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calliopes_pen ([personal profile] calliopes_pen) wrote2011-11-28 12:03 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Livejournal is currently under a DDOS attack, if anyone wonders about varnish errors cropping up.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Island of Lost Souls.

[livejournal.com profile] glomp_fest is hosting Glomp Gifts. A stocking stuffer exchange—just post the fandoms you enjoy, and you could receive something.

[livejournal.com profile] fandom_stocking is open for business.

From Cracked: 8 Incredible Discoveries People Just Sort of Stumbled Into.

Necronomicon Cake. Who would dare to eat that thing?

There is a campaign to get a Jack Kirby Museum in New York.

Books-a-Million is offering discounted comic subscriptions.

What if Dr. Seuss wrote The Call of Cthulhu?

From The AV Club: 22 plus fictitious pop culture games with convoluted rules.

Ken Russell has passed away, at the age of 84. He died peacefully in his sleep, according to reports. May he rest in peace. I’ve always meant to watch Gothic, which he directed. ETA: A correction: He passed away following a series of strokes, according to Dread Central.


Yesterday, I watched the Fright Night remake for the first time. It would have been nicer if the conversion to 3D thing didn’t mean whole chunks of the movie were black. It’s that, or the people in charge of lighting should have been fired. However, I was greatly impressed by the way they got around inviting someone into a home, and what Charley did in the final battle, and liked certain bits with Peter Vincent.