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House of Self-Indulgence
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Trick or Trailers: The Exorcist (1973)
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The Scream Queen
Cult of Chucky (2017)
Large Marge Sent Us
Midnite Media
"To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious!"
The Witch: Mining the Roots of American Horror for a Deliciously Disturbing Modern Masterpiece
Dollar Bin Horror
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The Horror Blog of a Dead Dreamer
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Guts and Grog Reviews
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THE TEMPLE OF GHOUL
HORROR MOVIE HEROES
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Dark August (1976) Let There Be Light(ning Bug)
Horror Smorgasbord
See No Evil 2 - Official Trailer
Freddy In Space: A New Beginning
Chilling Scenes of Dreadful Villainy
American Nightmares, Part 28 : Here's Johnny - Jack Nicholson and an axe wake up Shelley Duvall in THE SHINING (1980)
League of Tana Tea Drinkers
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Ranting in the Dark
Rapture Thoughts
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PLANET OF TERROR!!
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Cool Collectible Alert: Hot Wheels 2013 Universal Monster Series
I want to thank my hearse driving homie Kevin for alerting me to the existence of what might be the coolest mainstream toy release of the year. When you were a kid, you were all about Hot Wheels, weren't you? Yeah, so was I. Well, it's time to rekindle your love of die-cast cars because it just ran head on into your love of monsters. Fearnet reported back in April that Hot Wheels was releasing a line of Universal Monster themed vehicles. Now they've hit ebay and are starting to trickle into toy stores. Most of the reported sightings are on the west coast at the moment, but word is that they will start appearing across the country in the next few weeks. These are sure to get snapped up quick because, um... just look at them! These are sweet. Plus, the artwork on the packaging is cool as hell. My favorite is definitely the Bride of Frankenstein 1959 Caddy Funny Car because, whether they wanna call it one or not, that's a freakin' hearse. My favorite car and my favorite Universal horror flick together? Count me in. That Wolfman Van kicks ass too. Yeah, it says it's a bus, but doesn't the phrase "Wolfman Van" have a great ring to it? Whichever one is your favorite, you might want to start patrolling those toy aisles. I mean, yeah you can get them easily on ebay. Isn't the chase half of the fun though? If you spot any of these, please either comment here or on the facebook page and let your fellow Cellmates know where they can be found. Happy hunting!
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Labels: Bride of Frankenstein, cool collectibles, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein, hearse, Mummy, Wolfman
If you're a regular reader of this blog, then you know all about The Collective by now. For you late comers, allow me to introduce you to horror cinema's best kept secret and the most innovative concept in independent fright fare today. The Collective is the brainchild of Jason Hoover of Jabb Pictures. Take 10 indie horror filmmakers and give them a theme. They each make a 10 minute short based on that theme. Put them all together and voila; you get the indie horror sampler platter. We're five installments in, and all five have delivered. In addition to being entertained by the collections themselves, they've served as an introduction to filmmakers whose other work I've enjoyed. You can't go wrong with these. If you call yourself an independent horror fan and you haven't been keeping up with The Collective, you're doing it wrong.
Which brings us to the recently released Volume 6. This time, it's personal. Yeah, I couldn't help throwing that line in. Whereas previous themes have involved things like each short being based on an emotion or having to use a cardboard box as the centerpiece, this time the horror comes from within. Each filmmaker based their segment on what scares them the most. What scares the people that scare us? It's a hell of a question, and it has the potential to produce some intense cinematic experiences. It actually turned out to be one of the strongest, and definitely the darkest, of the Collective series. Let's break these down one by one…
1.Consequence Pictures – Speeches
We kick this collection off with the story of a man wrestling with guilt over the death of his girlfriend while being forced into his own personal hell of making speeches about drunk driving. This one has some really cool eerie imagery and interesting editing. One character's creatively foul-mouthed verbiage adds a little levity to the proceedings; my favorite line being "You better put your big boy ballsack on this time." Great line. I'm gonna start using that one. I've said very often that it's the little details that can ruin a good film or push it over the edge from good to great. In this case, I was mightily impressed by one small detail; their blood. I mean, that was great blood! Good color, it flowed beautifully, the whole nine yards. Good quality blood is, sadly, not something you see often in these DIY flicks. I don't know if they made it or bought it, but it was a thing of beauty. The only thing I question is watching the whole thing again in fast-forward again at the end. I get what they were going for, but I don't think it worked as well as they'd hoped. Overall, a strong way to start.
2.Jarrett Furst – Edible Love
A woman's horrific past leads her to drastic places in the quest to feel loved. This one is pretty intense. ***SPOILER ALERT*** It's psychosexual take on cannibalism is actually believable, and it treats the theme seriously and thoughtfully. I'm a sucker for a good thinking man's cannibal flick. ***END SPOILER ALERT*** The rape scene is perfect. Yeah, I know, that sounds sick, but hear me out. It's one of the grittiest rape scenes I've ever seen, and it has the appropriate impact on the audience. It feels dirty and degrading. If you want your audience to actually be affected, that's the way you do it. The only problem is the audio. The main actress spends a lot of time talking to the camera. She's giving a good performance and saying some pretty interesting stuff… I think. She's impossible to understand most of the time. Her voice is way too low and garbled. It's a damn shame too, because what I could hear seemed well written. It does get a little better as the film progresses, but this short is WAY too good to sound this damn bad. Unfortunately, the audio problems kick Edible Love down from "That was amazing," to "That was good, but…"
3.Mostly Harmless Pictures – Play Me
A woman receives a mysterious DVD shortly before being attacked. This one straight up rocked. Most of it is an extended kill scene, and you need a great victim to make that work. Ellie Church is a great victim. She pulls off "terrified eyes" well. "Ironic pretty song over scenes of violence" is getting a little played out, but it works here. There's some inventive camera work. One little touch at the end (which I'm not gonna give away) literally had me applauding right there on the couch. I'm not sure how to review this any further without spoiling everything, so I think I'm just gonna do my best Joe Bob Briggs impression and give you those drive-in totals…"One dead body. Two almost visible breasts. One tattoo I wanted a better look at. Gun gagging. Subliminal creepy dude. Genital mutilation. Pistol whipping. Bondage fu. Cheese grater fu. Eyeballs roll. Director Brian Williams gets the "Rob Zombie Award" for achievement in long, loving close-ups of his lead actress' ass. A 90 on the vomit meter. Four stars. Check it out."
4.Jerami Cruise – Insomniac
An insomniac roams the city at night, giving in to the urges that plague her sleep-deprived mind. I could tell right away that this had to be made by someone who was intimately familiar with the subject matter, because this is as authentic as it gets. As an insomniac who used to roam the streets of Atlanta in the wee hours, this short felt like a flashback. Everything from the way the camera moves to the filters he used mimics the way you view the world on the 4th or 5th day without sleep. Leah and I had different ideas about what the filmmaker's driving fear was, and I like how that ambiguity allows for different levels of interpretation based on the viewer's experience with the subject. This one went deep in a lot of ways. Toetag's resident goremeister has crafted something special here.
5.Jabb Pictures – I Am No One
A filmmaker documents the life of a serial killer, but is he getting too close? If you mixed the mechanics of Man Bites Dog with the atmosphere of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, the result would be I Am No One. I don't know who the actor that plays Charles is (we're never told since it's documentary style), but damn he's good in this. His monologues are well written, and his delivery is natural and sometimes rather chilling. There's a well-played tension to the final moments. One of, if not the, high point of this volume. Jason Hoover, the director, informed me that a feature length version of I Am No One is coming soon. I, for one, can't wait to see it.
6.Quattro Venti Scott – Security Violation
A man is killed by a masked duo. This one is another extended death sequence. The masks that the killers wear are phenomenal. I want to know where I can get those. Cameron Scott, the director, plays the victim and does a damn fine job. Playing dead is one of those arts that most people don't notice when it's done well. That's how you know it's being done well, and Cameron kills it. His dead eyed look is dead on. Ok, I'll stop. Anyway, the plastic over his face doesn't even flutter. Directing from onscreen is difficult, but when you have to do it as a corpse, it can be murder. Kudos. There are some satisfying gory touches. I like a lot of the angles used, but a few of them showed a little too much air between the blows and the victim. That wouldn't have been a problem, however, had the male killer been more aggressive. Those half swings just weren't convincing me. Beat him like you mean it, dude!
7.Spiral Filmworks – Devotion
A sermon… and a sacrifice. Two actors, a static camera, and the most screwed-up rendition of Amazing Grace I've ever heard. I like how the scene is allowed to play out organically while the audience plays the role of both congregation and voyeur. The way one character menaces the other, as well as the real time single set/no cuts/no camera movement format, made this one remind me a lot of some haunted house scenes I've performed over the years. I hear you Jason, religious zealotry kinda freaks me out too.
8.Well Hung Pictures – Trepidation
I like that it was made to look like a SOV flick. I have a soft spot for those. There are a couple of good lines too. Unfortunately, however, this short is Vol. 6's weak link. Look, I dig a slow burn, but a slow burn only works on the premise that there will be a payoff. Aside from a one second shot in the middle that gives this a somewhat implied ending, nothing scary happened. Nothing creepy happened. Nothing unsettling happened. Nothing happened at all. I'm sure there is a statement here about the banality of little fears or "nothing to fear but fear itself," or maybe something is supposed to be read into that one shot that I'm not getting, but this one just didn't do it for me.
9.Liberty or Death Productions – Mercy
A filmmaker is abducted and held underground for ransom. I really dug the creative use of split-screen in the opening moments. I don't think I've seen it done exactly that way before. Justin Forbes does a great job as the thug. I'm not claustrophobic at all, but that hole freaked me out a little. It's completely plausible as something a small time criminal might plan and build. That's just plain old good production design. This is LOD's best short since Fertility 2.0 in Volume 2. I refer to this one by an alternate title; "Buried Alive By Fred Durst." You'll get it when you see it.
10.Graphik 13 – Skeleton
An avenging skeleton is a girl's best friend. I kinda took Graphik 13 to task for what I thought was a weak entry in the last Collective, and they came back with a vengeance. This is by far the best stuff we've seen from them, and that's coming from someone who loved Snapcase. The moody black and white photography emphasizes the creepiness. I like the way the victim/villain dichotomy plays out. Two minutes in you know where the story is going. That could either be a good or bad thing. Familiar can be fun, but predictable sucks. There's a very subtle difference between the two, and G13 deftly manages to keep the viewer invested. The design of the skeleton itself, a classic Grim Reaper style hooded skull look, works perfectly with the dark fairy tale elements of the story. Interestingly, it's also the only one that took a supernatural approach to the theme. I would have liked to see less digital filters and transitions, but that's just a personal taste thing. Good stuff.
I find it very interesting that almost every single one of these revolves around interpersonal violence, neglect, or abuse in some way. It seems that when you ask people who spend their lives scaring you what scares them, the answer is almost always the same; mankind. Whether the fear is of yourself or other people, the darkness inherent in humanity is what freaks them out. There's some kind of profound statement to be made there, but I'll save the philosophical discussions for another time.
What I will say is that Volume Six is Jabb and the Collective crew at their finest. Volume 4 is still my favorite, but this is a very close second. If I had to pick a favorite from this crop, it would be a tough call between I Am No One, Insomniac, and Play Me. Besides Trepidation, which I'm sure some of you would dig (especially the VHSphiles), everything here is firing on all cylinders. It goes without saying that pretty much every horror fan with a brain is sick of the gutless, soulless, brainless, heartless, nutless drivel Hollywood is trying to pass off to us these days. There is a remedy, folks. There is good stuff out there. If you wanna see it, and peek into what I sincerely hope is the future of the genre, you're gonna have to dig a little deeper. Look to the indies. Look to the underground. Look to The Collective. 9 hammer smashed heads out of 10. Nathan says check it out.
All volumes of The Collective are available HERE.
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Labels: Graphik 13, Independent Horror, jabb pictures, Jarrett Furst, Jason Hoover, Jerami Cruise, Liberty or Death, Mostly Harmless, Quattro Venti Scott, short, Spiral Filmworks, The Collective
Acid Bath Productions Announces "Catch Of The Day" And I Finally Announce The Giveaway Winner
If you could see my face at this moment, you would see a rarity among rarities. A look of shame has actually crossed the normally shameless Son of Celluloid's visage. Yep, I screwed up. Way back before my hiatus, I had a giveaway for a copy of James Balsamo's flicks Hack Job and I Spill Your Guts courtesy of Acid Bath Productions Wild Eye Films. Well, today I went to look in the "stuff to give away" box and noticed those DVDs still sitting there. I never announced the winner. Sorry about that Cellmates. Without any further delay, congratulations to the randomly selected winner... Nicole Gould! Thank you to everyone entered, and keep your eyes peeled, 'cause I've got some killer stuff to give away soon.
While we're talking about Mr. Balsamo and Acid Bath, he recently sent me the details of his newest project called Catch of the Day. He's gonna be bringing his trademark "chock full of cameos" horror comedy style to us again in November. Follow the flick on facebook HERE to stay up to the minute on the production. Wanna know what it's about? Read on...
BALSAMO IS OFF THE HOOK IN A BRAND NEW FLICK, "CATCH OF THE DAY"
NEW YORK, NY – Acid Bath Productions, the makers of "Hack Job", "I Spill Your Guts" and "Cool As Hell," announce the official anticipated release date of November 19, 2013 for a brand new Horror Comedy, "Catch of the Day." Directed by James Balsamo, this buddy- cop masterpiece with splashes of mutant fish monsters and tons of splaststick fun is bound to get you excited.
Officer Rod Davis becomes embedded undercover when a cartel starts brining drugs into the city through shipments of fish. He soon finds himself and his city under siege when a scientist accidently creates mutant fish people with a poisonous bite. It's up to the rookie cop and a sexy lab assistant to find the drug stash and destroy the crime lord controlling the mutant monsters, but it turns personal when Rod's sister is kidnapped. Are they fighting giant mutant fish monsters just for the halibut? See the badge, bass, and ass in a horror-comedy that you won't want to throw back... because it's the "Catch of the Day."
The film features Tuesday Knight, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, Debbie Rochon, Johnny Legend, Jennifer Banko, Irwin Keyes, Carmine Capobianco and lead singer of Suffocation Frank Mullen. The laugh-out-loud comedy adventure also features music by MxPx, Less Than Jake, Something To Do and many, many more.
The flick is already available for pre-order online through the Acid Bath Productions site at www.acidbathproductions.com/store. The trailer is available online HERE.
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Labels: Acid Bath Productions, Catch of the Day, Giveaway, Hack Job, I Spill Your Guts, Independent Horror, James Balsamo
Artist Brian Steward Releases Bad-ass Limited Edition Psychomania Print
Horror fans love to wax poetic about those VHS covers that beckoned us from video store shelves, teasing us with images of the lurid, forbidden wonders the movie held. I probably entered my first video store when I was 10 or 11, but my first exposure to horror movie box art came much sooner.
When I was a wee lad of 5 or 6, I was fascinated with the small selection of tapes for rent at the local Winn-Dixie. While my mother grocery shopped, I would stare at those covers. Being a "family store," they didn't carry anything with extreme box art. There are two covers, however, that intrigued me. Both were Goodtimes Home Video releases. One was Killers From Space. To be honest, those red eyes really creeped me out for some reason. The other was Psychomania. Whereas those eyes gave me the willies, I thought that skull with the black helmet was awesome. He was like Skeletor's cooler brother. Anyway, those were the first two horror covers I saw, and they burned their way into my psyche.
Psychomania also figured into outstanding horror artist and podcaster extraordinaire Brian Steward's early horror experiences. Brian is launching a series of authorized prints featuring his take on some classic poster art, and he's kicking off the line with the devil worshipping biker gang classic. "I know it may seem strange to start a poster series like this with such an unlikely and somewhat unknown film choice," he said, "but, for me, Psychomania was the only way to start. It was, with Alice Sweet Alice and Night Of The Living Dead, my first exposure to the horror genre. The Christmas I got a VCR, my Mom and Dad got those movies for me. That's where it all started for me. So, in paying homage to some of my favorite horror films with this series, it was only fitting to start at, what was for me, the beginning."
That bad ass biker skeleton has never looked better either. Check out the print…
See? I told you. BAD ASS! These are limited to 250, so Follow THIS LINK to Brian's Website and grab one while you can.
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Music Review: The Casket Creatures' new album Sex, Blood, & Rock 'n Roll
The lunatics from the sticks are back! That's right, The Casket Creatures are proudly carrying the torch for southern monster rock with their new album Sex, Blood, & Rock 'n Roll. Their first album, Tales From The Unknown, announced that this was a band to take notice of. With Sex, Blood, & Rock 'n Roll, the boys from Gainesville, Ga have established themselves as a true force to be reckoned with.
Ever since The Misfits laid the groundwork for the genre, certain things have been expected of a horror punk band. Lyrics based on horror movies and murder. Sing along choruses. Fast, powerful riffs. A heavy backbeat. Those looking for these tried and true crowd-pleasing elements will find them here. But, as with bands like The Other, The Crimson Ghosts, Order of the Fly, or The Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space, the bands that rise to the top of the genre are those who take those tropes and use them to forge a unique sound of their own. On this album, The Creatures' sound has solidified, and the band seems to have found their identity.
The current lineup: Cliff, Ryan, Derek, Jamie, & Dakota
The first thing you'll notice about the album is how much the guys have grown since their first release. Tales was a damn good album. SB&RNR, on the other hand, is a great one. The level of maturation evident in the songwriting is amazing. The band has really honed their craft. Ryan Howard has zeroed in on his signature vocal style, which I would describe as a "crooning growl." It's both melodic and intense, and the backing vocals mesh well on the obligatory "whoa-oh-oh's." The dual guitar attack of Derek Obscura and Jamie Robertson is dead on. The riffs are outstanding, and the sub-par soloing you find in a lot of horrorpunk bands is replaced by some high energy and inventive leads. The Brothers Chandler (Drew and Bradley), who have since amicably parted ways with the band, more than hold up the rhythm section's end of the bargain and provide a sturdy backbone for the beast.
The second thing you'll notice is that the production is top notch. The music sounds fantastic. Kudos to Ty Watkins (recording) and James Nation (mixing). It's very rare to find an independently made album that sounds this good.
The third thing, and what I think really sets The Casket Creatures apart from lesser bands, is the overall atmosphere that comes across in their music. Far too many bands of this ilk take themselves WAY too seriously. Aside from the quality of the music, the thing that makes their live shows so exciting is that you can tell the guys are having a blast doing their thing. That energy and attitude comes across well on the record. They sound like they're having a good time without sacrificing any of the aggression of the music, and that makes the album a lot of fun to listen to.
So, what are the standout tracks? That's really hard to say. If the radio was actually relevant enough to play music like this, I think there would be two songs competing for the spot as the big hit single. "Lizzie's Song" is the very definition of a brain worm. It will firmly plant itself in your head and refuse to leave. You'll forget about it for a while after listening to it, and then in a calm, quiet moment you'll catch yourself singing the "Lizzie's been a bad girl" refrain and bopping your head. While "Lizzie" is probably the catchiest song on the album, "A Step Ahead of Death" is technically the best. It's pretty damn close to being the perfect horror punk song. Classic movie sample, memorable riff, chorus you can't help singing along with, awesome solo… it's just the total package. Either of these songs easily have the potential to be The Casket Creature's "Last Caress" or "Somewhere in a Casket." If you know what songs I'm talking about, go buy this album immediately just on principle.
It's tough to single those songs out because there are so many great ones here. There really isn't a weak link among them. "B-Movie Massacre" is a bad-ass tune. One of the bonus tracks, "Graves" is a Lugosi's Morphine cover. Please, for the love of all things unholy don't tell Lugosi's Morphine I said this because I love that band, but this version is better than the original. They infused it with their own style and turned an already great song into a bona-fide anthem. Every year a big part of my Halloween tradition is making a new disc of holiday related music to listen to coming and going to various haunted houses. I can't wait to put their Oct. 31 ode "Devil's Day" on this year's edition. I love "Vulture Eye." "Bats, Blood, and Bitches" is the perfect opener. "Black Widow Bride" is a completely unexpected surprise and a rarity in the genre, a great duet. Hell, the whole damn album is excellent.
If you put a gun to my head and made me pick a least favorite track, it would actually be a rerecording of "Agnes," a Casket Creatures favorite. It's not that there's anything wrong with the song itself. It's actually the same problem I had when Blitzkid rerecorded "My Dying Bride," my favorite song by them, on Anatomy of Reanimation. I dig the rawer version of Agnes on Tales From The Unknown so much that I feel the slicker production actually works against the song. It's still a great tune, I'm just so used to the original that it sounds weird to me. If the only issue I had with the album is that one of the songs sounds TOO good, then that's definitely a rich problem to have.
To sum it all up, this is the best American horror punk disc I've heard in years. Their sophomore album sets The Casket Creatures on par with the elite of the horror rock scene. There may be bigger bands, but you won't find one doing it any better. I'm not just saying that because they're members of the extended SOC family either. Trust me, if it sucked I'd say so. Sex, Blood, and Rock & Roll is a satisfying slab of sonic sickness that deserves, no... DEMANDS a spot in any serious horror punk fan's collection.
So now that you know you have to own this album, that just leaves one issue to address; how do you get it? Well, there are several options. It's available on itunes. You could go over to http://horror-punks.com and enter to win a copy during The Casket Creatures' month long takeover. You could hit the band up on facebook HERE and inquire about how to get one. Or, my personal recommendation, you could go see them live and pick one up from them at the show. Your next chance will be this Saturday at Sweetwater in Duluth, Ga. If you live in the vicinity, come rock out with the 'ol Son of Celluloid and your new favorite band. However you decide to get it, get it quick because when the rest of the world catches on to these guys and they become ghoul rock heroes, you'll want to be able to say "I was into them way back when."
It's become almost fashionable amongst horror hipsters in recent years to proclaim, "True horror punk is dead." I'm calling bullshit. As long as The Casket Creatures roam the earth, killer rock and roll shot through with macabre madness will continue to ravage your eardrums and provide the soundtrack for all of our killing sprees.
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Labels: Atlanta Horror Scene, Casket Creatures, horror punk, monster rock, music
Where Else Can I Find SOC's Mad Musings? Fangoria, Italian Horror Week, and Extreme Week!
Just because the blog is newly reanimated doesn't mean that this horror geek has been laying dormant. Oh no. It also doesn't mean that this site is the only place to find me ranting like a madman. In fact, like blood and entrails after a particularly good night with a hooker, I'm all over the damn place. For example, I recently managed to add a major credit to my resume and realize a lifelong dream at the same time. Like most horror fans, a good portion of my early genre education came from Fangoria. I wrote about my love for and history with the iconic publication HERE, so I'll reserve my fanboy gushings. Anyway, when Jess Franco died, a memorial party was planned at Jimbo Bickert's Drive-In. Wind of this historic event reached Fango editor Chris Alexander, and the next thing I knew I found myself writing about the Eurosleaze throwdown under the stars in the pages of Fango. As fellow gorehounds, I'm sure I don't have to explain to you how cool that is. You can find my first appearance in Fango's hallowed bloody pages in issue 325, which is on sale right now.
I also contributed to Italian Horror Week over at Dr. Terror's Blog Of Horrors. All week, Doc has been celebrating Italian Horror with guest writers, amazing art, 8-bit game trailers that will blow your mind, and killer giveaways. I wrote an article crowning a king of eyeball violence that can be found HERE. I highly recommend you click on that banner to the left and be magically transported to the land of vino and violence. read the best writing the online horror scene has to offer and maybe even win some cool stuff. Dr. Jimmy put together one hell of an event, but you'd better hurry up. You only have 'til Friday to get in on the fun.
Coming up on the horizon I'll be participating in Extreme Week coming up July 29-August 2 on Guts & Grog. My boy Eric is gonna bring the mind melting, soul shredding, gut grinding flicks to you as only he and the sickest freaks from the farthest reaches of the blogosphere can. Reviews, interviews, contests, and all kindsa subversive fun await. I can't tell you what I have up my sleeve yet, and even I don't know what surprises Groggy has in store for you. I just know that you don't want to miss it. Click on that picture of good ol' Milos there to go like Guts & Grog on facebook to keep up with Extreme week... if you think you can handle it.
Labels: Dr. Terror's Blog of Horrors, Fangoria, Guts and Grog
Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years. Well, a little over two, but that still counts. Don't call it a reboot either. After the last few years, that word needs to be kept as far away from the horror genre as possible. What I will call it is a relaunch. A resurrection if you will. It's been quiet here at Son of Celluloid since April Fool's Day. That's a freakin' eternity in blog-world. I didn't forget about you guys. In fact, I've missed you all and it feels good to be back in the saddle. You see that spiffed up version of my logo up top? The Graphic Wizard himself, Frank Browning, made that for me, and it represents a fresh start for the blog. Before I talk about what's involved in this new beginning and your role in the macabre fun to come, let me explain the factors that led to my almost four month hiatus.
First of all, I was suffering from some good old-fashioned burnout. I realized that I had hit a wall one night when I looked at the milk crate of screeners that always sits beside the TV and I didn't want to watch a horror movie. Sure, that happens now and then. We all need a palate cleanser once in a while. Then I realized that it was the third or fourth consecutive day that it happened. For the first time since my mid-teens, I just didn't want to watch horror movies at all. Now that I've had time to think about it, I recognize it as the same reason I stopped reading for a long time after college. I had always been a bit of a bookworm, but at that point I had read so much stuff for the express purpose of writing about it or being tested over it that I couldn't image reading for pleasure. Same deal. I had forgotten how to watch movies, and write about movies, simply for pleasure. I needed some time to relearn that. Watching movies came back before writing did, so I decided to focus on a different project that had been eating away at the back of my mind for a while.
I'm referring to reason number two for my hiatus, the long awaited and oft-delayed The Son of Celluloid Show. Yes, the one I've worked and worked on that just seems to get derailed at every turn. Well folks, here's the skinny. It takes a long time to do anything when you have a budget of exactly nothing and have to beg, borrow, and steal everything. There's a lot of trial and error going on too. I'm no filmmaker. None of the people directly helping me are either. Once I figured out the absolute basics (to a degree) and got some good footage shot, my camera died and took my footage with it. At the moment I'm working on getting a new camera, which is fairly close on the horizon. I also have to figure out a couple of post-production issues. Once I do those things, that hell-train will lurch back to life. The Son of Celluloid Show will live, dammit! A lot of people (and myself) have put in too much work and I've gotten too much great support from all off you to let it fade away. I will not, however, give you a premiere date at this time. I have a bad habit of giving myself deadlines right before catastrophe hits. Just know that it's coming, and that I will unleash my beast when you least expect it.
Then there's reason three. This is where we get into some real talk, and some stuff I feel like I oughta say even though I don't really want to. In the interest of a fresh start, though, I guess I have to clear the air. I had a little identity crisis about who and what Son of Celluloid is. I lost sight of why I started doing this. At the same time I was feeling that burnout I discussed earlier, I was looking at other sites. I was seeing one paragraph reviews without a single grammatically correct sentence or a post consisting solely of pictures of an old horror toy getting two or three times as many comments as a post I worked forever on. That old green-eyed monster of jealousy reared his ugly head. I started to wonder if anyone was really reading what I was writing, if good writing even mattered to readers any more, and if the effort I was putting into it was worth it. Yep, I started to doubt myself and you, and it sucks to have to admit that. Once I took a break, I found myself forming reviews in my head as I was watching horror flicks that I had no intention of publishing. That's when it clicked. I realized that numbers aren't what it's about. I write because it's what I do. It's how I express myself and celebrate this genre that I care so much about. It's how I have a dialogue with all of you awesome people. Championing the cause of independent horror and getting to see and talk about amazing movies is cause and reward enough. More than enough. When you start worrying about your numbers and the popularity of your site above simply expressing your horror love, bad stuff happens. I'd be willing to bet that's how this recent plagiarism scandal came about. You know the one I'm talking about. Anyway, I had to step away for a moment to realize that I was starting to look at things the wrong way. I just needed to get back to being me and doing what I do. That doesn't mean that I haven't re-evaluated a few things. I'm aware that my writing, particularly my reviews, tend to be a lot more in depth than many people are looking for. I like to really get elbow deep in the guts of a flick and give it a thorough autopsy, and I'm gonna keep doing that. I do, however, think I should start diversifying a little bit. That's where you come in.
Art by Jeff Maynard
Yes, you, the Cellmates, have a big role in the rebirth of this blog. I want this to become a much more interactive site. Please tell me what you'd like to see. I wanna know what you wanna read. Don't worry, the same old SOC is back to stay, but think of it as a new 2 disc special edition of your favorite exploitation classic. It's the flick you remember, just shined up and with some new features. Maybe I should write more editorial, "my thoughts on the genre" type articles. Perhaps more focus should be given to horror related music. I intend for the Atlanta Horror Scene to be a big theme of the show, and blog could reflect that too. I could start doing more nostalgic posts about the days of horror past. I'm playing with some ideas, but I need your help. Please leave comments below or feel free to drop me a line at fromhell13@aol.com. I'll throw entrails on the wall, but you gotta let me know what sticks. Together, we're gonna use the reanimation of this site as a chance to make Son of Celluloid a bigger, badder, bloodier, and badasser (shut up, it is too a word) place.
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This beloved IS the beginning of walking in Kingdom ways and how it is in Heaven… I encourage you to read this slow, repeat and meditate upon it!
God "created"….Who was and IS "God"? In other words, WHO was with Heavenly Father when HE created?
The Spirit…and Who else…THE WORD!
EVERYTHING ever spoken out of the MOUTH of God made into verbal words were IN Jesus Who was and IS "THE WORD"!
Here is the kicker beloved ones…if YOU DO NOT KNOW "the WORD" you cannot know what the Father speaks because if you don't know the Word you cannot know Who He is, how He operates, and what His plans are for all mankind and this earth!
He gives us things we do not know by revelation only if we KNOW Him through the WORD! The WORD is to "open the door and make a way" because HE IS THE WAY and HE IS THE DOOR!
Just look in John where JESUS…the Word said it!
This is not hard beloved but has been hidden and only for those with eyes to see and ears to hear by the Spirit of GOD will actually "get this".
Many will read through this and never really get the profound message in it. This is where unrenewed minds won't be able to "receive" this by revelation and with the wisdom and understanding of GOD through Holy Spirit.
YOU first have to have a relationship with THEM!
If you don't have a relationship with the One Who IS the Word, then most likely you are doing just what those whom Jesus addressed did. Pour over them and investigate them…all the while, reading "through them" and it makes for great reading and intellectual knowledge but it doesn't take the place of relationship. If you read them with the heart to "know" HIM…and open like a child to allow Holy Spirit to teach and speak to you about Him…HE will!
You cannot speak the WORD relationally if you don't HAVE an authentic relationship with JESUS/Holy Spirit /Heavenly Father… the Door is through JESUS by Holy Spirit to really go boldly before the Throne of Heavenly Father!
When you KNOW the Word by Jesus as in manifested REAL relationship and the written Word of Jesus you begin to "change" and be "transformed" BY Him by IT as Holy Spirit brings your thoughts, words and actions INTO right alignment so you can seek FIRST His Kingdom AND….AND…His righteousness!
Look at it this way…what goes in, comes out! Jesus said out of the heart the mouth speaks. If you read in the Word and believe, then you speak what you believe. Not only that, you will conform your lifestyle …the way you behave or act accordingly. How does this relate to "only speaking what the Father speaks"?
Again, if the WORD isn't IN YOU…how do you even know how HE speaks?
HOW do you know His personality? The way HE does things? You cannot really know.
IF you know the WORD…then when a "NEW FRESH REVELATION" comes…you "know" His personality more and "how" He does things and more about HIS heart for people and His earth! If you begin speaking out of your own soul…things you THINK God says and you don't even spend time in the WORD to "know HIM"…you may be presuming and saying what we call "soulish prophesy".
Meaning it is based upon what is in YOUR soul and not coming FROM God.
You may "know the Word" as in having memorized it and speak that out to suit your need for self-gratification to be approved or not rejected by men…again, this is "soulish" prophesy and NOT true revelation that is being prophesied.
Well, how do you know the difference when you are the one speaking? It is ALWAYS a "matter of the heart" because it is always connected to authentic relationship!
When you know the Word because you are hungry to KNOW THEM… Heavenly Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, then when you read it, there IS revelation of Them TO you about Who They are and how they act and think. So when you "hear" that still small voice you know if it is something you have read in the Word that indicates the Who, How and What of the personality of Heavenly Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit. When you hear things that don't line up with "WHO THEY ARE"… then it is safe to say the enemy is probably whispering things and guess what? He likes to use scripture!
OH NO…then how can you know the difference? When you learn the heart of GOD!
It starts with YOUR own heart!
You will only speak what the Father speaks when you actually know what it is HE DOES speak! When you know from reading, meditating and experiencing Him in the Word! Supernatural experiences take place from the place of listening and meditating upon the WORD because the WORD ….JESUS…IS THE DOOR!
The word "door" there is the Greek word: thura meaning- entrance; portal!
The word "in" means IN and the word "out" means OUT… and the word "pasture" is like food… a place to be nourished…ever hear the phrase "food for the soul"?
Your soul prospers through mediating and experiencing GOD the Father, Son and Holy Spirit! JESUS says HE IS THE PORTAL!
In and out is quite literal because the word "out" has the connotation of motion! You go in with purpose (part of the meaning of the word "in") and come out changed, renewed to be able to spread abroad this good news of the KINGDOM of Heaven! OF GOD!
When you KNOW HIM….you recognize what He says… the more you "know" Him, the easier it is to spot a word that actually is from Him or not. For yourself or from others because you grow in HIS wisdom and discernment through revelation OF Him. The more you desire to KNOW Him and don't want to do anything to hamper your relationships with Him…Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, then you begin to have the "fear" or "awe" of GOD!
ONLY knowing the Word is not "knowing Him" meaning…like the Pharisees we saw earlier…they poured over scriptures thinking that alone would bring them what they desired…eternal life. Remember how JESUS described eternal life?
To only "speak what the Father speaks" is to KNOW what He has said… so that WHEN you hear that still small voice, you recognize it by knowing HIS character! Knowing HOW He operates…HOW HIS KINGDOM operates!
He was and is the way TO Heavenly Father into HIS Kingdom and HE is the Truth and Life that sent the very SPIRIT of GOD back TO us to "speak to us"! HOLY SPIRIT!!!
JESUS discloses the ONE WHO speaks TO us and tells us things so that we "only speak what we HEAR the Father speak"! However….if you don't know JESUS…or the "WORD" Who IS Jesus as well….how on earth can you know what the Father says and about HIM? You cannot!
Spirit of GOD reveals HIM to us as we read AND meditate (meaning saying it aloud and thinking upon it…HIM). When people first come to JESUS one of the first things that generally happens is they want/desire to know Him more and they do what?
READ THE BIBLE for themselves!
BIBLE alone is just written words that can be powerful if the heart is willing to hear and to believe. Faith comes by hearing and believing….which leads to "doing"!
TO sum this all up….if you don't have the WORD IN YOU…you cannot really KNOW the character of Heavenly Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit and you won't have a plumbline to know if what you think you hear is actually FROM Him! By the same token…if you don't have a "relationship" with Them, then when you read the Word, it may not make sense to you and will be nice words with meaning to them.
This is where the rubber meets the mat… you either KNOW Him or you don't!
Believing in JESUS with your heart is the salvation point…KNOWING Him is learning OF Him and experiencing Him. When you desire to KNOW Him… you WANT to do what is pleasing to Him and Heavenly Father and Holy Spirit…JESUS will show Himself and manifest (so you can experience Him and His presence) when we love Him like that!
THEN…beloved, you WILL "only speak what the Father speaks" because you understand what HE is doing because you actually KNOW His character. That is why those who understand declarations and decrees do it with power because they have taken time to "know" Him. Some might be presumptuous but you know our Heavenly Father is always GOOD and if we "miss it" HE is ready to forgive and let us "try again"!!
Always be child like and easily corrected and moved by Holy Spirit and you won't go wrong! HE will teach you and lead you… it is a promise from our Father and Jesus said so!


TBoss' brother, Christopher Idowu, has replied to the accusations levelled against him yesterday by some Instagram commenters, claiming he physically abused his girlfriend and forced her to have several abortions after getting pregnant with his child while in Delta state university.
Three different commenters posted the same accusations, all of them claiming they knew Christopher in Delta State University and he was guilty of battery and forced abortions.
Christopher was silent about the accusations throughout yesterday and has now replied with a picture that highlights the ways to identify a rumour.
He wrote; "Now ladies if I have ever beat you before hands up 🙌🙌🙌. Comment here, post a picture with me/you together and tell the world your experience, let's see if by the end of today anyone can do that. Everyone else don't comment, let's see who comes out."
Christopher became the recipient of the online accusations after he called out comedian AY for making a tasteless joke about the way Kemen molested his sister TBoss in the Big Brother Nigeria house.


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Lake Central News • October 11, 2013 • https://lakecentralnews.com/8173/sports/varsity-volleyball-hosts-senior-night/
Varsity volleyball hosts Senior Night
Anastasia Papanikolaou and Anastasia Papanikolaou
The girls varsity volleyball team won their home games 25-10, 25-10 and 25-8 against Merrillville on Oct. 8. Fortunately enough, it was also the girls' Senior Night.
"It was nice being honored at Senior Night. I've been waiting for four years for this night, but it was also sad because I knew it was my last season," Megan Malatestinic (12) said.
This night was set up to recognize the senior girls and their achievements over their years in the Lake Central Volleyball program. The head coach and players on the team made speeches to commemorate achievements made by the girls in their last volleyball season at LC.
"I'm going to miss the seniors a lot. I am going to miss how they carried us throughout the season and how they were such a great inspiration to our team," Alyssa Stepney (11) said.
Some of the girls started playing while they were in middle school, and have put many years into the team.
"I started in middle school. I really liked the intensity of the game and how all of the girls came together on the court," Katherine Stepanian (12) said.
The next girls volleyball game is Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Valparaiso High School.

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Cancer is a devastating disease that has affected millions of lives across the world.
People can get cancer as a result of genetics or simple bad luck, but there are also some lifestyle factors that can alter your chances of being diagnosed with cancer.
According to the Liverpool Echo , research conducted by Cancer Research UK reveal that more than four in ten cancers are avoidable just by changing the way we live.
Every year, the awareness into cancer prevention and treatment continues to grow, but some myths still exist around the disease.
A number of websites on the internet are claiming that some "superfoods" have the ability to dramatically decrease your chances of getting cancer.
Cancer Research UK has said that it is a "gross oversimplification" to say that any one particular food can have this affect, but improving your diet has proven to generally have a positive effect.
On their website, it says: "There's no such thing as a 'superfood'. It's a marketing term used to sell products and has no scientific basis.
There is also a myth that using a mobile phone for long periods of time can cause brain tumours too.
However, according to the charity, there has been very little change in brain tumour rates since the 1990s, which is when the use of mobile phones began to soar.
Most scientists that work in cancer research think that the link is unlikely, with the biggest study to date found no possible linked between mobile phones and the 19 different types of cancer.
Can tight fitting bras really cause cancer?
Cancer Research UK also confirmed that there is no link between bras and cancer.
There has not been much research into it, but one study found that bras do not pose any risk to cancer.
It is widely known that being obese, or even just overweight, can cause a variety of health problems, but not many realise that it is also linked to cancer.
More than one in every 20 cancers in the United Kingdom are linked to being overweight.
It can add to the risk of getting cancers of the breast, bowel, womb, food pipe, pancreas, kidney, liver, stomach, gallbladder, ovaries, thyroid, blood and brain.
Does burnt toast or roast potatoes actually cause cancer though?
News reports have even reported as saying that burnt toast and roast potatoes were carcinogenic earlier this year.
It came after a study showed that a chemical called acrylamide, which is created when starchy foods are cooked for too long, could actually damage DNA in animal cells.
Cancer Research UK have said though that different studies in humans showed no clear and consistent signs of an increased cancer risk.
What about alcohol and is red wine worse than other options?
Can drinking alcohol cause cancer?
Red wine, along with other certain drinks, are often reported as being another thing that can cause cancer.
Alcohol is clearly linked to mouth, throat, food pipe, breast and bowel cancers and it leads to 12,800 cancer diagnoses per year.
Cancer Research UK's advice states that there is no "safe" limit, but the less you drink, the less likely you are of getting cancer through alcohol.
The charity have also confirmed that no type of alcohol is better or worse than another.
Few people are actually aware that smoking and drinking at the same time is actually much worse for you than doing both separately.
Cancer Research UK say that tobacco and alcohol work together to damage your body, putting you at especially high risk.
They say that alcohol makes it easier for mouth and threat to absorb the cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco.


Frigates are a vital part of any balanced sea-going fleet. They are cruisers that can operate independently and are swift enough to hunt down enemy merchantmen. The chance for prize money makes them popular postings among officers and men alike!
One way of creating a large, powerful frigate is to take a two-deck ship of the line and, in effect, saw off the top deck creating a single-deck frigate. The first result is that a 64-gun ship can now only carry 44 guns, but the ones that remain are the heavier than those normally found on a frigate, typically 32- or 24-pounders rather than the expected 18s! The second result is that the razee retains the strong timbers of the original 64, making it a robust ship in combat. Thirdly, having lost its upper works, the new ship generally handles rather well under sail. All this work takes time and valuable dock space, of course.
Historically, one of the most successful razees was HMS Indefatigable, commanded by Edward Pellew. In the company of another frigate, Pellew took on - and defeated - the Droits de l'Homme, a French 74, in 1797. During the next year or so, Pellew and the Indefatigable went on to take a further nine vessels.
Razees are versatile, tough ships available only to the more traditional seafaring nations such as Great Britain, the United Provinces, and Spain. They are very tough for frigates and are more maneuverable than the larger ships of the line, making an excellent compromise of firepower, durability, and speed. Razees boast higher firepower than fifth rates and at the same time are speedier and more durable. This is offset by their steep technology requirements (requiring a steam drydock) and their much higher upkeep and recruitment costs.


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I Grew Up in Communist China; Here's My Warning to America
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) speaks to supporters during a "Defend the Majority" rally at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agriculture Center in Perry, Ga., on Nov. 19, 2020. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
Will Georgia Republicans Go to the Polls in the Runoff?
November 27, 2020 Updated: January 9, 2021
It's perhaps unfair to the South to single out the utter corruption of the presidential election in Georgia—the malfeasance crossed the country with impunity—but something about the way it was done calls to mind a high-tech version of Robert Penn Warren's classic "All the King's Men."
That novel, which describes the rise of Willie Stark, a socially liberal socialist in the South, won the Pulitzer and the Oscar (for the film version) in the '40s, when those awards actually meant something.
The story has an eerie resemblance to what is going on in Georgia right now with the slicker, more modern candidacy of Jon Ossoff, the former journalist/filmmaker and Democratic candidate in the Jan. 5 Senate runoff.
Ironically, Penn Warren's novel is narrated by a journalist who becomes Stark's chief adviser.
Ossoff is campaigning alongside his party mate Raphael Warnock, a pastor you might call "Jeremiah Wright lite."
The more we learn about the Georgia situation, the more you wonder if democracy exists in our democratic republic.
Many Republicans are, to say the least, disaffected. Some fear they won't go to the polls in the January runoff.
And, although I sincerely hope they do vote, faute de mieux, as the French say, (for lack of something better), they would have good cause to be fed up and stay away.
There are quite a number of reasons for this, but one that jumps out is the failure of leadership of their own party.
What in the Sam Hill were Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger doing bringing the Dominion voting machines to their state almost at the last minute?
The state of Texas had already turned down the system three times because it was judged permeable to hacking and other forms of computer sabotage.
According to the blog Clever Journeys, lobbyists played a significant role:
"The former chief of staff for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp was one of eight registered lobbyists for Dominion Voting Systems.
"Insiders say it was a 'sure thing Dominion was in when we learned Thomas was involved.'
"The lobbyist that legislative staff members were referring to was Jared Thomas, a former chief of staff and press secretary for Governor Kemp.
"Another lobbyist for the controversial company was former Georgia Secretary of State Lewis Abit Massey."
The blog continues:
"The office of Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, was in charge of the procurement of these devices.
"Records and evidence are indicating Raffensperger, Governor Brian Kemp, and legislative members were heavily lobbied. Some intelligence gathering show 'family members of certain high profile politicians were paid Hunter Biden style' by Dominion 'both directly and indirectly.'"
That's a bold statement, implying extraordinary corruption, and I have no way of authenticating it, at least at this point.
Nevertheless, it would seem Kemp and Raffensperger are the proverbial "dead men walking" to the Republican rank and file. In a state, indeed in a country, with President Donald Trump, win or ultimately lose, very much still the leader of the GOP, to the extent nobody has been for quite some time, the governor and secretary of state have had their reputations so besmirched they will never be recoverable.
Making matters worse for them is the ludicrous recount currently in progress, an exercise that even Barack Obama, when he opined that mail-in voting only worked when there was signature authentication, made clear was futile. Georgia has no such authentication.
Kemp and Raffensberger are likely candidates to be "primaried" out. They must know this—which makes them dangerous wild cards in the short run.
Meanwhile, Trump is slated to be in the state on Dec. 5 for one of his rallies, this time in the company of and behalf of Republican senatorial candidates David Purdue and Kelly Loeffler. (Also ironically, it was Kemp who appointed Loeffler in the first place when Sen. Johnny Isakson retired.)
Control of the U.S. Senate and much more, including the Democrats' left-wing agenda, is at stake.
The president's goal will be to get his loyal constituency to the polls, even with the numerous outcries of fraud and calls for the Georgia legislature to ban mail-in voting.
I have a suspicion he will succeed. But who will be watching the machines?
Roger L. Simon is an award-winning novelist, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, co-founder of PJMedia, and now, editor-at-large for The Epoch Times. His most recent books are "The GOAT" (fiction) and "I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism Is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn't Already" (nonfiction). Find him on Parler @rogerlsimon.
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.


Unique and hardy succulents for your drought tolerant garden.
Join us in this annual celebration of all things succulent! Featuring an extensive selection of rare and exotic succulents in a variety of pot sizes to suit all your project needs, as well as some houseplants! Your thirsty garden will thank you.


Elizabeth Taylor remains perhaps the quintessential movie star, as legendary for her messy private life as for her glamorous screen performances. She was born in London, England, on February 27, 1932, to prosperous parents. Fleeing Europe during World War II, the Taylor family moved to Los Angeles when Elizabeth was seven. Her mother, a former actress, then set about grooming her daughter for Hollywood. In 1941, Elizabeth was signed to Universal and cast in her first film, There's One Born Every Minute (1942). After appearing in Lassie Come Home (1943) opposite her lifelong friend Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth was given a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio best positioned to make her into a star. At 12, Elizabeth Taylor fulfilled her early promise in National Velvet (1944), the story of a young girl's obsession with riding her horse in England's Grand National steeplechase. Initially, Taylor was considered too slight for the role, but after a fourmonth regime of exercise, she proved herself physically robust enough to take it on. On the set, she further showed her dedication by continuing to perform even after a throw from a horse left her with a serious back injury.
Emerging from National Velvet a star, Taylor was placed in a series of small ingenue roles, most successfully in Little Women (1949) and Father of the Bride (1950). By her 15th birthday, gossip columnist Hedda Hopper had declared that Taylor was the most beautiful woman in the world. Blessed with raven hair, violet eyes, and a heart shaped face, the young Taylor established a standard of beauty for the 1950s.
In A Place in the Sun (1951), Taylor graduated to adult roles as a woman so desirable that a man is willing to kill to have her. Although thought of more as decoration than as a great talent, she slowly proved herself a skillful actress in such dramas as Giant (1956), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), and Raintree County (1957), for which she received her first Oscar nomination. Taylor had her greatest early success in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), the film version of Tennesee Williams's controversial play. Wearing a form-fitting white slip, she portrayed a woman seething with sexual frustration as her alcoholic husband (Paul Newman) draws away from her. The performance won her a second Academy Award nomination. Throughout the 1950s, Taylor was as big a star in the gossip columns as she was onscreen.
In just seven years, she married three famous men—hotelier Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (1950), actor Michael Wilding (1952), and producer Michael Todd (1957). Divorced from Hilton and Wilding, Taylor became a widow when Todd's plane, ironically named "the Lucky Liz," crashed in 1958. The great outpouring of public sympathy that ensued quickly dried up as Taylor became romantically involved with singer Eddie Fisher, who was still married to film star Debbie Reynolds. When Fisher left his wife and children to marry Taylor in 1959, she was condemned as the ultimate other woman. Her fans, though, again embraced Taylor after she fell ill from an almost-fatal case of pneumonia. Perhaps out of sympathy for her near-death experience, Academy voters awarded Taylor the best actress Oscar for Butterfield 8 (1960). Taylor's next role was as the title character in the four-hour extravaganza Cleopatra (1963). For her performance, she was paid a record-setting $1 million. The production itself cost $40 million, then the most ever spent on a film.
Cleopatra paired Taylor with British actor Richard Burton in the role of Marc Antony. Nearly from their meeting, rumors fiew about a romance between the stars, who were both married at the time. Adding to the gossip, Taylor and Burton were prone to making scenes and having loud drunken arguments. An unapologetic hedonist, Taylor was denounced by members of Congress and condemned by the Vatican as "a woman of loose morals." Though Cleopatra was a box-office disaster, the public had a seemingly insatiable appetite for stories of Taylor and Burton's extravagant misbehavior. As Burton once observed, "For some reason, the world has always been amused by us two maniacs." After their marriage in 1964, Taylor and Burton made nine more movies together. Most were forgettable, though two were among Taylor's best films. In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolffi (1966) and Taming of the Shrew (1967), Taylor played two very different, yet equally difficult women, creating these characters out of intense, raw emotion. Her role as Martha in Woolf was especially impressive.
Although only 34 at the time, Taylor was wholly convincing as a decidedly unglamorous, middleaged harridan. The part won Taylor her second Academy Award for best actress. In the 1970s, Taylor's career began to decline as she appeared in a string of lackluster films. Her relationship with Burton fell apart as well. They were divorced in 1974 and remarried in 1975, though their second marriage lasted only four months. In 1978, Taylor wed for seventh time, becoming the wife of future U.S. senator John Warner. Finding fewer appropriate roles in movies, Taylor moved to the stage in the early 1980s. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her theater debut in The Little Foxes (1981) but was slammed by critics for her performance in Private Lives (1983) opposite Burton. Taylor also began working in television in such films as Poker Alice (1987) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1989). In the 1990s, she made occasional guest appearances on situation comedies, most notably providing the voice for baby Maggie on an episode of the animated series The Simpsons.
Even when she was not performing, Taylor remained in the public eye, often through less-than-fiattering gossip about her weight gain and problems with alcohol and painkillers. In 1983, she checked into Washington, D.C.'s Betty Ford Clinic, becoming the first high-profile celebrity to admit to her addictions. Returning to the clinic in 1988, she met construction worker Larry Fortensky. They were married in 1991 and divorced five years later. While dealing with her own problems, Taylor began a new career as a crusader for AIDS awareness and research. In 1985 she cofounded the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) and soon organized the first Hollywood gala fund-raiser for the cause. Also the founder of the Elizabeth Taylor Foundation for AIDS, she has helped raise more than $50 million for AIDS research. At the 1992 Academy Awards, she was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her charitable work. Taylor added to her own bottom line with several perfume lines. Expertly marketed using her status as a cultural icon, her perfumes White Diamonds and Passion approached $200 million in annual sales by the early 1990s.
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Life-to-Date Sales of Nintendo's Consoles Revealed
Nintendo's end-of-year financial results bring details of lifetime sales and projections for the company's games and consoles.
By Keza MacDonald
Posted: 24 Apr 2013 9:11 am
Nintendo's end-of-year financial results have revealed life-to-date sales for all of its current consoles, as well as projections for the next year.
The Wii is fast closing in on 100 million sales worldwide, standing at 99,840,000 at the end of March. The Wii U - which Nintendo had originally hoped would sell 5.5 million by this point - has managed 3.45 million. The Nintendo DS now stands at 153.87 million sold.
Nintendo is still not happy with the 3DS' performance outside of Japan, where this year's games "did not generate sufficient sales momentum", according to the report. But it still stands at a very impressive 31.09 million units, 11.54 million of which were sold in the company's home country.
The targets for Financial Year 2014 are bold. Over the next year, Nintendo hopes to sell 9 million Wii U consoles (!), along with 38 million games (currently 13.42 million games have been sold). Another 2 million Wiis are expected to be sold, along with 18 million 3DSes.
Keza MacDonald is in charge of IGN's games coverage in the UK. You can follow her on IGN and Twitter.


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Gear Sharrow MX-1R to Start Mass Production
Sharrow MX-1R to Start Mass Production
The award-winning propeller is expected to ship to customers in spring 2021.
Sharrow Marine says it will soon start mass production on its MX-1R propeller. Courtesy Sharrow Marine
Sharrow Marine, whose MX-1 propeller won an Innovation Award at the 2020 Miami International Boat Show, has announced plans for a mass-produced, cast version called the MX-1R.
The propeller is expected to be in production by the end of the year, with the first deliveries to consumers in spring 2021.
"We've really listened to consumers and customers, and know that the custom-made, CNC-machined version is out of reach for many boaters, which is why we accelerated our plans for a mass-produced, cast version," Greg Sharrow, founder and CEO of Sharrow Marine, stated in a press release.
The Sharrow Propeller is reportedly 9 percent to 15 percent more efficient than some other designs, allowing boaters to achieve higher top speeds, better handling and reduced vibrations. The CNC-machined model is available in aluminum or stainless steel.
Where is Sharrow Marine based? In Philadelphia, with additional offices in Detroit.
How to order a Sharrow MX-1R: The cast version of the propeller can be ordered with a $100 deposit at sharrowmarine.com
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"Vehicle can't find a way", but the line is defined and the config says control towers are not required (and are not available in 1909 anyway). What's wrong here?
The purple colour says that we are missing control towers; are you sure that the configuration setting was set correctly to allow airports without control towers? Note that airships need no runways: they can take off and land from the gates.
I didn't change anything there.
Did you change it before or after you started your saved game; and did you set this in the main simuconf.tab or the pakset simuconf.tab?
I didn't change it at all. Also I didn't know there is a pakset config.
The default value is 1 in the main config and 0 in the pak128ex config. Apparently the latter takes precedence. Can you tell me why there are two sets of config files and how the two affect each other?
The latter does indeed take precedence: the multiplicity of configuration files is common to Standard and Experimental. It exists to allow defaults to be set globally that can be overridden in the pakset configuration. In Pak128.Britain-Ex, you can retrospectively change many aspects of the configuration, including the requirement for control towers, using an in-game GUI accessed by pressing the "i" key. Look for the "Experimental" tab.
Try the following: switch off the "allow_airports..." in the GUI, exit the game and set both config parameters to 1. Restart. You'll get purple lines. Could it be that the parameter isn't read properly?
Changing the configuration files will have no effect at all on an existing saved game, as these settings are saved with the game. If you are referring to doing this (and it is not clear), then that is the reason that it is not making a difference.
There are many small airstrips in the world without a control tower. This is safe, as these small airstrips are only used by small planes (and in good wheather, but this isn't simulated in simutrans) and the pilots can maintain separation by just looking out of the window. Indeed, in the early days of aviation control towers didn't exist. Large airports on the other hand always have a control tower, and flying would be dangerous if they hadn't. This is because large planes fly fast and have a large turn radius, so they can't see each other soon enough and have to rely on air traffic control to maintain separation. Maybe it would be a good compromise to only require control towers for fast planes. Or, maybe easier to implement, assuming nobody is going to build a long runway if the airport is not going to be used by fast planes, require a control tower on airports that have a runway longer than, say, 800 meters.
It is actually rather difficult for an airport to detect the length of its own runways in this way. But are there any significant examples of airports with significant quantities of commercial air travel that have nothing that passes for a control tower? I can imagine that there might be small airstrips for leisure flight without them, but I doubt that any commercial airports do not have them.
Any airport with any reasonable amount of traffic will have a control tower of some sort. It's generally just small fields that are primarily for light recreational use that are uncontrolled -- usually communication occurs between planes in the area that are using the airspace rather than through a control tower.
Not any more (except from some very remote locations that cannot be reached in any other way, maybe for workers in remote mines), but I think they existed in the 1920s or so, the zeppelin age. Not much point in making an airport available when control towers don't exist yet. Right now you can set in your configuration whether you want to be realistically forced to use control towers on modern airports and at the same time ignore the early years of aviation, or completely ignore control towers. Point is, control towers indeed didn't exist in 1909. Would it be possible to require control towers when available? Like in, government says "Now that this new technology is available, let's make it obligatory for public safety"? Although one would need a short transition period.
Not any more (except from some very remote locations that cannot be reached in any other way, maybe for workers in remote mines), but I think they existed in the 1920s or so, the zeppelin age.
Is there an historical source for this? One might imagine something vaguely akin to a control tower albeit some way from what we would understand by one to-day.
I did watch a documentary a few days ago about passenger/freight air service in Colombia to remote villages where air was the only way in or out. There were several such villages mentioned in the jungle; in each case, it was a dirt strip with no control.
But this is pretty rare, and the question becomes how much reality vs. simplicity in the simulation.
Perhaps Zeppelin-era control towers could be painted to look like docking towers? That way you satisfy the both the control tower mechanism and the simplicity requirement.
That's an interesting thought. Would anyone like to produce the graphics for this...?
Is there an historical source for this that would give enough information to calibrate the level of delay reasonably accurately? Also, this would be a lot of work to code for a rather marginal case of very early airports.
I don't know whether there are any historical info that aims for this. Closest would be to ask a person with a pilots license and ask her or him how the procedure would be an evt how the timeline for the procedure would look like.
Given that we are dealing with commercial aircraft, not light private aircraft, we can probably safely assume that our airports are always a controlled airspace. Uncontrolled aerodromes are common in small rural areas but these do not accept larger commercial aircraft.
You're not going to see the aggregate types very often anymore - and for commercial applications never really saw them much to start with. Aggregate (gravel, etc) can be sucked in to engines/damage propellers, so they are generally not used except at smaller rural sites or northern areas that cannot easily maintain asphalt/concrete.
For Simutrans purposes it probably doesn't warrant worrying about anything beyond grass and asphalt/concrete.
Thank you very much. I added tar MacAdam, too, as an intermediate between grass and asphalt, as there was a big gap between them. That allows me greatly to reduce the weight limit of the grass to make earlier aircraft such as the DC-3 more useful on such airfields in later years.


This was an absolutely beautiful day that I had the privilege to cover.
Thank you to Ashley & Steve for allowing me to be a part of your day! Congratulations!
I'm used to giving wedding day scheduling tips to my clients so that there is sufficient time for the type and variety of portraits they would like to take. Then there's clients like Nicole & Joe who are not only super cool and laid back BUT also super prepared. They had already extended the time slotted for portraits to include 8 locations! My kind of couple!
Their day went off without a hitch. A fun first look behind Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ. Then we shot around the boardwalk a bit, stopping at the awesome retro pinball arcade for a few games. We ended up at the The Mill in Spring Lake, NJ for the ceremony and reception, which included a Halloween inspired song medley, complete with costumes! So much fun!
Couldn't have had a better time shooting this one. Congratulations Nicole & Joe!
The wedding day was filled with lovely weather, a beautiful ceremony filled with love, emotion and dancing and a party later that night that didn't let up once.
We ended the day back at Courtyard on Main. The party went as the day did earlier; so much fun with great family and perfect moments.
She mentioned a willow tree and just needing a few group family photos. Then I arrived and met a wonderful family full of life on a gorgeous spring day in a beautiful back yard lake setting. Can you blame me for wanting to keep shooting? I'm in love with how this session turned out!
Beautiful fall colors and weather was just one of the great features of Stevie and Larry's amazing wedding. The Valenzano Winery, in Shamong, NJ provided a gorgeous setting for this sunset ceremony and reception. The day was full of love and the party was lively!
I love this couple! We hit it off from the first meeting. Terri is easily one of the nicest people ever (and I have great clients). Ray is a photographer as well so us getting along was easy! They had a beautiful day in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. Pretty much my backyard! So fun. Starting with a beautiful ceremony right on the beach at Jenkinson's and partying at The Sunset Ballroom.
I had such a great time shooting Jessica and Chris' wedding. Some couples you know were just meant to be together, and they were no exception! What an energetic reception!


Welcome back, sorry that I have missed a few, but we are back to reviewing comics every day! Today, Seppin is going to be reviewing Ant-Man & The Wasp #5 written by Mark Waid and art by Javier Garron.
Ant-Man and the Wasp is ultimately a tie-in for the movie that just came out. Although instead of Hope van Dyne(Who isn't from the comics), we have Nadia Van Dyne. They are basically the same character except that Nadia is younger than Hope. I am not the biggest fan of this book because it feels like a cash grab after the movie came out. It has some fun moments, but it all just starts to mesh together and become very uninteresting.
In this issue, we are STILL trying to get back to the right Earth so that Scott can go to his daughter's birthday party. This has been lasting five issues, which shouldn't be that bad except for the fact that each issue feels like an eternity. I don't know if it is just me, but I often dread reading this book because it has a lot of annoying dialogue and uses a lot of scientific theories that aren't fun for the reader to learn. I read comics so that I can get away from College, I don't want to learn science in a comic book!
Overall, this whole series has a large dollar sign on it with Mark Waid's name plastered on the side.


CASE IH 4390 (4) CYLINDER NON TURBO POWER UNIT WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW BY THE PREVIOUS CUSTOMER. HE RAN IT ON A CENTER PIVOT IN A WATERMELON FIELD. THE HOURS ARE ORIGINAL ACCORDING TO HIM. HE ALWAYS KEPT IT SHEDED THROUGH THE WINTER. WE HAVE RAN THIS ENGINE OUT AND IT SEEMS TO BE ALL OK. DOES COME WITH TRAILER.


Rachel Strum is a contemporary artist from New York who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. In 2007, she graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. While her earlier works were heavily grounded through the mediums of installation and sculpture, Rachel is currently revisiting painting as her medium of choice along with photography. She investigates the relationship of abstract and representational, elusive vs. tangible, and the realms that exist in-between. On the cusp of vivid landscapes, Rachel's Colorscapes series is inspired by universal constants of transition, growth, and adaptation.


One issue that I ever had is about including online radios from my country (Brazil). As we know, it's not that easy to find the url of the FMs these days, specially if you mostly use smartphones, which is my case.
I suggest the integration with an app like "Simple Radio" that has almost every radio on the map.
I hope you guys can think about it! Thanks for the great app anyway!