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tenebrouskate

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The New Gladiators [1984]
The New Gladiators [1984]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — While director Lucio Fulci is best known for his high-on-splatter, low-on-sense zombie epics, the man was an... incredibly prolific director who explored almost all the aspects of exploitation filmmaking, from crime dramas to Spaghetti Westerns to fantasy films to science fiction. I've got no ... (more) The New Gladiators [1984]
Karloff's Career, As Told Through Tiny Paintings [Boris Karloff Blogathon]
Karloff's Career, As Told Through Tiny Paintings [Boris Karloff Blogathon]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — I'll admit that it's pretty intimidating to check out the list of incredible entries for the Boris... Karloff Blogathon taking place this week. A combination of interesting viewpoints, impressive scholarship, and skillful writing leaves me sitting here, wondering what on earth I can add to the ... (more) Karloff's Career, As Told Through Tiny Paintings [Boris ...
VOTE TENEBROUS For Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009
VOTE TENEBROUS For Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Lieblings, liebchens and assorted internet cupcakes, I'm going to call your attention to a competition taking place... over on Pal of the Empire B-Sol's blog, The Vault of Horror . In the interests of spotlighting some of the women who are writing about horror, he has created the FIRST ANNUAL ... (more) VOTE TENEBROUS For Ms. Horror Blogosphere 2009
Kevin Geeks Out On Dummy Deaths: Recap and Recommendation
Kevin Geeks Out On Dummy Deaths: Recap and Recommendation
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — I remember reading somewhere recently that the word "funnest" had been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.... As it turns out, this was either a beautiful dream or a piece of misinformation. I KNOW--you're thinking this is damn near unpossible, considering the general reliability of ... (more) Kevin Geeks Out On Dummy Deaths: Recap and Recommendation
The Decadent Art of Alastair
The Decadent Art of Alastair
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Illustrator Alastair [b. 1887; d. 1969] was a latecomer to Symbolism, a late 19th Century art movement... characterized by its embrace of gothic tropes and decadent fantasy. It's a style of art that gets pretty much ignored in your Art History 101 and 102 courses in favor of the mainstream ... (more) The Decadent Art of Alastair
Hostel: Part II [2007]
Hostel: Part II [2007]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Promises--I generally avoid them, and yet I am beginning this review with TWO: I will not make... any "Hostel" /hostile puns. I will not profess my panty-moistening desire to hump the balls off of director Eli Roth and bear his scores of love-children, even though I have received the memo ... (more) Hostel: Part II [2007]
Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest
Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — I love animals but I hate cleaning up after animals. It's a quandary that has vexed me... an forced me to lead a fuzzy-buddy-less life. After last night's Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest, organized by the mad geniuses at The Secret Science Club , I think I may just have a solution to my ... (more) Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest
Normal Activity [2009]
Normal Activity [2009]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — You're about to watch Tim Heidrich's "Normal Activity." WATCH as Mishka and Kizzie Forrester encounter a cold... hand from beyond the grave. And bicker. A lot. (more) Normal Activity [2009]
George Romero Interviewed in GALLERY [May 1986]
George Romero Interviewed in GALLERY [May 1986]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — I've talked before about how I'll meet my demise by drowning in a sea of paper ephemera... or immolating in a vintage-magazines-and-oily-rags-induced tragedy worthy of brief-but-national news coverage. One of the great things about vintage magazines is the snapshot they provide into the ... (more) George Romero Interviewed in GALLERY [May 1986]
The Destructible Man LIVE in New York City
The Destructible Man LIVE in New York City
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Let's be honest with one another here, interpals--there's a long, dark teatime of the soul that begins... with the throbbing post-Halloween hangover and doesn't ease its stranglehold on one's fragile, spooky psyche until sometime in March, when the weather starts getting warm enough to venture ... (more) The Destructible Man LIVE in New York City
"The Abominable Dr. Phibes" [1971] and "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" [1972]
"The Abominable Dr. Phibes" [1971] and "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" [1972]
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" easily ranks among my favorite horror films of all time. Its blend of... creepiness, comedy and unique visual style make it a gem of the genre even before we get to the fact that the inimitable Vincent Price takes on the lead role. Every frame brims with ... (more) "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" [1971] and "Dr. Phibes Rises ...
Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist"
Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist"
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Confession: I do not plan on seeing Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" even though it features Charlotte Gainsbourg... and Willem Dafoe, two performers that I admire immensely. Even the theme of the film--that "nature is Satan's church"--is something I can get behind. Suffice to say I don't like ... (more) Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist"
Greatest Fashion Statements in Exploitation Cinema History
Greatest Fashion Statements in Exploitation Cinema History
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — The bespangled dhoti pants I saw at Top Shop recently have convinced me that fashion has utterly... abandoned me for the time being. Lunatics have taken over the asylum, and I'm left holding a chopped-up "Zombie versus Shark" t-shirt as the only evidence that I've purchased any clothing at all in ... (more) Greatest Fashion Statements in Exploitation Cinema History
Halloween in the Tenebrous Empire - Remaking "Dead Snow"
Halloween in the Tenebrous Empire - Remaking "Dead Snow"
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — It's November 1st, which means that I've slept till post-noon after another truly epic Halloween debauch. Baron... XIII and I have been troopers for the past several nights, cramming a year's worth of partying and fancy dress into a few days. We've learned a lot of things: You can ride the ... (more) Halloween in the Tenebrous Empire - Remaking "Dead Snow"
Happy Halloween from the Tenebrous Empire
Happy Halloween from the Tenebrous Empire
tenebrouskate.blogspot.com — Well, it's the final and most vital night of my marathon Halloween, but before I get off... to another night of greasepaint, fancy hats, and general debauch, I wanted to wish all my interpals an extraordinarily joyful Goth Christmas--I mean... HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Below are some photos from an event I ... (more) Happy Halloween from the Tenebrous Empire
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