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Weird Jon
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Mar 30 2010
Thank You for Being a Fiend…
Gravedigger’s Local 16 doesn’t have an advertising budget. Aside from occasionally promoting GdL16 at other sites ourselves, we only have a Twitter account and a Facebook fan page. Many of our visitors are referred here by word of mouth or find us due to search engine hits, which is why having others link to us …
Mar 24 2010
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
You might remember the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society from my “Printable Halloween Décor” article or for their 2005 silent film, The Call of Cthulhu. Just as that “Mythoscope” film was designed to look like a 1920’s silent film (as the original story was written/published then), their Dark Adventure Radio Theatre CD series seeks to adapt …
Mar 17 2010
Leprecomics
What do Godzilla vs. Megalon and Leprechaun both have in common? They both had short promotional comic books released during their theatrical runs! And if you guessed that the Leprechaun comic was riddled with as many inaccuracies as the Godzilla vs. Megalon comic, you’re absolutely correct. It should also be noted that there was a …
Mar 10 2010
George W. Bush’s Silver Scream
Imagine my surprise when I came across an article by Psychotronic Video’s Michael J. Weldon, which claimed former US President George W. Bush was involved in the making of the 80’s horror classic The Hitcher (among other R-rated films). Although very interesting, I was dismayed that Mr. Weldon did not provide any references. After much …
Mar 04 2010
Linger Longer IV: A Fistful of Boomstick
Feb 25 2010
The Return of Horror Trivia
Back when the 1998 American Godzilla movie was announced, Sid Pink tried to get funding for a sequel to or remake of Reptilicus by commissioning some CGI test images. Curse of the Puppet Master was originally supposed to be the first entry in the proposed Puppet Wars trilogy, in which Toulon’s puppets battle a mummy …
Feb 18 2010
ADV is not dead, it just smells funny
I discovered something quite interesting while trying to find contact information for Section23/SXION 23 Films, AEsir Holdings and Switchblade Pictures so I could ask if they’d be licensing certain Asian sci-fi movies. You see, it turns out that I made a mistake when I reported that ADV Films had gone out of business and that …
Feb 14 2010
Chinese New Fear?
In honor of Chinese New Year (aka the Spring Festival), I had originally planned on doing a review of Mr. Vampire coupled with a paragraph about the origins and traditions of the holiday. Up until now, I had never known that Chinese New Year is celebrated over the course of 15 days or that it …
Feb 10 2010
Lil’ Cthulhu
Given the popularity of “franchise characters as children” shows in the entertainment industry, it was inevitable that someone would create a parody using characters from a source that was anything but “kid-friendly.” Enter Youtube user TheZebu’s The Adventures of Lil’ Cthulhu. The Adventures of Lil’ Cthulhu is also a dead-on perfect parody of television programming …
Jan 27 2010
H.P. Brickcraft
Thanks to many childhood experiences of making original characters (and monsters) with Legos, I have a great appreciation for people who figure out creative ways to make things with those nifty little plastic bricks. So you can imagine my reaction to EvilJester1214’s Lego/Lovecraft ad parody: I tried searching for any Cthulhu Lego how-tos, but …
Jan 19 2010
Horror’s MARVELous Influence
It just occurred to me just how much Marvel Comics seems to have been influenced by the horror genre when it came to creating some of their superhero characters. And no, I’m not talking about how many of them either made their debut in or had stories published in former horror/sci-fi comics such as Tales …
Jan 12 2010
Free D&D: 2nd Edition
My monthly visit GdL’s Google Analytics page revealed that August’s “Free D&D” entry seems to have gotten fairly popular. So as a special treat, here’s another batch of free downloads culled from Wikipedia: Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill should be of interest to horror fans who play RPGs. Similarly, Palace of the Silver …
Jan 01 2010
Bloody New Fear!
I honestly was going to call this entry “Bloody New Year,” but I didn’t want people to think that I was going to review British schlockmeister Norman J. Warren’s Bloody New Year (also known as Time Warp Terror in the UK). Instead, all I’m offering is a trailer (thanks to Unhinged1980s’ channel), some memories and …
Dec 31 2009
Jan 06 2010
Channel 68 Memories
Maybe it’s due to writing about some video rental store memories in my last post or maybe it’s just nostalgia for the “the old days” sparked by my dissatisfaction with the place I’m currently stuck in, but I’ve been thinking a lot about my past lately. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about Channel 68 (aka …
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