As I’ve said here, here, and here, I’ve been looking forward to seeing the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society‘s film adaptation of HPL’s “The Whisperer in Darkness,” one of his most famous stories. The movie arrived last week and, a couple days ago, I sat down to watch both it and the accompanying “extras” DVD. Executive [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Movie Fright Night: a review of “The Whisperer in Darkness”
Posted in Horror, Movies, tagged H. P. Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, independent filmmaking, The Whisperer in Darkness on December 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Headlines one never expects to see outside of The Onion
Posted in Crime, D'oh!, Weirdness, tagged butts, Charleston, cocaine, Deangelo Mitchell, dumb crooks, South Carolina, Wayne Mitchell on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Man Eats Cocaine From Brother’s Butt, Dies Both brothers were taken into custody on allegations they had drugs in their car. But police told Charleston, S.C., TV station WCIV there were additional drugs hidden in 23-year-old Deangelo Mitchell’s backside. Officers said Deangelo Mitchell convinced his brother, 20-year-old Wayne Mitchell, to swallow the ounce of cocaine [...]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Holidays, tagged Christmas, Christmas tree on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I hope Santa brought all that you could desire.
It’s a great day for movies geeks love
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Movies, tagged H. P. Lovecraft, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Whisperer in Darkness, trailers on December 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The first trailer for The Hobbit is out! I may not have agreed with every decision Peter Jackson and crew made in The Lord of the Rings, but, overall, I thought it was a fabulous series and a great overall adaptation of the trilogy. (Or should it be “The Trilogy,” as there is no other [...]
Finally, something almost as big as our national debt
Posted in Science, tagged astrophysics, black holes on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A black hole 10 billion times the size of the sun: Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the size of our sun. A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered the two gigantic black holes in clusters of elliptical galaxies more [...]
My brain-case to Yuggoth is almost ready!
Posted in Horror, Movies, science fiction, tagged H. P. Lovecraft, horror movies, HPLHS, Mi-Go, The Whisperer in Darkness on December 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society has (finally!) finished their movie version of Lovecraft’s “The Whisperer in Darkness,” and the DVDs are almost ready to ship. In fact, you can pre-order and have it arrive in time for Christmas? And what better way to celebrate the holidays than by watching a movie about brain-stealing jumbo shrimp [...]


