Suddenly, I got this conceit: Maybe I’ll do one of these every ten years, reflect a little bit of what’s going on. So Day Of The Dead really grew out of that 80s feeling of giving up on everything- government, the military, faith in the financial systems. George Romero In the dawn of the 1980s,Continue reading “Yes, Sir. F**k You, Sir- Day Of The Dead”
Monthly Archives: February 2020
This Was An Important Place In Their Lives- Dawn Of The Dead
Place your bets on how fast you’ll get Robin Sparkles’ “Let’s Go To The Mall” stuck in your head. The term “shopping mall” itself is a specifically modern North American term used to define a “shopping precinct or shopping center in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops with interconnecting walkways, usuallyContinue reading “This Was An Important Place In Their Lives- Dawn Of The Dead”
Hey, You’re Still Afraid- Night Of The Living Dead
It was something hybrid that mixed terror and laughter and social comment into one heady, totally unpredictable witches’ brew of entertainment unlike anything I’d ever experienced. Wes Craven We might as well start at the very beginning. George Andrew Romero was born on February 4, 1940, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. HeContinue reading “Hey, You’re Still Afraid- Night Of The Living Dead”
Introduction
Welcome and, yes, we are still under construction. This stemmed from the ideas of life imitating art imitating life (yes, a deep dive into the Scream franchise will be happening). This is just the beginning of many ideas coming to life, many movies about to be discussed, and plenty of history and even some conspiracies.Continue reading “Introduction”
Another One For The Fire 