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Various Movies on Monstrous Monday

Posted on May 1, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I’m sure nobody expected me to get my act together overnight. If you did, well, you realize you were setting yourself up for disappointment, do you not? No matter. We all have foolish expectations from time to time.

All this by way of introduction to another Monstrous Monday. My only decision now is whether to use repeat monsters or search for new pictures to share. I think I’ll look for old and try to think of new things to say about them.

Here’s a double bill I never thought of.

I do not remember why I downloaded this shot or when I used it. Trog, for the uninitiated, is Joan Crawford’s last movie. It is not my favorite cheesy horror movie featuring Crawford. And before anybody hazards a guess, neither is Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. I don’t think I have ever seen Taste the Blood of Dracula, although I have seen a few Hammer Dracula movies starring Christopher Lee. I understand he kept saying each one was his last, but the studio would talk him into the next, often by pointing out how many people would get work thereby. If that is true, it gives me quite a good opinion of Lee, even outside of his acting prowess.

“Did you think I would not pop in?”

What’s a Monstrous Monday without my favorite guy, Nosferatu?

He only looks harmless.

I end with a monster of the human variety, Robert Walker as Bruno in Strangers on a Train, on the right. The other guy, looking a little apprehensive (and no idea yet how right he is to be so!) is Farley Granger as Guy Haines. Good movie. I’ll have to give it another watch soon. But not on a double bill with Trog.

Holiday for Slashers?

Posted on April 14, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello and welcome to my Lame Friday the 13th Post. I always feel as if Friday the 13th should be a holiday, but I have hardly done anything to celebrate today. I am doing a few of my favorite things, though: sitting on the couch in comfy clothes, husband nearby, glass of wine at hand, Snapped on the television, and I will go back to crocheting as soon as I make this blog post.

Not even close to mine.

I thought an illustration would pep things up, because my mind is in a strictly non-peppy mode right now. I say once again that it is flatly amazing to me how I sit down, stare at a blank screen, feel I have less than nothing to say, and yet I type in words. Good words? Interesting words? Let’s not ask for miracles, especially on Lame Post Friday, and Friday the 13th.

“It’s OUR holiday!”

This is the Friday the 13th guy, right? I’m not as up on my ’70’s slasher flicks as some. I’m more of a black-and-white horror chick, heavy on the cheese, with a little Hammer thrown in on occasion. But when it is Friday the 13th, one likes to give Jason a nod (I just quickly used Google to check that his name is really Jason, which is not the same thing as doing real research, but I am only a silly blogger after all).

Speaking of Hammer Horror…

And it is Lame Post Friday, after all. I wish one and all a Happy Weekend. Don’t walk under any ladders or let a black cat cross your path.

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It’s a Crime to Not Watch Movies

Posted on March 16, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

A distinguished cast of characters? Or a rogues gallery? What’s bothering me is where is Cecil Kellaway?

I found this picture among my downloads recently and thought it might be a nice way to begin a Non-Sequitur Thursday post. Full disclosure: I have another one of my headaches in addition to feeling quite lazy and whiny today. I suppose you never feel lazy and whiny (you know who you are). Well, I will bestir myself to type a few words including as few petty complaints as possible.

The above picture, in case you didn’t know, is from Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, one of my favorite movies. My current profile picture on Facebook is Bette Davis in that flick:

“Oh, so you want a blog post, do you?”

I am feeling a little movie melancholy these days, because our DVD/VCR abruptly quit on us during the snow storm of March 2. It happened right after we briefly lost power. It seems a little odd, though, because we have a power strip, which I thought was also a surge protector. The television and cable box emerged unscathed. Phew! The nice this that when we finally get a new player, we will not have seen all our favorite movies for a while.

One of my other favorites.

We don’t watch as many movies these days anyways. As regular readers know, I am addicted to true crime television. And when I really want a movie, I have a few on my DVR, including, if I am not mistaken, a couple of Hammer Horror flicks I recorded last October and haven’t watched yet.

Who could be uncheered by a vampire?

Or I could just read a book.

You were expecting War and Peace?

I see I am closing in on almost 300 words. 300 silly words, but aren’t they usually? I’m going to watch a true crime show till bedtime. Maybe a monster movie tomorrow. Or perhaps I will have a Mohawk Valley adventure I can write a real blog post about. As always, I hope you’ll stay tuned.

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Various Vampires on Tired Tuesday

Posted on July 12, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

It is Tired Tuesday (don’t judge), and I am resorting to my new favorite thing: downloading monster pictures from Facebook and writing stuff about them. For one reason, I am mysteriously able to download on my own Facebook account once again. I downloaded this one purely to test my machine:

He’s a pleasant-looking fellow.

It is a 17th or 18th century vampire burial. I downloaded it from Murder, Madness and the Macabre, one of my go-to Facebook pages. After downloading that, I thought I would make this a vampire day and clicked around looking for more. I went to The Golden Age of Monster Movies, always a good sources.

A new shot of my favorite guy!

Naturally I wanted to include Nosferatu, which, regular readers know, has my vote for the scariest movie ever. I haven’t watched this one in a while. Perhaps tomorrow I will give it a view.

Vampires can be scary in color, too.

Christopher Lee is the favored Dracula of many. I do love the Hammer horror flicks of the 1960’s and ’70’s. I only recall one vampire flick with Lee (perhaps you read my blog post about it). I must seek out the other ones.

You didn’t think I would leave out Bela, did you?

What post about vampires would be complete without Bela Lugosi? Oh, I’m sure others have written them. I may have written one myself. I suppose your better bloggers would be writing scholarly commentary, comparing and contrasting the various vampires, perhaps including some of the blood-sucking lore and history of the legends. And here we come to the ugly truth about me. No matter. It is Tired Tuesday, and I have made my blog post. Now I must prepare for rehearsal for The Tempest (which I mentioned in yesterday’s post). I must shake off my tiredness and act!

I hope I don’t meet up with any vampires.

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