Tonight, for our horror on the lens, we have the twenty-third episode of the 2nd season of Friday the 13th: The Series!
Yes, I did pick tonight’s episode specifically because it was about dancer and an insane choreographer. Sometimes, you just seen an episode of a show and you immediately relate. Colm Feore gives a great and menacing performance as this week’s villain.
This episode originally aired on May 27th, 1989.
What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed is an entrant in 2021 Interactive Fiction competition. Browse and experience all of the games by clicking here.
First, I need to warn you that there’s a SPOILER in this review. It’s not a huge spoiler but it might effect how you react to certain things that you discover while playing this game.
In What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed, you discover yourself in a large gothic mansion. You have no memories of how you came to be there. You also have a very limited set of actions available to you. This is because, and this is the SPOILER, you’re a ghost and you no longer know how to communicate with the world of the living. Fortunately, if you were smart enough to accept the game’s opening offer of “helpful information,” you’ll have a list of a few verbs that you can use to escape the room that you’ve found yourself in and explore the house. As you explore, you learn how to do things in your ghostly form, which in game terms means that you learn new verbs. You also start to remember the disturbing circumstances of what led to you becoming a ghost in the first place.
This is a long but rewarding game, a throwback to the type of Interactive Fiction that balanced solving puzzles with telling stories instead of favoring one over the other. The game’s unique command system takes some getting used to but it pays off. Fortunately, there’s not only a very helpful Hints system but there’s also a walk-through, in case you really get stuck. I got stuck but I always struggle with IF puzzles. This is a well-written and thought-provoking game and one of the best of the entrants that I’ve played. I highly recommend it.
For today’s scene that I love, here is the classic scene from 1980’s Inferno, Dario Argento’s follow-up to Suspiria. In this scene, Irene Miracle takes a fateful swim. I’ve seen this film several times and this sequence still creeps me out!
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to the amazing Dario Argento! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Dario Argento Films
Deep Red (1975, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Luigi Kuveiller )
Suspiria (1977, dir by Dario Argento,DP: Luciano Tovoli )
Inferno (1980, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Romano Albani )
Dracula 3D (2012, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Luciano Tovoli )
Well, we’re nearly done with October and, traditionally, this is when all of us in the Shattered Lens Bunker gather in front of the television in Arleigh’s penthouse suite, eat popcorn, drink diet coke, and gossip about whoever has the day off.
Of course, after we do that, I duck back into my office and I watch the classic 1962 film, Carnival of Souls!
Reportedly, David Lynch is a huge fan of Carnival of Souls and, when you watch the film, it’s easy to see why. The film follows a somewhat odd woman (played, in her one and only starring role, by Candace Hilligoss) who, after a car accident, is haunted by visions of ghostly figures. This dream-like film was independently produced and distributed. At the time, it didn’t get much attention but it has since been recognized as a classic and very influential horror film.
This was director Herk Harvey’s only feature film. Before and after making this film, he specialized in making educational and industrial shorts (some of which we’ve watched on this very site), the type of films that encouraged students not to cheat on tests and employees not to take their jobs for granted. Harvey also appears in this film, playing “The Man” who haunts Hilligoss as she travels across the country.
Enjoy Carnival of Souls!
And remember, don’t stop for any hitchhikers!
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!
by Erin Nicole
“I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.”
by Erin Nicole
Are you ready for Halloween night?
Halloween will be here in just a day and a half.
It seems like a good time to share an AMV of the day!
Anime: Another, Kyokai No Kanata, Mirai Nikki, Detective Conan, Tokyo Ghoul, Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Gou
Song: Blood//Water (grandson)
Creator: MK Edits
(As always, please consider subscribing to this creator’s YouTube channel!)
Past AMVs of the Day
Tonight, for our horror on the lens, we have the twenty-first episode of the 2nd season of Friday the 13th: The Series!
In tonight’s episode, Jack and Ryan are out of town so Micki takes it upon herself to recover a cursed pool cue. Helping her out is Johnny (played by Steven Monarque), who would eventually become a regular in the third season after John D. LeMay left the show. I like this episode because Micki is at the center of the action. I relate to Micki, though I don’t believe in cursed antiques. That’s a good thing because we’ve got a lot of antiques around here.
This episode originally aired on May 15th, 1989.
Through the Shattered Lens 