Essential Movies for the Cinephile: Classic Video Library — CAMPY #2

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri #4

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri is one of our continuing features of quick cut book reviews to help you find some otherwise innocuous books that might have escaped your attention. As a huge library/book reader geek, I love sharing stories about the books I am reading. So if you love books like I love books, then you […]

Geektoberfest Year 2: The Cinematic History of the Zombie (Part V)

Over the past four weeks, I have attempted to give a thorough study of the zombie sub-genre of horror that spans from the 1930s to the 1980s. Regrettably, the 90s were really bad years for horror. Much of that time was spent in trying to revive old tropes, some successfully (Scream reviving the slasher in […]

Geektoberfest Year 2: Red Capers #48

Geektoberfest Year 2: The Cinematic History of the Zombie (Part IV)

In the past three weeks, I have attempted to give an admittedly detailed answer to the question of why zombies have so long endured as a horror concept. The answer is steeped in our mythologies surrounding death, traceable to the ancient cultures of the Egyptians, Greeks, and Judeo-Christians (Part I). Cinematically, this is reflected in […]

Geektoberfest Year 2: Ask Two Grey Geeks

Geektoberfest Day 17: My Top Ten “Classic” Horror Movies (Part I)

Whenever you make a Top Ten List, you invariably must make some very difficult choices as to what you must exclude. Because The Beard and I are, by nature, very inclusive, these decisions are innately difficult. However, the choosing is exactly why Top Ten Lists are fun. Movies have been around since 1878 when pictures […]

Geektoberfest Day 8: Respectful Reel Reviews #1 — A Quiet Place (2018)

MOVIE TITLE: A Quiet Place IMDB YEAR RELEASED: 2018 STARRING: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward DIRECTED BY: John Krasinski TAGLINE: “If they hear you, they hunt you.” SUMMARY: A Quiet Place is a post-apocalyptic story that revolves around a family forced to live in silence because the world has been […]