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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 11/4/19 — 11/10/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi, everyone!  Greetings from beautiful Lake Texoma!

Well, as you can tell it’s been kind of a quiet week around the TSL Bunker.  We’re all still recovering from October!  However, that quiet is about to end.  Not only is Awards Season rapidly approaching but my DVR has so many things recorded that it’s going to explode if I don’t start watching some of it.

In other words, starting next week, it’s going to be all about getting caught up with the films and recording of 2019!  As you can tell by looking below, I’ve already gotten off to a fairly good start.

Finally, my birthday was this Saturday.  A new year has begun.  Through the Shattered Lens’s birthday will be in December.  This site will be 10 years old!  I’m currently making all sorts of plans for how we’re going to celebrate being a decade old.  I promise you this: you’re going to love what we have in store for 2020.

Anyway, without further ado, here’s my week in review:

 

Films I Watched:

  1. The Apocalypse (2000)
  2. Casino (1995)
  3. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
  4. Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw (2019)
  5. Harriet (2019)
  6. Kindred Spirits (2019)
  7. The Kitchen (2019)
  8. Last Christmas (2019)
  9. Late Night (2019)
  10. The Lion King (2019)
  11. Ma (2019)
  12. Midsommar (2019)
  13. My Mother’s Split Personalities (2019)
  14. Rocketman (2019)
  15. Sleeping With My Student (2019)
  16. Stuber (2019)
  17. Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter (2019)
  18. Yesterday (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. Beverly Hills 90210
  3. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  4. Dancing With The Stars
  5. Days of Our Lives
  6. The Devil Next Door
  7. Divorce Court
  8. Doctor Phil
  9. The End of the Fucking World
  10. General Hospital
  11. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  12. Judge Jerry
  13. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  14. Seinfeld
  15. South Park
  16. Survivor 39
  17. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. Verity (2018) by Colleen Hoover

 

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. The Beatles
  3. Big Data
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Coldplay
  7. Don Henley
  8. Erin Anne
  9. Hachiku
  10. Haim
  11. Jakalope
  12. M4Sonic
  13. Magdalena Bay
  14. Public Image Ltd.
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Taylor Swift
  17. UPSAHL
  18. Zero 7

Links From Last Week:

  1. Twitter hates me. The Des Moines Register fired me. Here’s what really happened.
  2. Scorsese’s Marvel Critique Makes No Sense

News From Last Week:

  1. James Dean Reborn in CGI for Vietnam War Action-Drama
  2. Director of the CGI James Dean Movie is Somehow Shocked at the Backlash
  3. British Politician Drops Out Because of Her Views on Extraterrestrials in Government
  4. Woman Starring In Indie Horror Film Charged In Real Life Murder Day After Filming Wraps
  5. ‘Hollywood Superman’ Christopher Dennis, Longtime Walk Of Fame Fixture, Dead At 52
  6. Igo Kantor, Producer and Post-Production Executive, Dies at 89
  7. Woody Allen and Amazon End Legal Battle

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Dead as a Dummy, Whiplash, Detective World, Black Jack, The Come On, Film Fun, and the Singing Widow!
  2. Jeff reviewed Dangerous Curves, Viva Knievel, and The Hard Way.  He shared music videos from Public Image Ltd, Don Henley, and Public Image Ltd again!
  3. I shared the trailer for The Invisible Man and reviewed The King, Victoria Gotti, Sleeping With My Student, and Kindred Spirits!  I shared music videos from M4Sonic, Magdalena Bay, Hachiku, and M4Sonic again!  I also tried to share the teaser for Tenet but YouTube took down the video as soon as I posted it, those bastards.
  4. Patrick reviewed The Tokoloshe!
  5. Ryan reviewed TrumpTrump Volume 2 and Blood and Drugs!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about Aaron Calvin, Jeff Epstein, and Michael Bloomberg!  He also reviewed Hooper!
  3. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Haim, Zero 7, Coldplay, Erin Anne, Adi Ulmansky, The Beatles, and Saint Motel!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Turtle, Behind A Waterfall, More From Behind The Waterfall, Locked Door In Black-and-White, Church, Dallas, and Peaceful Fountain!

Want to see what I did last week? Click here!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 10/28/19 — 11/3/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Reset your clocks

Between the end of this year’s Horrorthon and the changing of the clocks on Saturday night, I’m exhausted.  So, I apologize for not even attempting to be witty before presenting this week’s list of things.

Films I Watched:

  1. Angel On My Shoulder (1946)
  2. Black Sabbath (1963)
  3. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
  4. The Craft (1996)
  5. Dead Night (2018)
  6. Get Over It (2001)
  7. Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
  8. Halloween (1978)
  9. The Hitcher II: I’ll Be Waiting (2003)
  10. I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
  11. The King (2019)
  12. The Living Skeleton (1968)
  13. My Teacher, My Obsession (2018)
  14. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  15. Quigley Down Under (1990)
  16. Vampire Over London (1952)
  17. Vampire’s Kiss (1989)
  18. Your Family or Your Life (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. Dancing With The Stars
  3. Fear Thy Neighbor
  4. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  5. Mrs. Fletcher
  6. Saved By The Bell
  7. Silicon Valley
  8. South Park
  9. Survivor 39
  10. The Voice

Books That I Read:

  1. Horror Hotel (1983) by Hilary Milton
  2. Nightmare Store (1982) by Hilary Milton

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. All Saints
  2. Big Data
  3. The Burning Hell
  4. Coldplay
  5. Crud
  6. Daemonia
  7. Goblin
  8. Haim
  9. Jakalope
  10. John Carpenter
  11. Lana del Rey
  12. Luna
  13. M4Sonic
  14. Rob Cantor
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Shakira
  17. Taking Back Sunday
  18. Thom Yorke
  19. Zeds dead

Links From Last Week:

  1. My Saturday of Books
  2. The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood
  3. A Little Tribute To Gary Loggins From The Cracked Rear Viewer Film Site

News From Last Week:

  1. Jordan Peele feels uncomfortable with fans dressing up as the Tethered from ‘Us’
  2. Black turtleneck shortage linked to Elizabeth Holmes Halloween costumes

Links From The Site:

  1. Leonard reviewed Doctor Sleep!
  2. Doc has a special Halloween message for all of our readers!
  3. Case reviewed The Last Halloween, The Bloody Ballad of Squirt Roberts, Night of the Slasher, the Halloween reboot, and an episode of Titans!
  4. Erin shared vintage Halloween postcards and The Covers of Adventures Into The Unknown!  She also wrote about the World Series and shared Image of Evil, To The Dark Tower, Strangers In The Night, The Rest Is Silence, The Big Binge, Frisco Dame, and She Killed In Cuffs.  She counted down the days til Halloween: 3, 2, 1, 0.  She wished everyone a happy Halloween and celebrated the end of the day!
  5. Jeff reviewed the debut of Man-Wolf, Night Trap, Bloody Wednesday, Lonely Water, Heavy Rain, Tale of the Vampire, Beyond: Two Souls, Absolution, the time Spider-Man met the Monster Maker, Ghost Watch, Detroit: Become Human, and The Good Son!
  6. Ryan reviewed The Ghost In The Darkness, One Winter Night, Malarkey, Rooftop Stew, and This Never Happened, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  7. Because it was Halloween and all, I posted too much stuff to list here.  Feel free to search the sight and take a look though!

More From Us:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared I Ain’t Superstitious!
  2. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Craft and I Walked With A Zombie!
  3. For SyFyDesigns, I wrote Halloween Approaches!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Goblin, Luna, John Carpenter, Daemonia, Taking Back Sunday, Lana del Rey, and Coldplay!
  5. For the Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  6. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared The UK Is Having A General Election, Beto’s Out, and Do Something With Your Clocks Tonight!
  7. On her photography site, Erin shared Dark Places, Signs of Life, Crowd, Winter Is Coming, Wall Snow, Morning At The Creek, and Isolated.
  8. Ryan has a Patreon! Please consider subscribing!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Another Halloween Has Come and Gone…

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Another Halloween has come and gone and with it, another Horrorthon.  Thank you to everyone who read and commented this month!  We hope you have had a wonderful October and that you’re November brings you much to be thankful for!

And remember, just because you didn’t see the Great Pumpkin this year, doesn’t mean that he won’t be there for you next October.  I think Linus can explain it best:

To all of our readers and from all of your friends at the Shattered Lens, thank you.

The Nationals Have Won the World Series

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

It took seven games but the Washington Nationals have won the 2019 World Series.  Being a Texan, I was cheering for the Astros the whole time but Nationals earned the victory and no one can take it away from them.

Congratulations to Washington for showing what can done with some talent and a lot of luck and also to the Nationals for not only going to the World Series for the first time but winning too!  My Rangers have gone twice and they still haven’t won.

(I’m not bitter at all, by the way.  If anyone needs me, I’ll be in a corner, crying and watching that clip of Rougned Odor punching Jose Bautista’s sunglasses off of his face.)

Here’s hoping that the rest of Washington D.C. follows their baseball team’s example, gets their act together, and concentrates on winning a victory for America.

And now, it’s time to start counting down the days until the start of the 2020 regular season!

And now, a word from Doc Bowman concerning Halloween….

Posted on by Doc Bowman

 

Hi, everyone!

Doc Bowman here with a very special holiday message!

Tomorrow is Halloween, which my owners — the flame-haired one and the nice one — says is the greatest time of the year!  It’s the time when kids get candy, horror movies are on TV, and my owners get to play dress up or, if it’s anything like last year, barely get dressed at all.

But it’s also a time when stupid people do bad things.  I’m a black cat so both the flame-haired and the nice-one say that I’m not going to be allowed go outside at all tomorrow.  They say it doesn’t matter how much I beg, I’m staying inside.  I know they’re doing the right thing but I’m still going to beg and knock things off of tables and counters because I’m a cat and that’s what I do.  And they’re going to hopefully give me a lot of treats and pet me to keep me happy, even though they’ll probably have to lock me in the flame-haired one’s room to keep me from running for the front door every time they open it for a trick or treater.  That’s just the way thing go at the cat’s house.

Tomorrow night, please make sure that all your pets are safely inside.  It may sound like a silly concern but not everyone out there is as nice and wonderful as my owners and the people who read this site!

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 10/21/19 — 10/27/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s been an exhausting week so the list below may be a bit perfunctory.  I apologize for that.  Last week started with a tornado touching ground just two miles away from my house and it’s ending with me coming down with a cold as the temperatures plunge outside.

Oh well!  At least it’s nearly Halloween!

Film I Watched:

  1. A Deadly Dance (2019)
  2. Altered States (1980)
  3. Beyond The Valley of the Dolls (1970)
  4. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
  5. Clash of the Titans (1981)
  6. Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)
  7. Designed to Kill (2019)
  8. Die Cheerleader Die (2008)
  9. Dolemite is My Name (2019)
  10. Eli (2019)
  11. Erasing His Dark Past (2019)
  12. The Fog (1980)
  13. The Gorgon (1964)
  14. The Guardian (1990)
  15. The Horror of Dracula (1958)
  16. Interview With A Vampire (1994)
  17. Legend (2015)
  18. Lisa (1990)
  19. The Living Dead Girl (1981)
  20. Long Weekend (1978)
  21. Made In Paris (1966)
  22. Requiem for a Vampire (1971)
  23. Revenge (1990)
  24. The Shiver of the Vampire (1971)
  25. Stir of Echoes (1999)
  26. Two Orphan Vampires (1996)
  27. Unspeakable (2002)
  28. Zombie Lake (1982)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. Beverly Hills 90210
  3. Dancing With The Stars
  4. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  5. It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  6. Saved By The Bell
  7. Seinfeld
  8. South Park
  9. Survivor 39
  10. Suspense
  11. True Crime Files
  12. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. Haunted Dallas (2011) by Rita Cook
  2. Haunted Forth Worth (2011) by Rita Cook
  3. Lucio Fulci: Beyond The Gates: A Tribute To The Maestro (1996) by Chas Balun
  4. The Stranger Returns (1992) by Michael R. Perry

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Big Data
  2. Blake Lewis
  3. Blanck Mass
  4. Blitzen Trapper
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Carla Mariani
  7. Caroline Polachek
  8. Charli XCX
  9. The Chemical Brothers
  10. Christopher Lee
  11. Coldplay
  12. Concrete Blonde
  13. Deadmau5
  14. Duffy
  15. Frank Sinatra
  16. Goblin
  17. Hot Blood
  18. Icona Pop
  19. Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse
  20. Jamie T
  21. Jerry Goldsmith
  22. John Forgerty
  23. Lost in Atlantis
  24. Luna
  25. Radiation City
  26. Saint Motel
  27. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  28. Sia
  29. Speedy Ortiz
  30. Taylor Swift
  31. Tina Arena
  32. Vampire Sound Incorporation
  33. Warren Zevon

Links From Last Week:

  1. It’s Not Just Ronan Farrow: NBC News Killed My Rape-Allegation Story Too
  2. THE STRANGE STORY OF RICHARD WRIGHT’S LOST CRIME NOVEL, SAVAGE HOLIDAY

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed The Cats of Ulthar, The Man Who Loved Flowers, Thriller, The Hound, Creepshow, Suspect, and The Plague!
  2. Erin stared her countdown to Halloween with 6 days, 5 days, and 4 days!  She shared the covers of Vault of Horror, along with The Lonely Steeple, Cliffside Castle, Secret of the Villa Como, The House of a Thousand Lanterns, Do Evil In Return, The Reiman Curse, and Diary of Evil!  She also shared a Halloween scene that she loves.
  3. Jeff shared a Halloween scene that he loved and reviewed Pledge Night, Suspect, Paranoia, Aisle, Scorned 2, 9:05, Blind Fear, Shadows out of Time, The Maddening, Dwelling: Insomnia, Night Creature, L.A. Noire, Curse III, and Last Half of Darkness!
  4. Leonard shared the final Star Wars trailer!
  5. Ryan reviewed Death Of the master, Bad Gateway, Stunt, and That Miyoko Asagaya Feeling.  He also shared his weekly reading list!
  6. I posted a lot and, if I attempt to list it all here, I’ll be up all night.  So, explore the site!  We’ve got a lot here to read.

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared Random Tunnel, Curve, Station, Business Park, Close Call, Shock, and Surprise!
  3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared Tim Ryan’s Out!
  4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Die Cheerleader Die! and The Fog!
  6. On my music site, I shared songs from Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Blake Lewis, SIA, Coldplay, Duffy, and Charli XCX!
  7. For #ILIkeToWatch, I shared a Halloween-themed playlist!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 10/14/19 — 10/20/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi, everyone.  As I type this, we’ve got a tornado moving through my hometown so I’m going to go ahead and schedule this to post now, just in case we lose power.  If today’s list is incomplete, just assume I lost power before I could complete it and I will complete it when the power returns!

Be safe!

Films I Watched:

  1. All Monsters Attack (1969)
  2. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
  3. Blood Cult (1985)
  4. The Children (2008)
  5. Critters Attacks! (2019)
  6. Elektra (2005)
  7. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
  8. Headline Shooter (1933)
  9. The Hunger (1983)
  10. Incubus (1966)
  11. The Iron Rose (1973)
  12. The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019)
  13. The Laundromat (2019)
  14. Mommy’s Little Princess (2019)
  15. The Nude Vampire (1970)
  16. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
  17. The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
  18. The Rider (2017)
  19. Secret Obsession (2019)
  20. Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
  21. Unlawful Entry (1992)

Television Shows I Watched;

  1. 9-1-1
  2. Beverly Hills 90210
  3. Dancing With The Stars
  4. Degrassi
  5. The Deuce
  6. Fear Thy Neighbor
  7. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  8. One Step Beyond
  9. Saved By The Bell
  10. South Park
  11. Survivor 39
  12. The Terror
  13. The Veil
  14. The Voice
  15. The Walking Dead
  16. Watchmen

Books I Read;

  1. David Warbeck: The Man and His Movies (1996) by Jason J. Slater and Harvey Fenton
  2. Monster (1992) by Christopher Pike
  3. Psycho II (1982) by Robert Bloch
  4. Save the Last Dance For Me (1981) by Judi Miller
  5. The Vampyre (1816) by John William Polidori

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. 8-Bit Heroes
  2. Amy Winehouse
  3. Big Data
  4. Bloc Party
  5. Boy Harsher
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Coldplay
  8. Cradle of Filth
  9. Danko Jones
  10. Dillon Francis
  11. DJ Snake
  12. Duffy
  13. ERAAS
  14. Fantastic
  15. Fatboy Slim
  16. Goblin
  17. Jessica Simpson
  18. John Carpenter
  19. John Williams
  20. Joji & Jackson Wang
  21. Marilyn Manson
  22. P!nk
  23. Robert De Long
  24. Saint Motel
  25. She Wants Revenge
  26. Sia
  27. Spice Girls
  28. Tina Arena

Links From Last Week:

  1. NBC’s culture of corruption and sexual abuse may be even worse than anyone thought
  2. Oppressed Chinese Citizens Apologize To NBA Players For Disrupting Their Difficult Week
  3. In Defense of Dee Day

News From Last Week:

  1. Martin Scorsese Doubles Down & Calls For Theater Owners To “Step Up” Against Marvel Films: “We Shouldn’t Be Invaded By It”
  2. Funeral cracks up as dead man screams ‘Let me out!’ of coffin
  3. A ‘Breaking Bad’ restaurant opens in West Hollywood this week
  4. Nick Cave says he’s “repelled” by “self-righteous” woke culture
  5. Matt Lauer had an affair with a ‘well-respected’ NBC star
  6. Blood fills Iowa family’s basement
  7. Edward Norton Says Spielberg Is Wrong: Netflix Isn’t Destroying Movies, Theaters Are
  8. Stephen King’s Iconic House in Maine Will Be Turned into a Stephen King Museum and Writers Retreat!
  9. Kurt Sutter Fired From FX for Being an “Abrasive Dick”
  10. “Everybody Is Freaking Out”: Freelance Writers Scramble to Make Sense of New California Law
  11. Quentin Tarantino Won’t Recut ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ for China (Exclusive)

Links From The Site:

  1. Fieldmouse Press launched their inaugural fundraising drive!  Help out an independent publisher if you can!
  2. Case reviewed Episode 3 of Creepshow, Deer Woman, Horns, The Odyssey of Flight 33, Episode 4 of Creepshow, Dagon, and The Outsider!
  3. Erin shared the Ghastly Covers of The Haunt of Fear, along with Tryst With Terror, Black Candle, Castle Terror, Some Beckoning Wraith, Island of the Accursed, Shadow of an Unknown Woman, and So Many Midnights!
  4. Jeff reviewed Unlawful Entry, Eat Me, The Planet of the Apes TV Series, Futureworld, Suspended, Curse II: The Bite, Silent Hill, Rivals, The Witness, The UFO Incident, Destroy All Humans, Destroy All Humans 2, Alien Nation, X-Men #144, Dark Phoenix, Twice Dead, and 1181!
  5. Ryan reviewed Black Budget, Alay-Oop, and Free Shit, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  6. On Monday, I shared a music video from Fantastic.  I shared a movie called Hotline.  I paid tribute to the year 1992.  I reviewed The College Admissions Scandal.  I shared a scene from The Birds.  I shared an episode of One Step Beyond.
  7. On Tuesday, I shared a music video from ERAAS, the silent version of Phantom of the Opera, a scene from Psycho, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed Psycho II The Movie, Incubus, Psycho II The Book, The Griper, Psycho III, and The Resurrection Gavin Stone.  I paid tribute to 1994.
  8. On Wednesday, I shared a music video from Boy Harsher, The House on Haunted Hill, a scene from Simon of the Desert, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed Headline Shooter, Mommy’s Little Princess, The Amazing Mr. X, Le Viol Du Vampire, Monster by Christopher Pike, and Blood Cult.  I paid tribute to 1995.
  9. On Thursday, I shared a music video from She Wants Revenge, Night Tide, a scene from the Iron Rose, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed The Possession of Hannah Grace and The Children.  I paid tribute to 1996.  I listed 6 more paranormal creatures who deserve a movie of their very own.
  10. On Friday, I shared a music video from 8-Bit Heroes, The Terror, a scene from Poltergeist, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed The Laundromat and All Monsters Attack!  I paid tribute to 1997!
  11. On Saturday, I shared a music video from Danko Jones, Dante’s Inferno, a scene from Plague of the Zombies, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed Elektra, The Plague of the Zombies, The Iron Rose, David Warbeck: The Man and His Films, and the Banana Splits Movie!  I paid tribute to 1998.
  12. On Sunday, I shared a music video from Cradle of Filth, the Lodger, a scene from Nosferatu, and an episode of One Step Beyond.  I reviewed The Hunger, The Nude Vampire, The Vampyre, and The Flesh and Blood Show.  I paid tribute to 1999.

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Where’s Bob Malak?, Waiting for the End in the Netherlands, Get Off The Train, Elijah Cummings, RIP, and Nick Tosches, R.I.P.!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared Duck, Another Duck, A Dark Place At Sunset, Tunnel, Tunnel 2, Inside the Tunnel, and Tunnel Light!
  4. On SyFy Designs, I shared: What Day Is This? and There’s An All-Degrassi Channel on Pluto TV!
  5. I reviewed Survivor for Reality TV Chat Blog!
  6. On my music site, I shared songs from Danko Jones, Amy Winehouse, Tina Arena, P!nk, Bloc Party, Fatboy Slim, and Jessica Simpson!
  7. Over on Horror Critic, I reviewed Burnt Offerings, The Sentinel, Demon Slaughter, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Thirteen Ghosts, Secret Obsession, and Critters Attack!

Want to see what else I did this week?  Click here!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 10/7/19 — 10/13/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This hasn’t been an easy week.  Gary left us far too soon and it’s still hard for me to believe that we’re not going to be reading any more of his reviews.  All of us here at the Shattered Lens — writers and readers — are going to miss him.  If you want to pay tribute to Gary, head over to the Cracked Rearviewer and check out his reviews.  Gary not only loved movies but he loved to share the love with his readers, as well.

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. Banana Splits (2019)
  2. The Beyond (1981)
  3. Breakthrough (2019)
  4. Broken Ghost (2019)
  5. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
  6. The College Admissions Scandal (2019)
  7. Dementia 13 (1963)
  8. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
  9. Flashdance (1983)
  10. House of the Dead (2003)
  11. Killer Contractor (2019)
  12. Knock Knock (2015)
  13. Last Stop On The Night Train (1975)
  14. Living Space (2018)
  15. Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
  16. Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)
  17. One Hour Photo (2002)
  18. Psycho II (1982)
  19. Psycho III (1986)
  20. Queen of Outer Space (1958)
  21. Satan’s School For Girls (1973)
  22. Sinister Seduction (2018)
  23. Starship Invasions (1977)
  24. A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1971)
  25. X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. American Horror Story: 1984
  3. Beverly Hills 90210
  4. Dancing With The Stars
  5. The Deuce
  6. Dr. Phil
  7. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  8. Mr. Robot
  9. Nancy Drew
  10. Saved By The Bell
  11. South Park
  12. Survivor 39
  13. The Terror
  14. The Veil
  15. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. The Hell Candidate (1980) by Graham Masterton
  2. The Mall (1992) by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Apex Twins
  2. Bauhaus
  3. The Chemical Brothers
  4. Chromatics
  5. The Crystal Method
  6. Emma Bunton
  7. Goblin
  8. Great Big Sea
  9. HEALTH
  10. Hilary Duff
  11. Jackalope
  12. John Carpenter
  13. Kaskade
  14. Kelly Clarkson
  15. Marilyn Manson
  16. Muse
  17. Mushroomhead
  18. Nine Inch Nails
  19. Primal Scream
  20. Robbie Williams
  21. Spice Girls
  22. Tina Arena

Links From Last Week:

  1. Media Horrified By Lack Of Violence At Joker Screenings
  2. Jennifer Aniston’s Mom on ‘Friends’ Inspired Her Work With St. Jude Children’s Hospital
  3. One of America’s biggest gaming companies is acting as China’s censor
  4. The Toxic Avenger Ruined My Life.
  5. I WANT MY TCM

News From Last Week:

  1. ‘South Park’ Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode
  2. ‘South Park’ Mocks NBA’s China Apology, ‘We Too Love Money More Than Freedom’
  3. Denis Lawson To Reprise His Role As Wedge Antilles In Rise Of Skywalker
  4. “Be kind’: Ellen DeGeneres says backlash for sitting with George W. Bush is out of bounds
  5. City announces crackdown on fake tour operators a day after Alec Baldwin got scammed
  6. New Allegation Surfaces That Matt Lauer Raped NBC Colleague in His Hotel Room at Sochi Olympics
  7. Jennifer Aniston says Marvel movies are diminishing the film industry
  8. ‘South Park’ Leans Into China Censorship Controversy: “Fuck the Chinese Government!”
  9. Francis Ford Coppola is One Step Closer to Making His Passion Project ‘Megalopolis’
  10. Notorious ‘South Park’ China Episode Screened on the Streets of Hong Kong
  11. HBO Has Ordered a “Maniac Cop” TV Series from Nicolas Winding Refn!
  12. Robert Forster, who starred in Jackie Brown and Twin Peaks, dies at 78
  13. Gary S. Loggins, 1958 — 2019

Links From The Site:

  1. On Monday, I shared a music video from Marilyn Manson, The Haunting of Helen Walker, a scene from The Changeling, and an episode of The Veil.  I reviewed Let Us Live!, The Prodigy, Last Stop on the Night Train, Haunted Heartland, and The Yesterday Machine. I paid tribute to the year 1980.  And I wrote about my friend Gary.
  2. On Tuesday, I shared a music video from Mushroomhead, Dementia 13, Responsibility, a scene from Horror of Dracula, and an episode of The Veil. I paid tribute to the year 1981.  I reviewed Harper Island.
  3. On Wednesday, I shared a music video from Primal Scream, Nosferatu, a scene from Conjuring 2, and an episode of the Veil.  I reviewed Escape Room, A Virgin Among the Living Dead, The Hell Candidate, and Broken Ghost.  I paid tribute to the year 1984.
  4. On Thursday, I shared a music video from HEALTH, Robot Monster, a scene from Take Shelter, and the Veil.  I reviewed Knock Knock and Book of the Dead.  I wrote about 6 Haunted Locations That Deserve A Movie Of Their Very Own.  I paid tribute to the year 1986.
  5. On Friday, I shared a music video from Robbie Williams, The Giant Gila Monster, a scene from Young Frankenstein, and an episode of The Veil.  I reviewed El Camino. I paid tribute to 1987.
  6. On Saturday, I shared a music video from Marilyn Manson, Plan 9 From Outer Space, a scene from El Camino, and an episode of the Veil.  I reviewed One Hour Photo, Nosferatu, Fevre Dream, and Living Space.  I paid tribute to 1988.
  7. On Sunday, I shared a music video from Kaskade, The Screaming Woman, a scene from Troll 2, and an episode of The Veil.  I reviewed Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker, Nosferatu in Venice, and The Mall.  I paid tribute to 1989.
  8. Case reviewed Constantine, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Jerusalem’s Lot, Creepshow, Quitters Inc., I Am The Doorway, and The Mangler!
  9. Erin shared the corrupting covers of Tales From The Crypt and Place of Shadows, The Tower Room, Engraved in Evil, Shadow of Evil, A Gathering of Moondust, Nurse on Nightmare Island, and Dying Embers!
  10. Jeff reviewed Mystery House Possessed, Class of 1999 Part II, The Haunted House of Hideous Horrors, Eve of Destruction, Ghost Town, Saturn 3, An Act of Murder, American Satan, 16 Ways To Kill A Vampire at McDonalds, Deadly Companion, Your Dog Has Been Abducted By Aliens, Witchtrap, 1-2-3, and Hidden Obsession!
  11. Ryan shared his weekly reading round-up and reviewed For Real, Birthday, and This No Place To Stay!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared: Farewell Gary and Come To Me by Brad Fiedel!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: In the Backyard, White Rock In The Shadows, Fungi, Cottonwood, Red, Hanging Out, and Just A Dark Street!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Prime Minister Bercow, Goodybe Gary, Will There Ever Be A Decent Dark Phoenix Film?, and Finally Some Good News!
  5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed House of the Dead, Dementia 13, Insidious, Queen of Outer Space, Starship Invasions, Queen of Blood, and Satan’s School For Girls!
  6. On my dream journal, I shared Last Night’s True-To-Life Cat Dream, Spellbound, and Last Night’s Construction Dream!
  7. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I recapped the latest episode of Survivor!
  8. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: Monday Thoughts, Depression, and Today is a New Day….
  9. On my music site, I shared music from The Crystal Method, Kelly Clarkson, Muse, Hilary Duff, Emma Bunton, Avril Lavigne, and Daft Punk!

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