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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Holiday Season, and 2022
May the remainder of your 2021 be wondrous, and your New Year bright with possibilities… I am taking the remainder of the year, as well as January 2022, off from social media and posting in general (for the most part). Like our groundhog, Wiarton Willy, I will emerge again in February, just in time for my birthday and Candlemas Eve!

At last, I’ve seen “The Abominable Dr. Phibes”
Okay…so I’m really late to the table with this one. For whatever reason, I was avoiding it…even though it starred Vincent Price…even though it was an American International “higher budget” film…even though everyone who loves this sort of thing has been raving about it ever since it first came out in 1971…even though it’s a HORROR COMEDY for f&%k sake…

Day of the Dead Bonus Blog for my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween series…with my guest author JF Garrard
This year, like the past two, I’ve got a baker’s thirteen days for ya — a bonus Day of the Dead blog! And once again, I’ve got the video divided into two parts…here’s Part One (please note there is some minor coarse language and a few images that may be disturbing to some viewers): And here’s Part Two! … You

Day 13 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween…and we’re here…it’s HALLOWEEN! My guests today are filmmakers Jeremy Lutter and Marcy Waughtal
IT’S FINALLY HERE! The “blessed” day…day 13, better known as Halloween itself! And today, my guests are director Jeremy Lutter and writer/producer Marcy Waughtal…the creators of the recent Ghost Town Killer podcast series. Join us as we chat about the podcast, their other projects, their fav horror/horror-comedy/B-movies…and we’ll also hear about some real life hauntings…a perfect way to (almost!) wrap

Day 12 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guests director Lisa Ovies and writer Kevin Mosley, “Puppet Killer” PART 2
Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with Lisa Ovies and Kevin Mosley, director and writer respectively of Puppet Killer. We talk about other films, other issues, and Halloween stuff, too! Be sure to keep an eye open for their next project The Vineyard! Details below. And now, Part 2: Here are some of the films we chatted about: I’m

Day 11 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guests Lisa Ovies, director and Kevin Mosley, writer of “Puppet Killer” PART 1
Today (and tomorrow!) I have director Lisa Ovies and writer Kevin Mosley! They work together fairly often, but their most recent collaboration is the super fun and most excellent Puppet Killer! Watch Part 1 of our chat below: Part 2 of my interview with Lisa and Kevin is scheduled for tomorrow. In the meantime, you’ll want to check out “Puppet

Day 10 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guest actor Noam Jenkins
You might remember today’s special guest from those harrowing first minutes in the movie SAW II … let’s welcome Noam Jenkins! Check out our chat in 2 parts below…please note there is some minor coarse language and a few images that may be disturbing to some (particularly young) viewers. And on to Part 2… Maybe you wanna check out those

Day 9 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guest B-movie filmmaker Adam Thorn
I always like to make sure to include a B-movie filmmaker – especially a local B-movie filmmaker – amongst my guests for the 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween series, and this year is no different. Check out my chat with Bad Movie on Purpose” filmmaker Adam Thorn from Toronto! We chat about his films, including Assault on the Snakemen

Day 8 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guest, children’s author Lacey L. Bakker
Lacey L. Bakker is an author of books for children and adult readers, and she also runs Pandamonium Publishing House. Most importantly, however, Halloween is her favourite time of year, so I bring to you a TRUE Halloween fan…in 2 Parts. Part 1 is first, natch… On to Part 2… Find Pandamonium Publishing House on Instagram and Facebook! Books by

Day 7 of my 13 Horrifically Silly Days of Halloween with my guests, actors Barry Corbin and Susan Berger
It’s Day 7 of Halloween and I have two VERY special guests for you today… Actor Barry Corbin, whom you’ll remember from classics like Dead & Buried, Critters 2, the television series Northern Exposure, and Academy award-winning film No Country for Old Men (and many, many more films over more than 40 years!), and actor and writer Susan Berger who

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