at the time.