calliopes_pen: (lost_spook Mina concerned)
Barbara Shelley has passed away, at the age of 88, as a result of covid related complications. May she rest in peace.

I remember her best from various Hammer films. To me, her role as Helen in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) was very memorable; I loved it, and recommend the film.

Thanks to Svengoolie, I’ve seen her in The Shadow of the Cat (1961), and Village of the Damned (1960). I loved her in The Gorgon (1964) (which was also on Svengoolie last year, I think).

In 2010, she was interviewed by Mark Gatiss for his series A History of Horror; having seen that at the time, I recommend everything of that. I need to watch Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966), Ghost Story (1974), and the miniseries The Dark Angel (aka Uncle Silas) (1989).

For Doctor Who fans, she was Sorasta, in 1984’s Planet of Fire.
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon laws of fashion will obey me)
Rusty Mills has passed away due to organ failure as a result of colon cancer. May he rest in peace. He worked as art director, director, animator, and producer for various shows, including: Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, An American Tail, and Pinky And The Brain.

Reinhold Weege has passed away at the age of 63. He was the producer, writer, and director of several shows, including Night Court and Barney Miller. May he rest in peace.

Terry Pratchett: Sex, death and nature. He gives an in-depth discussion of his Alzheimer’s and future plans, for anyone who wishes to skip this one.

What if Norman Rockwell illustrated scenes of Gotham City life?

In ending its gaming-themed programming, G4 was rumored to become either an Esquire or GQ channel. Esquire it is.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—Did Iceman Really Lose His Powers During The House of M?

The next movie for Svengoolie is Ssssss.

ABC Passes (Again) on Pilot Adaptation of BBC's Only Fools and Horses

Part 2 of The One Ring.Net’s Interview With Richard Armitage.

JM DeMatteis To Co-Write Phantom Stranger

Commentary Track Stars: Independence Day (1996) Commentary.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Trollhunter (2010)

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Rusty Mills has passed away due to organ failure as a result of colon cancer. May he rest in peace. He worked as art director, director, animator, and producer for various shows, including: Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, An American Tail, and Pinky And The Brain.

Reinhold Weege has passed away at the age of 63. He was the producer, writer, and director of several shows, including Night Court and Barney Miller. May he rest in peace.

Terry Pratchett: Sex, death and nature. He gives an in-depth discussion of his Alzheimer’s and future plans, for anyone who wishes to skip this one.

What if Norman Rockwell illustrated scenes of Gotham City life?

In ending its gaming-themed programming, G4 was rumored to become either an Esquire or GQ channel. Esquire it is.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—Did Iceman Really Lose His Powers During The House of M?

The next movie for Svengoolie is Ssssss.

ABC Passes (Again) on Pilot Adaptation of BBC's Only Fools and Horses

Part 2 of The One Ring.Net’s Interview With Richard Armitage.

JM DeMatteis To Co-Write Phantom Stranger

Commentary Track Stars: Independence Day (1996) Commentary.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Trollhunter (2010)

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calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon sneaky geek)
John McAfee arrested, asks for computer, blogs from jail cell.

Svengoolie Tweets about his recovery.

A Dark Shadows Gift Guide.

Horror Fans Christmas Gift Guide (UK)

iFanboy’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Comics Stuff That Isn’t Comics.

5 Awesome (And Weird) Moments From Christmas Variety Specials.

Richard Armitage talks to The One Ring.Net

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey—13 Minute TV Special.

The Hobbit Re-Read: Chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill.

Gandalf Playing Bagpipes And Riding A Unicycle In Portland, Oregon.

Matty Collector offering three Ghostbusters themed bundles.

Ghostbusters mobile game in development by Capcom’s Beeline.

There’s A Beetlejuice Museum In New York…

The Dark Knight Concept Art Featuring Two-Face and Joker’s Bank Robbery.

Mind-Blowing Lego Tumbler Looks As Detailed As The Real Batmobile.

Revisiting Torchwood: what series 2 did right.

First teaser trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness. This Japanese trailer has a bit more footage.

Grace Randolph’s Between The Panels—Days of Future Past.

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Adds Dennis Haysbert. He will be replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the role of Manute.

From Cracked: The 4 Craziest Moments In The History of Christmas Specials.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Season 3 Episode 1: Freddie Wong.

Shock Interview: Silent Night’s Malcolm McDowell

Arrow Meets His Match In John Barrowman’s Merlyn.

Stephen King’s 11/22/63 Loses Its Writer And Director.

The Great Stephen King Re-Read: The Dead Zone.

The Art of the Title: Dreamcatcher.

Gingerbread Star Wars Millennium Falcon.

Artist Olly Moss Teases a Thor: The Dark World Poster Design.

Great Moments In Comics History: Christmas With The Superheroes #1.

An interview with Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.

Mary Poppins is a Time Lord.

Free Comic Book Day 2013 Gold Sponsors Announced

Tron 3 is officially online again.

Mark Millar’s auction to name Jupiter’s Children character hits $2550.

Matt Kindt and Geoff Johns Co-Writing Martian Manhunter Back-Up In Justice League of America.

Anatomical Frankenstein limited edition print.

A casting agency for all of your creepy horror child casting needs.

Teaching Controversial Comics: A First-Hand Account.

8 ways X-Men movie continuity is irretrievably screwed.

The Line It Is Drawn #118—A Li’l Collection of Li’l Comic Book Characters.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 341: Legends of the Dark Knight #70.

More White House Petitions Inspired By Movies.

From Think Geek: USB Squirming Tentacle.

Star Talk discusses the science of Star Trek with Wil Wheaton. The discussion is enormously entertaining.

Bizarro Back Issues: Donald Duck In A Christmas For Shacktown (1952).

Superboy and Wonder Woman DVD’s: Coming December 11th.

Ask Red Dwarf’s Robert Llewellyn all your smegging questions.

Sofa Dogs Podcast: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 277: Alfred Hitchcock Director Spotlight (Part 1).

Collected Comics Library Podcast #341: Major Typos From DC And Marvel.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 48: Dangerous Work.

Mission Log Podcast #18: Episode 18—Arena.
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David Grove passed away last week, following a long struggle with emphysema. May he rest in peace.

Svengoolie host Rich Koz is recovering from heart attack. Best wishes go out to him.

Make Bea Arthur Proud—LBBT Teen Center Destroyed By Sandy Needs Your Help.

Two Comic Book Events For Hurricane Sandy Victims.

‘Six Strikes’ BitTorrent Crackdown May Target Private Trackers.

How an Indonesian ISP took down the mighty Google for 30 minutes.

Gawker’s Website Is Back After Sandy.

Kotaku is Back—And Fully Operational.

Bridget Regan joins the cast of the CW’s Beauty and the Beast.

Here Is Your Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Knock-Off.

Elementary will have a post-Super Bowl time slot.

Why Elementary Fails Sherlock Holmes Fandom.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 35.

From Think Geek: Doctor Who Exploding TARDIS Throw.

Also from Think Geek: All Glory To The Hypnotoad.

Full Moon’s Subspecies II and III Heading To Blu-Ray.

The trailer for Silent Night—it’s a semi-remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week)—November 5th.

The Most Amazing And Inspirational Cosplay From Long Beach Comic Con 2012.

First Look: Katana And The Rest Of The Cast of Beware The Batman.

Release Date, Cover Art Revealed For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Writer Orci Confirms Universal’s Locke And Key Film Trilogy.

When We First Met—Thor’s Supporting Cast.

Michael Shannon Won’t Deliver Famous Line In Man Of Steel.

Hero Complex interviewed J. Michael Straczynski.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome will premiere online on Friday.

School District Keeps Different Seasons On Library Shelves.

No Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame For George Romero.

Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman To Get Eaten Alive By Robot Chicken.

Superheroes Defenseless Against Porn Parodies.

New dinosaur named after Sauron from Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings Weather Forecast.

Lord of the Rings marathon in AMC Theatres, too.

Peter Jackson discusses Hobbit, Lord of the Rings comparisons.

ElfQuest Movie May Live Again.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #178: Who is your favorite child in comics?

$19,000 in stolen comic books returned to owner.

Interview: John Carpenter on Reviving They Live.

It’s The Official Website And Logo For World War Z.

Watch Anthony Hopkins Direct As Hitchcock In Several New Images.

MODOK For President.

Which fictional character should run the United States for the next four years? Hey, what about Doc Brown?

Donkey Puft T-Shirt.

A Charlie Brown Christmas posters, by Laurent Durieux

Taking A Knife To Chocolate Helly Kitty For Sweet, Delicious Horrors.

Great Scott! A Back To The Future Wedding Cake!

Stan Lee’s Rants: Bond Girls.

The Cinefiles—Rambo.

Han Solo Venn Diagram.

Egyptian princess’ tomb dating from 2500 BC found near Cairo.

15 Worst Fashion Disasters From James Bond Movies.

Vertigo Casting News For Arrow.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 83: K-911 (1999)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 62: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series Roundtable.

Earth Station One: Episode 135: The Twilight Zone.

In other news, sister got out of the hospital last night. And yesterday morning we got word that someone on Dad’s side of the family died. Due to our drama, he was unable to attend the wake (which would have been last night) or the funeral (which was this morning, in Louisiana). The florist we usually use for sending them something is temporarily closed due to the owner apparently being diagnosed with cancer. We eventually managed to find someone who would deliver there.

Meanwhile, Mom found Nellie’s room in the hospital. She’s only allowed ice chips now that it’s the end, but she’s still interested in slaughtering the nurses. She ordered Mom to bring her her mail—all three huge sacks of them, so she could mock the endless political things that had been stuffed in her mailbox. Mom complied.

On the Yuletide side of things, I just need to rewatch a couple more episodes of the show that I was assigned. I’ve come up with several ideas, and chunks that could go into the middle of the fanfic. I’m working on what I think the ending should be like, and a few other little, but important things, making sure I’ve got a handle on characterization, and then (since I’m currently recovering from a migraine) I’ll get started on it.
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31 Days of Horror: The Shining/The Changeling.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: 80’s Rerun—The Terminator.

Longbox of the Damned: Goosebumps Graphix #2.

Ain’t It Scary Reviews #28 of 31: Vampyr (1932).

Night of the Creeps and Monster Squad Movie/Blu-Ray review.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Curse of the Werewolf.

Rare Halloween Videos: 1998: The Worst Witch—A Mean Halloween.

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 9.

Skull Watch, 1780.

5 horror movies so gruesome, the makers were investigated for cruelty and murder.

Who needs to sleep ever again? Listen to the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark audiobook.

Top 10 80’s Horror Movies.

Halloween Songs From Grade School Days.

In this Dark Knight fan film, Bane frees the inmates of Arkham.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—Even Kitty Pryde’s Dad Is Involved In X-Men Retcons?

The review of Mockingbird Lane from Vampires.com. Io9’s review of Mockingbird Lane.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #20-18.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #17-15.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #14-12.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #11-9.

Russell T. Davies Talks Wizards Vs. Aliens.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: Two Face: Part 1 and 2.

I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Podcast, Episode 47: Re: Vampires.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 60: Phantasm II (1988)

I’m currently watching the original Addams Family series in a marathon session for the first (if it was on Nick At Nite when I was little, then I just always managed to miss it--so the films with Raul Julia were my first exposure) time. If it turns out I like it, then I'll consider throwing it into my offerings pile the next time I go through and edit my Yuletide sign-up sheet.
calliopes_pen: (redscharlach Cyberman head grabs ankles)
Yuletide: Final Touches On The Tag Set. Sign-ups should be opening very soon.

Due to a server glitch on Insanejournal, a number of userpics have been lost. Unless something changes, it would appear that I’ve lost 18 icons.

TV Tango updates their list to Halloween On TV: 337 Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials On TV In October 2012.

31 Days of Horror: Return of the Living Dead/Street Trash.

Rare Halloween Videos: 1988 Grampa Munster’s Monster Movies.

TV Guide Network Showing Halloween Spirit.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness: 80’s Rerun: Deathstalker.

Longbox of the Damned: Silent Hill: Past Life. I recommend watching all of Linkara’s other Longbox of the Damned videos, as he works his way through the rest of October.

15 classic creepy cartoons.

The next movie for Svengoolie is This Island Earth.

Skele-Gore Skull.

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, illustrated by Grimbro.

A reminder: The Hub Schedules Special Batman: The Animated Series Halloween-Themed Marathon. It’s Monday evening, beginning at 4 PM CST.

DC Nation To Return To The Airwaves…Next Year.

Batman: Knightfall—Volume 3—KnightsEnd Review. You get a nice overview of what you can find, as well as the issues that are missing from this collection.

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: The Underdwellers and P.O.V.

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #85-81; #80-76. #75-71.

IDW Planning Doctor Who Anniversary Series With All Of The Doctors.

Bryan Fuller Thinks Munsters Show May Yet Live, Teases Future Episodes.

Terry Pratchett Talks Discworld-Inspired TV Show, New Book Dodger.

NYCC Live: Johns, Lee and DC Comics Launch Justice League of America.

NYCC 2012: Awesome Toy Picks: DC Collectibles.

NYCC 2012: Bruce Timm.

NYCC 2012: Guillermo del Toro.

NYCC 2012: Andrea Romano.

NYCC 2012: Scott Snyder.

NYCC: Over 200 More Cosplay Photos.

Fan Q&A Reveals Jim Lee’s Reserved Character List And Other DC Tidbits.

NYCC 2012: Marvel Now: Amazing Spider-Man Panel.

Brian Bendis Adds Iron Man To Guardians of the Galaxy.

First Image From The Evil Dead Remake. Io9’s assessment of the footage shown at New York Comic Con. Interview: Evil Dead Director Fede Alvarez, Alongside Bruce Campbell And Jane Levy.

First footage from the Carrie remake reveals how it will match the book’s total destruction. International Poster, Panel Video and Trailer Description.

Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and Hulk And The Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Set To Premiere Summer 2013.

Warner Home Video Announces Superman: Unbound and Justice League: Flashpoint.

Who defaced Mount Rushmore best?

Nathan Fillion makes a surprise cameo at the New York Comic Con Firefly panel.

'Nice Thinking, Ray!' T-Shirt.

Sofa Dogs Podcast #259: Hellraiser (1987)

Schlock Treatment 97: Children of the Corn (1984)

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (2002)

Commentary Track Stars Podcast: The Abyss (1989) Commentary.

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