The dead! Are after me!
The 1986 film, Raiders of the Living Dead, features what may be the greatest song ever written about zombies. For your listening pleasure, here is George Edward Lott’s The Dead Are After Me!
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Horror Scenes That I Love: Irene Miracle Takes A Fateful Swim in Dario Argento’s Inferno
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! Not only does it remind me of my own very strong fear of drowning but I also wish someone had been there to say, “Don’t do that, you’re going to ruin that pretty dress!”
This scene is Argento at his most dream-like and frightening.
8 Shots From 8 Horror Films: Special Dario Argento Edition
8 Shots From 8 Films is just what it says it is, 8 shots from 8 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 8 Shots From 8 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
As you might have just guessed, today’s director is Dario Argento. And these are 8 shots from 8 films!
8 Shots From 8 Dario Argento Films
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Vittorio Storaro)
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: Romana Albano)
Trauma (1993, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Raffaele Mertes)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Giuseppe Rotunno)
Sleepless (2001, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Ronnie Taylor)
Dracula 3D (2012, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Luciano Tovoli)
Horror on the Lens: The Night Stalker (dir by John Llewelyn Moxey)
For today’s horror on the lens, we have a real treat! (We’ll get to the tricks later…)
Long before he achieved holiday immortality by playing the father in A Christmas Story, Darren McGavin played journalist Carl Kolchak in the 1972 made-for-TV movie, The Night Stalker. Kolchak is investigating a series of murders in Las Vegas, all of which involve victims being drained of their blood. Kolchak thinks that the murderer might be a vampire. Everyone else thinks that he’s crazy.
When this movie first aired, it was the highest rated made-for-TV movie of all time. Eventually, it led to a weekly TV series in which Kolchak investigated various paranormal happenings. Though the TV series did not last long, it’s still regularly cited as one of the most influential shows ever made.
The Night Stalker is an effective little vampire movie and Darren McGavin gives a great performance as Carl Kolchak.
Enjoy!
Horror Song of the Day: Mater Tenebrarum by Keith Emerson
Inferno (1980, dir by Dario Argento, DP: Romana Albano)
Today’s horror song of the day comes from Keith Emerson’s soundtrack of Dario Argento’s Inferno. I have to admit that, when I first saw Inferno, I thought that Emerson’s music was maybe a little bit too overdramatic for the film but, on subsequent viewings, it’s really grown on me.
Emerson did not have an enviable task, having to follow up Goblin’s soundtrack for Suspiria. But Emerson pulled it off, crafting a score that compliments Goblin’s earlier work while maintaining an identity of its own.
Artwork of the Day: The Sure Hand of God (by James Avati)
by James Avati
The sure hand of God says someone’s going to Hell and it’s not going to be the two women who are NOT lurking outside someone else’s window. This cover is from 1953.
Music Video of the Day: Skulls of Our Leaders by Young Hunter (2024, dir by ????)
Skulls, fire, and loud music in the desert?
Why, that’s perfect for Halloween!
Enjoy!
Horror on TV: One Step Beyond 3.6 “Moment of Hate” (dir by John Newland)
On tonight’s episode of One Step Beyond, fashion designer Karen Wadsworth (Joanne Linville) believes that she has the power to cause people to die just by wishing death upon them. Her psychiatrist tells her that this simply isn’t possible and then dares her to try one little test of her supposed powers.
This episode features a good performance by Joanne Linville and, if nothing else, it perhaps makes the case that we should be a little bit less quick to wish the worst upon other people. Just imagine all of the damage that Karen could have caused if she had ever set up a twitter account.
This episode originally aired on October 25th, 1960.
Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For Drag Me To Hell!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasion ally Mastodon. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We snark our way through it.
After we finish up this week’s #MondayActionMovie on Mastodon, we will be hopping over to twitter where #MondayMuggers will be showing Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell! The film is on Prime and it starts at 10 pm et!
It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in. If you want to join the live tweets, just hop over to twitter at 10 pm et, pull Drag Me To Hell up on Prime, and use the #MondayMuggers hashtag!
Enjoy!
Bonus Horror Song of the Day: Zombie Stomp by The Del-Aires
If you watched Horror of Party Beach earlier today, you’ll definitely remember this song, which was performed by a Patterson, New Jersey band called The Del-Aires!
Everybody’s doing the zombie stomp!
Through the Shattered Lens 