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Still a Post Behind, How Monstrous!

Posted on April 30, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

So my brilliant plan of getting caught up on Sunday did not work, but at least I did not get any further behind. Until yesterday, when I felt myself incapable of making even a Monstrous Monday post. It is so easy for me to talk myself out of things! Yes, you may judge me if you are so inclined; it will not be any harsher than my judgement on myself. In any case, I am sitting here prior to five in the morning on Tuesday (I believe my WordPress timestamp is still messed up), trying to do a post, so that when I post again later, I will still be only one post behind. Surely I am capable of at least a Monstrous Monday post! And, yes, I am calling you Shirley. Live with it.

“You’re up? It’s almost my bedtime!”

Since I say, “Live with it,” I throw in a picture of the undead. Regular readers know of my utter infatuation with Nosferatu.

Emphatically NOT monsters!

Instead of continuing with the monstrous theme (does that make this Non-Sequitur Monday? How appropriate, since I am actually making the post on Tuesday) (but I digress), I include a picture of the reason why I am so monstrously tired: Morning’s at Seven, the play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre. We had a matinee on Sunday, so I was able to get to bed at a decent hour. However, the collective tiredness of the entire rehearsal and performance process is taking its toll. At least, we’ll go with that explanation. Maybe I am just terrible at being a daily blogger. SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!!

Must… fight… desire… to… not… make… blog… post…

Back to monsters. This is Bela Lugosi as The Ape Man, a movie which I do not think I have watched all the way through, wrestling with an actual ape, or at least what is purported to be an actual ape. I include it as representative of my struggle against my own worser nature (my computer thinks “worser” is not a word but I get a definition when I google it, and I am certain everybody knows what I mean). The struggle is real.

Ooh, look, I am over 300 words and have three pictures. I call that respectable for a Monstrous Monday post. Sorry it is late. I shall try to do better, perhaps making a post later that is not a mere Tired Tuesday. But no promises.

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Saturday Cinema on Sunday?

Posted on February 18, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Let’s just call this a Wrist to Forehead Sunday and have done with it. I thought I could find pictures of the cheesy movies we watched last night and do a post on those, but I could only find two. Also, I do not feel much like making a long-winded post talking about movies. How about a short post and I can get back to enjoying my Sunday and so can you (or your Monday if you read this tomorrow; I can be flexible).

Our first movie was one I had no luck finding pictures on, The Monster and the Girl (1941), which I DVR’d off TCM recently. I could do a whole movie write up on that, since I took notes in the TV Journal. Maybe next week sometime. As Steven put it, we didn’t love the movie, but we didn’t mind it. I wanted something more cheesily and reliably entertaining so suggested something from one of our DVD collections, specifically The Atomic Brain (1963).

You would think that is some sort of potion she is about to drink.

That is the rich old hag who is paying a mad scientist to make her young and beautiful again. It was not easy being a mad scientist in the 1960’s, apparently.

After that we watched the Amazing Transparent Man (1960), merely because it was on the same disc. It was pretty entertaining, too, although the guy was kind of a jerk, whether you could see him or not.

Look, I found a picture after all!

I could not find a picture as stated earlier, because I thought it was called “The Incredible Transparent Man.” Silly me! But I’m too lazy to go back and change the previous paragraph. Regular readers will not be surprised.

After that we started to watch The Ape Man (1943), with Bela Lugosi, but we went to bed before it was over. Something to look forward to on another cheesy movie watching night!

Not nearly as suave as he was as Dracula.

A Brainless Blog Post on Monstrous Monday

Posted on December 4, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh crap, it’s type it in, backspace it out syndrome! Must… keep… words… on… screen… (you know, like a beleaguered superhero in a comic book) (which I have not read in years; do they still do that? Crap! Dating myself!)

OK, so in one paragraph I have established that I am not having a good writing day, and I am feeling old and out of touch. Is this a good time for a Monstrous Monday or what?

Is it a fight to the death? Or just a pissy hair-pulling match?

We recently watched The Ape Man (1943) but I don’t remember much about it. It is on our DVD collection of 50 Horror Classics, so I can always watch it again. Boris Karloff is in it too.

It looks a little cramped, but perhaps he is comfortable.

I don’t remember what mummy movie this shot is from, but he appears to be sleeping peacefully. I will be sleeping peacefully soon, I hope. I am TIRED, which could explain the semi-coherent state of today’s post.

He looks like he can’t believe his eyes. I can’t believe his eyes either.

I was going to use the picture of the head from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) giving the side eye to her boyfriend, but I wanted a real monster, so I found this fellow from the movie. Sometime I may write a blog post about just which is the most monstrous: the monster, the head, or the boyfriend.

I should have a brain this big.

I close with the picture I always find appropriate at times like this: The Brain from Planet Arous (1957). Right now my movie is The Lack of Brain on Planet Cindy. No matter. It is Monday, and I have posted.

The Blog Seed

Posted on November 24, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I know I had my Lame Post Friday on Wednesday this week, but I really don’t have much in me today except that silly title. We are watching foolish movies and had made our way to The Bad Seed (1956) when I thought I had better make my blog post before I get too tired.

Those psycho eyes!

Steven always says he would like to watch a version of this where the little girl, Rhoda, really seems like a sweet little girl at the beginning, so you are shocked when she turns out to be a murderer (I didn’t need a spoiler alert for that; everybody knows that’s what The Bad Seed is about). I wonder if I could get Ilion Little Theatre to let me direct it. Then I wonder if I could find a kid actor good enough to be Rhoda. Of course, I have supreme confidence in my own directing abilities to think I could pull it off. I rather doubt I will have a chance to be disproved in this case.

Earlier today we watched The Ape (1940) with Boris Karloff. Today (November 23) is Karloff’s birthday. The movie is part of our DVD collection of 50 Horror Classics. Karloff gets to use his beautiful voice, but the movie is kind of slow.

The poster is more exciting than the movie.

After that, we went on with the primate theme with The Ape Man (1943) starring Bela Lugosi. The movie is part of a DVD I gave Steven called The Best of the Worst. I don’t know if it was the worst movie, but it was certainly a very bad print. We couldn’t understand most of the dialog. When I had completely lost track of what was going on, I suggested we take it out and put in another movie, finally settling on The Bad Seed.

We did not watch long enough to see this dramatic scene.

There is no chance I will lose track of this movie, since we have seen it many times. It is one of our favorites. Still, what is the point of watching it if one does not actually watch it? Therefore, I will hit Publish and return to the movie watching portion of my day. Happy Friday, everyone.

Mohawk Valley Girl