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The Lightning Bug is the Boss Man of the Moon. When he's not teaching people how to talk like him ("reaaaal sexy") or taking his flying wing out for a spin, he enjoys watching and reviewing all kinds of cult, exploitation, sci fi, b-movies, and horro
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The Tingler (1959): Wednesdays With William Gives You a Buzz
Today when a movie studio wants to try a gimmick all they can muster up is blue people flying around in 3D, but in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s they knew how it was done. Yet only one man could be called the King of the Gimmicks, and that man is Willi...
The Christmas That Almost Wasn\'t (1966): Holiday Film Italian Style!
Last week I promised you folks a Christmas movie that hailed from the Italian peninsula. With only a few days left until the big holiday, here is the film as promised. I’ve been watching The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t for many, many years now. ...
For The Love of Price: Theater of Blood (1973)
Some romances know not the bounds of time, space, distance, dimension, or the cinema screen. One such romance has occurred between The LBL’s Fran Goria and Vincent Price. Once in a while the pull is just too overwhelming, and Miss Goria must put pe...
Jack Frost (1996): He Ain\'t F**kin\' Frosty!
The essential reference guide known as Wikipedia tells us that Jack Frost is “an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold weather.” That’s not the kind of thing that bothers filmmakers though. In 1998, a movie called Jack Frost was made star...
An Evening with Klaus Kinski: Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my newest feature, An Evening with Klaus Kinski. For the next two months I’ll be talking about some of my favorite Kinski films, and a few new ones that I haven’t seen yet. When it comes to actors or directors, I l...
Halloween Top 13: The Sequel #5- Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors (1987)
Freddy was at his best when he was scary. In Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Kruger was terrifying. Sure, he might have had a couple of one liners, but they weren’t intended to make anyone laugh. They were intended to send chills up ...
Halloween Top 13: The Sequel #6- Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Great sequels sometime follow up the previous film with more of the same, but sometimes they get inventive with the story line and taking it in a new, unexpected direction. Tonight’s film takes the latter route. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) was a...
Halloween Top 13: The Sequel #12: Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Leaving behind the nostalgic thrills of #13, I want to turn my attention to something a bit more horrific. Today’s flick is also the first on the list to be a follow up to a film that was on last years Top13, and when I say follow up I’m not kidd...
Ladies Night Presents Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat (2002)
Very few films have sequels made after nearly forty years have passed years, but very few filmmakers are like Herschell Gordon Lewis. So when the Ladies of the Lair told me they wanted to cover Blood Feast 2:All You Can Eat for this month‘s Ladies ...
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978): I, Pod
When Jack Finney penned the novel The Body Snatchers in 1955, I highly doubt that he entertained the notions that it would become one of the most repeatedly remade properties in film history. The first version came out only a year after its publicati...
Phantasm (1979): Old School Baller
There are very few horror films whose roots come directly from kid friendly fare, but the kernel that would become a horror classic came to director Don Coscarelli just that way. While he was watching a screening of his second film, kiddie flick Kenn...
How Low Can You Giallo?- Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
Hello, folks and welcome back to the last week of How Low Can You Giallo?, and as a special treat I’ll be doing Bach to Bach features. Yesterday, Barbara Bach was cavorting with fishmen and today she’s back with a few more of the James Bond’s f...
How Low Can You Giallo?- Tenebre (1982)
Dario Argento and I don’t always get along. In fact, for a while, I thought the best gift he had given to the world of film was his smoking hot daughter, Asia. Not to diminish that contribution, I have finally started to get into Argento’s film. ...
Multi- Monday Gets Beat Dead By Robocop
In 1988, the Soviet Union was crumbling, the Iran-Contra affair was blowing up in the government’s face, Rain Man was ruling the box office, and the literary world mourned the death of Robert Heinlein. Meanwhile, action films were going new places ...
Ladies Night Presents Wristcutters: A Love Story
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Directed by Guran Dukic.Starring: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham and Tom Waits.Zia ( Fugit ) is an average guy who has lost interest in living. He wakes one day, cleans his place and cuts his wrists. B...
Hitch on the Hump: Rear Window (1954)
Benjamin Franklin once said “Love your neighbor-- but don’t pull down your hedge.” Tonight’s selection for Hitch on the Hump examines what happens to a man who could have used a hedge or two in his life. James Stewart is L.B. “Jeff” Jeffe...
Terrifying Tuesday Gets Spooky with The Haunting (1963)
When the Cyber Horror Elite recently voted on the list of films to be considered the Horror Canon, I was very surprised to see that there were a couple of films on the list that I hadn’t seen. One of them was Orphan, but I wont go into that as I’...
The Multi-Monday where Dorothy and Kevin Hang Out With People Shorter Than Them
Heya folks, back from a long weekend of relaxing, cuddling with the wife, and watching a handful of little films, and I’m ready to rock. Friday night I got started by pulling out an old faithful classic, The Marx Brother’s Duck Soup, an assault ...
Hitch on the Hump: Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strangers on a Train was the first film outside of the standard Hitchcock canon (Psycho, The Birds) that I tracked down. It started me down a path of appreciation for the director, and so I must give many thanks to Mr. DeVito and Mr. Crystal. In the ...
Terrifying Tuesday's a bitch... and she's back in heat : They Live (1988)
If one is to believe the Wikipedia entry (and who am I to say) then sunglasses have their roots in 12th Century China, but did not come into the popular use until the early 1900’s when the stars of early silent films to protect from the bright arc ...
Terrifying Tuesday : My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Canadians are not just about beer, maple syrup, and hockey. They don’t all listen to Rush, and no matter what South Park may tell you, their heads do not come apart in the middle. However, one thing that the Canucks have proved themselves at is mak...
Multi-Monday with Enzo's The Big Racket and Fulci's Perversion Story
This weekend I got a chance to check out a couple of great films, and I thought I would take Monday to give you folks a double dose of Italians. Both Enzo G. Castellari and Lucio Fulci are responsible for some of my favorite films like Street Law and...
B.L.O.G Presents Rose McGowen in Planet Terror (2007)
When you’ve been married as long as Ms. Directed and I have, then you sometimes have to deal with each other’s little idiosyncrasies. Take for example my wife’s television viewing habits. If there’s a series that has anything to do with scien...
Hitch on the Hump: Vertigo (1958)
It could have been called Darkling I Listen, or Fear and Trembling, or From Among the Dead, but it wasn’t. Associate producer Herbert Coleman told a tale of the script’s early incarnation in the documentary Obsessed with Vertigo: “He (Maxwell ...
Hitch on the Hump: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
In many sources, Shadow of a Doubt is lauded as being Hitchcock’s favorite film. The man himself had something of a differing view and said, “I wouldn’t say that Shadow of a Doubt is my favorite picture; if I’ve given that impression, it’s ...
Targets (1968): Karloff's Overlooked Classic
When Horror fans, or even the non-Horror loving public, hear the name Boris Karloff, the image that comes to mind is the lumbering square-headed brute known as the Frankenstein Monster. Of course, Karloff was much more than that. He was the Mummy, Mr...
Hitch on the Hump: Dial M for Murder (1954)
I love old movies, and there’s one thing I always like hearing, old telephone numbers. I love hearing things like Lakewood-7409 or the like. Tonight’s film teaches us about one exchange you don’t want to dial. I know there are probably others. ...
Hitch on the Hump: The Thirty Nine Steps (1935)
Welcome folks. I want to invite you all to take a look at a brand new feature here at the Lair. Every week (or possibly every other depending on how busy I am), I’m going to be exploring the works of that master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, in a ...
Terrifying Tuesday: Susperia (1977)
It’s well known, to readers of The Lair that is, that I have yet to fall into the throws of passionate love with Dario Argento which seems to dominate the minds of many horror fans. Today however that day may well have finally arrived. I will admit...
The Grab Bag: Taken (2008)
It does happen every once and while. There are hit movies that are actually worth watching. Better yet, sometimes they are little pictures that sneak under the radar and exceed everyone’s expectations. Tonight’s film is just that. Arriving from t...
