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David Letterman actually asked Nicholas Cage about a rumor circulating that he's a vampire, because of his resemblance to a recently discovered 140-year-old photo. A news item and a clip of the interview are at the link.

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How about it, folks? Does anybody believe Cage is a vampire? I thought he did an awful job of playing one in "Vamp[ire's Kiss" -- but maybe he got shrill because it hit too close to home!

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(The cast of "Lost Girl")

Lately I've been enjoying the new SyFy series "Lost Girl," in which the heroine in a succubus. She can seduce people and drain their energy -- but she only does it to folks who are really deserving. She's part of a hidden subculture of supernatural beings called "Fae," who have divided themselves into good and evil tribes -- but one ongoing tension in the plot is that she refuses to choose sides. Her lover is a very sexy redheaded detective who can turn into a wolf, and she has an amusing klepto-punk female sidekick. She of course faces a different supernatural foe in every episode. It's fun. If anyone else has seen it, I'd be curious to hear your reaction.

So what have you watched lately?

OK, we’ve got another zombie flick for you this week – sort of.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

City of the Living Dead (Italian: Paura nella città dei morti viventi, also known as The Gates of Hell) is an Italian horror film from director Lucio Fulci. It has numerous alternate titles, such as Gates of Hell. It is the first installment of the unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy which also includes The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery. Fulci makes an uncredited cameo as Dr. Joe Thompson in the film.

After Father William Thomas (Fabrizio Jovine) hangs himself in a cemetery, the gates of Hell are opened. Zombies with the abilities of super strength, teleportation and levitation appear and start killing off people in a remote town. Psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl) dies of what appears to be fright at a seance, and is buried – only to revive, buried alive, in her own coffin. Investigating reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George), who is intrigued by the case, is present at the grave-site and rescues her – only to learn it is all fated as part of a prophecy in the Book of Enoch.

The death of the priest is only the beginning, and they both must travel to the rural town of Dunwich, New England, and close the portal to Hell before All Saints Day, or the spirits of the dead will overtake the earth.

Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes, 19 seconds



The movie is worth a watch. It's lurid and gory, if you like that sort of thing, and it has pretensions of being Lovecraftian.

Please feel free to discuss (or ridicule) this flick even if you don’t watch it because you’ve seen it before (or even if you haven’t

Normally, I avoid politics in this group, but this was too good not to share.

Caption: For Newt, winning South Carolina was...Child's Play! (Cue sinister music).

This movie really creeped me out. It's the story of a pregnant woman whose husband dies in a car accident while he is rushing her to the hospital; the baby dies at birth -- and then unexpectedly revives. The problem is, the baby comes back with, shall we say, unusual nutritional needs. The new mother then tries to conceal the child's "problem," and her horrific solutions to it, from her grieving mother in law -- and things go downhill from there. A disturbing and fairly gory flick.

So what have you watched lately?

YouTube description:

As the walking dead fill the streets of Los Angeles, filmmakers John Solomon and Grace Lee turn their cameras on the misunderstood flesh-eaters, their fierce proponents, and their staunch opponents to offer a glimpse of just how society has changed in the wake of the zombie uprising.

American Zombie tells the story of two Los Angeles filmmakers who set out to document a group of highfunctioning zombies and their struggle to gain acceptance in human society. Despite their wildly different working styles, Grace and John manage to chronicle the hopes and dreams of four fascinating subjects: IVAN, a convenience-store clerk who longs for a career in publishing; LISA, a florist trying to recover her lost memories; JUDY, a hopeless romantic who learns to accept her true nature; and JOEL (pronounced "Ho-El"), a committed political activist striving for zombie rights. As Grace seeks to get to know the zombies "on their own terms," John is eager to uncover their darker side and rallies to get the crew permission to shoot at a three-day, zombies-only retreat called Live Dead where the documentary takes an unexpected -- and dangerous -- turn. What transpires there is beyond anything the filmmakers could imagine, as they are forced to re-evaluate their ideas about tolerance, identity politics and the future of the human race. (90 Minutes)

I got the original "Invaders from Mars" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space" [which came with "Flying Saucers over Hollywood: the Plan 9 Companion"] on DVD thanks to the $25 Barnes & Noble gift card my boss lady gave me for Christmas. (She knows me so well...!) Anyone else use the holidays as an excuse to pick up anything Midnight Movie-worthy?

Wendy, remember how I told you what happens if you put the A/C thermostat on lower than 60 degrees?

Amazon.Com description:

Psychologist C.J. Arnold (Richard Crenna) and his wife Caroline (Joanna Pettet) buy a dilapidated historical mansion with a dark past in hopes of restoring the estate and making it a drug rehabilitation clinic with the help of some of his students and current patients. When he opens a secret door in the basement of the house, Arnold inadvertently releases a malevolent presence in Gus Trikonis’s The Evil. Yowsers! Also starring Victor Buono, Andrew Prine and Cassie Yates.

174 minutes

From PT: This is a haunted house/demon movie that is worth seeing for the scene in which Richard Crenna confronts Victor Buono as The Devil. It's basically very much like a fairly good made-for-TV fright flick with the exception of one gory bit involving Andrew Prine's hand and an electric saw. Don't know why they gave it an R rating otherwise. It's fun.

thought i would drop y'all a howdy from my neighbors computer. i am still computer-less. happy new year to all y'all!