I'm a big fan of Halloween in general, because it's one of the few days when some of the things I love, like watching low-budget horror movies while trying to go into sugar shock, are popularly acceptable. So I thought I'd share some Halloween-y links that I have; since I can't give you guys candy (and since that trick-or-treat meme has decided that I like to give out dead frogs), I hope this will do instead.
So let's start with the Elder Gods. After all, they were here first. Here are the ever-popular
Tales of the Plush Cthulhu, and of course
Cthulhu for President (which isn't any scarier than what we have in the White House now, at least). No bad movie addict should overlook
The Lurker in the Lobby, a nicely obsessive guide to Lovecraftian movies (some material is only available in the book, but the webpage has a good selection). And don't forget
Cthulhu Lives, home of Lovecraftian fonts, prop documents, and the most evil, catchiest Christmas carols, 'scuse me, Cthulhu carols ever. I'm serious, don't listen to them. They'll eat your brain.
Speaking of brain-eating, it's good to have
a source of brains available, in case you should ever be zombified. And for those who are anti-zombie and would like to pursue a career along those lines, there's always
The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency. Or you could go freelance and get yourself a
vampire killing kit like this one (though perhaps a cheaper model would be a better choice).
Brains are a Halloween standard, and Dr. Freex ponders why that is while reviewing the "classic" (awful) movie,
The Brain from Planet Arous. Andrew Borntreger from Badmovies.org has another take on
evil brain Gor and his Fissure of Rolando (complete with sound files), as does
Alan from Oh the Humanity. These guys are a lot more fun to read than the movie is to watch, trust me.
RetroCrush (great site in general) lists their
100 Scariest Movies and
100 Greatest Monsters of All Time (not to mention their very fun gallery of
Halloween costumes). Brian's Drive-In Theater has handy information on some of the greats
of low-budget horror and scifi films, ranging from John Agar (from
Brain from Planet Arous!) to Grant Williams, from Susan Cabot to Marie Windsor. The ladies at Sequential Tart have a look at
Horror and Hollywood in the current issue, and reminisce about their fave horror movies,
pre- and
post-1990. Gee, I wonder why no one mentioned the Robert Sean Leonard mistake, er, movie,
My Best Friend is a Vampire, or maybe former Cinema Psychotronica selection
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter?
Speaking of which, we all know Bruce Campbell is a god, right? Right. Astounding B Monster (an essential site) did
two short interviews with him back around the release of
Army of Darkness, and
here's another one from RetroCrush. Also very neat is
this interview with Tom Sullivan, the effects guy behind the Evil Dead movies.
Other deities of B-movie Horror- here's an interview
with Janet Leigh, she who made showering a scary thing, and one
with Ingrid Pitt, vampire queen of Hammer Films.
David Hedison talks about
The Fly (
"heeeeelp meeee!") and
Gene Evans remembers
Donovan's Brain. And of course, the great ones:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing, and (my fave)
Vincent Price (check out some of his non-horror work at the
Vincent Price Exhibit, too. He was a man for all seasons).
There's also X-Entertainment's huge, strange, fun
Halloween Countdown, or this interesting exhibit of
rare occult books, or this brief look at
EVP, or Electronic Voice Phenomena (ie recording ghosts and paranormal beasties- one of the creepiest ghost stories I ever heard centered around a tapedeck and a weirdly undulating hum. So, so creepy). Or the rather interesting hobby of taking
gravestone rubbings. The FAQ of the
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