I’ve been sitting on a whole bunch of links for while now. What better day to unleash them on an unsuspecting world than this triskadekaphobiariffic Friday?
Turner Classic Movies now has a late-night programming block (launching tonight!) called TCM Underground, hosted by Rob Zombie and consisting of double-feature line-ups of such quote-unquote classics as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Bride of the Monster. Do check it out. (Hat tip: the day job’s site.)
In movie news that you just might already be aware of, the official trailer for Zack “Dawn of the Dead” Snyder’s adaptation of Frank “Sin City” Miller’s ancient-Greek war epic 300 is up. I love it, but then you’d probably figure that given that it’s a meeting of those two artists, with one of my all-time favorite nine inch nails songs playing in the background.
Speaking of trailers that made me say “holy smokes,” get a load of Tarantino ‘n’ Rodriguez’s Grind House. I guess this one mostly focuses on Rodriguez’s “Planet Terror” half of the double feature. Hoo doggie.
Horror-comic hermit Al Columbia has a new website, AlColumbia.com. Much rejoicing in some corners. (Hat tip: Eric Reynolds at Fantagraphics.)
I wish I could remember where I first saw this link, but Full Metal Jacket‘s nightmarish drill sergeant R. Lee Ermey (currently starring in that Texas Chainsaw remake prequel) says that Stanley Kubrick hated his own Eyes Wide Shut because of the work turned in by superstar couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Far be it from me to disagree with Kubrick about Kubrick, but, well, I disagree.
Dark But Shining’s Daniel Laloggia muses on mirrors and Clive Barker’s Candyman.
Taliesin Meets the Vampires is a very good vampire-focused horror blog that, for whatever reason, I only just discovered. Go have a look.
Speaking of things I don’t know how I missed, I-Mockery.com’s Greatest Horror Movie Moments page is a hoot and a half–it’s sort of like a funnier, more in-depth, occasionally schlockier version of RetroCrush’s justifiably famous list.
In a similar vein, Jared von Hindman’s Head Injury Theater is chock full of looooooong tributes to various horror classics, as well as “horror” “classics.” From Clive Barker and The Descent to The Monster Squad and Lifeforce, there are dozens of ways to spend a lazy workday not working around this impressive site. Is there any better thing to do on Friday the 13th?