Since you all seemed to enjoy the last Christmas flashback, I thought it would be good to do another installment. So, for your reading pleasure, here are some classic Christmas-related articles from years gone by: Julebukking Winter’s Eve Winter’s Knight Christma(dnes)s A Horrorday Gift We Wish You A Mythos Christmas I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas …
Category: Holiday
Nov 24 2011
Night of the Thanksliving Dead
The amazing picture above is the work of the very talented Brandon Leach. How did I find the image? I stumbled across it while checking out the wall on the Facebook page for the band Zombie! (as heard on our podcast). I love the carvings on the trees, which are a humorous reference to the …
Nov 03 2011
Godzilla and King Kong, Together Again
As it’s the Big G’s birthday, I thought it would be nice to pay tribute to one of his greatest battles. I was stuck on what to do, until I discovered that the Peruvian fast food chain Bembos decided to do a humorous ad reuniting the two (well, reasonable facsimiles of the two) that’s probably …
Nov 02 2011
Adios El Día de los Muertos?
As you’ve no doubt surmised from the title, this is going to be an article like “No More Vintage Halloween Insanity.” Although I have just enough material for this entry, it’s looking for and more like I won’t have enough material for any future El Día de los Muertos-related posts (but I will keep looking). …
Oct 31 2011
Happy Halloween!
Oct 01 2011
Trickin’
During a the second of two years when I lived at home to attended the local state university, I helped my parents hand out candy by being The Cowardly Vampire. Donning one of the many surplus capes my family kept onhand (the vampire is the easiest costume to make) I handed out candy while doing …
May 13 2011
TGIF13 IV: Jas0wned
Remember the guy responsible for creating the “Marik Plays Bloodines” series? Well, LittleKuriboh has unleashed another horror-related comedy video on his Ninjabridge channel, this time combining a clip from Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and the “Guile’s theme goes with everything” internet meme: Personally, the end result reminds me of something out …
May 07 2011
It’s Free Comic Book Day!
That’s right, today’s the day when comic book stores across the country are giving away free comics and having special sales! If this horror-related free comic from Dark Horse Comics isn’t enough to convince you to head out to your local comic book store, perhaps this vintage GdL16 article will. Happy Free Comic Book Day!
May 05 2011
El Santo de Mayo
Since last year’s Cinco de Mayo celebration involved a lengthy look at the life and career of El Santo, I thought I would do something similar (but shorter) this year. While looking for something to post about, I found news that a once lost variant of Santo en el tesoro de Dracula (translation: Santo in …
May 04 2011
Free Comic Book Day is Coming!
Apr 24 2011
The 2nd Annual GdL16 Easter Egg Hunt
The objective is the same as the one last year: Find all of the articles that reveal hidden “Easter Eggs” in the disc being reviewed that are hidden among other articles without them. We’ll even give you a bonus “Easter Egg” to help you get started. Let the hunting begin…NOW: Winter’s Eve Winter’s Knight Freaky …
Apr 16 2011
It’s Record Store Day!
Although Weird Jon has explained Record Store Day in detail before, here’s a brief summary: On the third Saturday in April, select independent record stores give away free goodies and sometimes even host live performances in order to increase awareness of their existence. Those who have listened to the first episode of our podcast may …
Apr 13 2011
Record Store Day is Coming!
Feb 14 2011
Valenslime’s Day
If you were visiting here one year ago today, then you probably remember this article about The Green Slime. At the time, it was only available on VHS, but now the Warner Archive is offering the remastered edition on DVD-R! While we’re on Amazon, let’s take a quick look at some horror-related holiday goodies. First …
Dec 31 2010
Julebukking
While discussing the Krampus with some family members, my mother mentioned that, during her pregnancy with me, a Swedish aunt of hers had told her of a deer or goatlike creature called the “Julebukk” which helped pull Santa’s sleigh. From what I’ve been able to tell, the tradition started with the legend of the Norse …