Did you know that Joan Jett did a cover of Season of the Witch?
I didn’t, at least not until the YouTube algorithm decided to let me know. For once, the algorithm was a force of good. (Apparently, this song was used on the soundtrack of Netflix’s Son of Sam documentary. I did watch that documentary and I do remember this song being used in it but I didn’t realize that it was Joan Jett performing the song.)
Here’s Joan Jett and the Blackhearts with their cover of Donovan’s Season of the Witch.
It’s not usually described as being a horror film but this scene from David Lynch’s 2001 Mulholland Drive literally made me jump the first time I saw it.
Personally, I think this is the scariest moment that David Lynch ever directed.
4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films is just what it says it is, 4 (or more) shots from 4 (or more) of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 (or more) Shots From 4 (or more) Films lets the visuals do the talking
Today, we pay tribute to experimental surrealist and horror director, Curtis Harrington! It’s time for….
4 Shots from 4 Curtis Harrington Films
Night Tide (1961, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Vilis Lapenieks)
Queen of Blood (1966, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Vilis Lapenieks)
The Killing Kind (1973, dir by Curtis Harrington, DP: Mario Tosi)
The Dead Don’t Die (1975, dir by Curtis Harrington DP: James Crabe)
Today, we have the 1973 made-for-TV movie, The Horror at 37,000 Feet. This film starts off like a typical disaster film, with a collection of familiar celebrities catching a flight from Heathrow Airport. What they don’t know is that celebrity is not the only thing flying across the ocean! There’s a sacrificial altar sitting in the baggage hold and soon, all sorts of strange things are happening! Truly, it’s a horror at 37,000 feet!
This film is silly and perhaps even a little bit dumb but it’s also definitely a lot of fun. To be honest, when you’ve got William Shatner playing an ex-priest who is wondering what happened to his faith, how can you go wrong? Along with Shatner, keep an eye out for Chuck Conners, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Thinnes, Paul Winfield, Tammy Grimes, and France Nuyen. Basically, every TV actor who needed a job in 1973 boarded The Horror at 37,000 Feet.
Happy October and enjoy The Horror at 37,000 Feet!
It’s Sunday and today’s horror song of the day comes from a film that I plan to watch later.
Mike Oldfield didn’t write Tubular Bells specifically for The Exorcist but it’s a song that works perfectly for the film. Oldfield’s song, which was rumored to have originally envisioned as being a Christmas instrumental, become an iconic horror them.
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
Artist Unknown
Again, an appropriate title.
We’ve all been there, especially me.
Enjoy!
Tonight’s episode of One Step Beyond takes us to Wales. A man confesses to murdering his mistress. The only problem is that he has an airtight alibi for the time of the attack. Everyone in his village swears they saw him asleep in church when the murder occurred.
Could the man be capable of being in two places at once?
Watch to find out! And, as always, can you prove it didn’t happen!?
This episode originally aired on March 7th, 1961.
Since I’m going to be rewatching Suspiria in a few hours, it only seems appropriate to share what may be the most famous (and perhaps the most covered) song about witchcraft, Donavon’s Season of the Witch!
This song was originally recorded in 1966 and it’s gone on to become a Halloween mainstay. One fan of the song was future director Martin Scorsese, who originally planned to borrow the song’s title for one of his own films. However, George Romero beat Scorsese out the gate with a film called Season of the Witch and Scorsese ended up renaming his film, Mean Streets.
Through the Shattered Lens 