The second surviving adaptation of The Cat and the Canary casts Bob Hope and plays the story, already a horror/comedy, almost entirely for laughs.
October Countdown: The Cat and the Canary (1978)
October 31, 2019 by JD DeLuzio Movies 2 Comments
–An asylum for the criminally insane. We’re just up the road.
–Oh. Well, that’s convenient.
Our third adaptation of The Cat and the Canary brings us to England in the 1930s. While it pushes some implications of the source material a little further than past versions, it aims squarely at being a dark comedy, with the emphasis on laughs. There’s not much else you can do with conventions and tropes the source mocked back in the 1920s.
Ghostbusters | Dorky Geeky Nerdy #40
October 30, 2019 by Brian DGN, Ghostbusters Dorky Geeky Nerdy, Podcasts 2 Comments
Who are you gonna call? One final Halloween episode to finish out October.
Dorky Geeky Nerdy #40 | Ghostbusters
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Roadrunners (8×04)
October 29, 2019 by W. Blaine Dowler xfrp X-Files Retrospective Podcast 0 Comments
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Complete Audiobook (Bedtime in the Public Domain)
October 28, 2019 by W. Blaine Dowler Bedtime in the Public Domain, Podcast, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Bedtime in the Public Domain 0 Comments
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 27 October 2019
October 27, 2019 by `Lex Pendragon B42 Site News 11 Comments
Last week, I was surprised by a new show that I hadn’t even heard was coming out, so I must ask: who watches the Watchmen? If that isn’t enough Diverse Continuities, Batwoman expands her rogues gallery, Supergirl investigates her criminal fenemy, Black Lightning reintegrates at home, The Flash gets bloody, Arrow continues its victory lap with Thea’s return, and Titans, not content without a description, doesn’t give us a title, either. In Castle Rock, we hope to get horror, Riverdale, the horrors of ancient video media scares everyone, and A.H.S. gives us unexplored camp horrors. The Good Doctor alienates people, and on The Blacklist, Red goes to Cuba.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
Weekly New Releases for October 29th, 2019
October 27, 2019 by Alexander Case WDDP, weekly new releases DVD 2 Comments
We have some high-profile horror releases from Arrow Video, and a landmark release from the Criterion Collection this week.
Almost Human – X Minus One #13
October 27, 2019 by W. Blaine Dowler old time radio, Podcast, X Minus One X Minus One 0 Comments
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Graphic Novel Review: Pumpkinheads
October 26, 2019 by JD DeLuzio Comics 0 Comments
“…friends don’t let friends lead small lives.”
Somewhere in the American heartland stands the Pumpkin Patch or, more specifically, DeKnock’s World Famous Pumpkin Patch & Autumn Jamboree, a fall tradition consisting of a corn maze, haunted house, mini-train, petting zoo, and other attractions, and a lot of home-made snack food. And every year, rural high schoolers Josiah and Deja work the Succotash Hut, while Josiah moons over the hot girl who works at the Fudge Shoppe. They’re seniors now, and on their final night, Deja convinces Josie to finally talk to the Fudge Girl, while they take the chance to enjoy the Patch’s homespun attractions for once. In this YA graphic novel by Rainbow Rowell (author of YA novels and Marvel’s Runaways) and Faith Erin Hicks (Eisner-winning graphic novelist), that decision will lead them into a series of goofball misadventures and, of course, a life-changing realization.
October Countdown: The Cat and the Canary (1927)
October 31, 2019 by JD DeLuzio Movies 2 Comments
John Willard’s 1922 horror/melodrama/dark comedy has been adapted to film multiple times. The two 1930 versions, The Cat Creeps! and La Voluntad del muerto (A Spanish-language version filmed at night on the same sets, in the manner of the contemporaneous Dracula movies) have both been lost1, the 1960 TV version (an episode of the short-lived anthology series, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries) is little-seen now, and I can find even less on the 1961 Swedish adaptation, Katten och kanariefågeln.
Our Halloween Day reviews (based on those votes cast) will address the three most famous adaptations, starting with the hugely influential 1927 version. Along with Lon Chaney’s famous films, this movie led to Universal’s domination of the horror genre during Hollywood’s Golden Age, and, incidentally, shaped comic-book history.
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