* Sad news: While wrapping up “Scarred,” his great series of mini-interviews with horror luminaries about their formative scary moments, Steven Wintle of The Horror Blog takes the opportunity to announce a scaled back blogging presence. That bums me out.
* Speaking of Steven, I Am Legend, the Will Smith-starring, seemingly Hollywoodized adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novella that has become Mr. Wintle’s archnemesis, boasts the voice of none other than Faith No More’s Mike Patton, who did the vocalizations for all the vampire creatures. The gentle art of making enemies indeed!
* Slate’s Jody Rosen celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s album Thriller by trying to get across both its quality and its impact. That’s as good an excuse as any to link to my essay on why the video for “Thriller” is a horror landmark.
* Finally, I am completely infatuated with the trailer for Speed Racer. It’s like an adaptation of the old Super Nintendo racing game F-Zero, or even Mario Kart. (Via AICN. Thanks to Jim Treacher for alerting me to how crazy this movie looks.)
Patton also did the main voice for the video game adaptation of The Darkness, too, which is neat… but still won’t make me play the game.
I’m cautiously looking forward to I Am Legend.
Wow, the Speed Racer stills don’t even do it justice. Can this possibly make up for everything the Wachowskis have mutilated since the first Matrix? (Including Larry’s genitals.)
Patton’s also voicing the lead in the new Bionic Commando game.