TERROR TUESDAYS AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY!!

Following last year’s successful October shenanigans, Jon Kitley of Kitley’s Krypt and I will be returning to the Sulzer Regional Library (4455 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago IL 60625) for another installment of TERROR TUESDAYS!


Week #1:
TUESDAY, 10/3 6:30pm

Rule Makers/Rule Breakers: Horror Directors of the 1920s-1960s

Folks like Tod Browning, James Whale, Jack Arnold, Terence Fisher, and George Romero gave us the classics that sparked and defined the genre.

THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969)/ACCION MUTANTE (1993) Blu-ray Reviews

***CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL YOUTUBE EPISODE***

Jon Kitley of Kitley's Krypt returns to the Doc's office to discuss dos peliculas muy bueno! The debut features from and both changed the face of Spanish horror upon their releases, and happily both have recently received Blu-ray releases, so it's high time we sat down to talk about them!

ORCHESTRATOR OF STORMS (2022) Movie Review

Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022) d. Dima Ballin/Kat Ellinger (USA) (112 min)

In the press release, we are presented with the following, “Has there been a genre artist more fundamentally misunderstood and inappropriately discussed than Jean Rollin? He remains one of genre cinema’s most singular poets, a theatrical fantasist, interpreter of dreams, orchestrator of storms. His recurring use of twin or paired protagonists and surrealistic interpretations of vampirism, with tones that were often in the midnight space between gothic literature and fairy tale, his sense of humour and intellectual musings, his sumptuous visual ideas, coming together to make inspired works of genre art that ran against nearly all traditions of the times they were made in.”

DISCOVER THE HORROR... THE PODCAST!

Hey there!

Any of you out there who have been paying attention over the last 17 years know that I happen to hold a certain gentleman named Jon Kitley in high regard. When it comes to “horror mentors,” it would be hard to imagine a more positive role model. The guy has forgotten more bits of trivia than I’ll ever learn in my life, and he’s a walking IMDb page with regard to actors, directors, producers, writers, and make-up artists who have worked in and outside of the genre. Plus, he's a pretty swell human being.

DISCOVER THE HORROR at the Chicago Public Library!!!

Howdy, folks!

Well, we're halfway through October and we're still kicking! In fact, tonight will be our third installment of Kicking the Seat's Friday Night Frights. This week's subject is the cult classic DEMONS, directed by Lamberto Bava and produced by Dario Argento! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmtybqMDV2E

ALSO:

Tuesday, October 20, from 7:00PM – 8:00PM, Jon Kitley and I will return to the hallowed halls of The Chicago Public Library for an encore ONLINE presentation of:

 DISCOVER THE HORROR!! 

DISCOVER THE HORROR AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY!

Howdy, folks!

Well, we survived the first week of October and we're getting ready for our second installment of Kicking the Seat's Friday Night Frights. This week's subject is the wildly divisive third chapter in Dario Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy, 2007's Mother of Tears!

ALSO:

Tuesday, October 20, from 7:00PM – 8:00PM, Jon Kitley and I will return to the hallowed halls of The Chicago Public Library for an encore ONLINE presentation of:

 DISCOVER THE HORROR!! 

STRANGE BLOOD hits bookstores this week!

Hey kids! I penned an essay on The Reflecting Skin for this compendium celebration of offbeat bloodsuckers, along with several other cool cats like Hidden Horror contributors Jon Kitley (Night of the Werewolf, Vampyres), Doug Lamoreux (Valley of the Zombies, The Vampire Bat), Gert Verbeeck (Vamp), J Luis Rivera (The Addiction, La peau blanche, Santo vs. the Vampire Women), Steve de Roover (Bordello of Blood, Daughters of Darkness, Embrace of the Vampire, Requiem for a Vampire, Vampyros Lesbos), Charles M. Kline (The Night Flier), Sven Soetemans (Blood for Dracula, Martin), Lee Gambin (Grave of the Vampire), as well as the mysterious madam herself, Vanessa Morgan (Cronos, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Habit, Karmina, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Rabid, Salem's Lot).

Free on Kindle and reasonably priced for the physical paperback version as well - definitely worth checking out!

Hey Hollywood, you suck. (WOLFMAN poster art)

Hey folks,

Our good friend Jon Kitley at KITLEY'S KRYPT weighs in on Universal's marketing team's decision to go from using kickass, genuinely intriguing poster images such as these: