Last night, I watched Def by Temptation, a movie I’d never heard of until I saw it featured in Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. I loved it and was quite taken with the leading lady, Cynthia Bond, who plays a succubus. Bond gives a skillfully nuanced performance, switching from sweet innocent to wickedContinue reading “‘Def by Temptation’s’ Cynthia Bond: Where is She Now? Being Freaking Awesome!”
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Book Quote of the Day
“Grace sat there in the doldrums of her conscience, unsure if she was a reasonably good person or a marginally bad one. She tried to summon a list of the good things she had done, so she could weigh them against the bad ones, but she was less sure than ever what constituted a GoodContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Book Quote of the Day
“Up close, I realize, Hope’s End is a mess. One of the second-floor windows is missing panes and now has plywood covering the gaping hole. Chunks of marble have broken off the detailing around some of the doors and windows. The roof is missing a fifth of its slate shingles, giving it a battered, pockmarkedContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 25 Movie Quotes Part XX
Ever seen the American Film Institute’s list of movie quotes? Let me sum up: of the hundred, about 25 are Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Most of the rest are from the other golden oldies that are revered by the writers of film studies textbooks; they may be well-made, but they’re also very muchContinue reading “Top 25 Movie Quotes Part XX”
Book Quote of the Day
Trans woman Samantha Allen describes the process of changing her gender while in graduate school: “Estrogen is not made of sugar and spice. In pill form, it is synthesized from two decidedly unsexy ingredients: soy and yams. But that’s only fitting because, when I first started taking prescription estradiol in the fall of 2012, IContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Book Quote of the Day
” ‘Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you or whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you believe it has to do with how your body responds to another bodyContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XIX
Ever seen the American Film Institute’s list of movie quotes? Let me sum up: of the hundred, about 25 are Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Most of the rest are from the other golden oldies that are revered by the writers of film studies textbooks; they may be well-made, but they’re also very muchContinue reading “Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XIX”
Nostalgia Tiiiiime!!! “Material Girl” by Madonna
Now if you’re saying, what’s horror-related about this mega-80s (to the max!) gem, it was directed by Mary Lambert, the auteur behind the original Pet Sematary as well as the watchable Pet Sematary II and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. (We’ll not discuss the rest of her filmography.)
Book Quote of the Day
“To a parent, your child wasn’t just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place where the present you were living and the past you remembered and the future you longed for all existed at once. You could see it every time you looked at her: layered inContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Nostalgia Tiiiiiime! Primus’s Cover of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
Oh, Primus. Their music videos were as singularly horrifying to watch as they were fun to listen to.
