October Movie: Black Magic Rites (1973)

The early 70s is a sweet spot of horror for me of late.
This is a bit of Italian sleeze about a dead witch and the cult trying to bring her back to life.  I am not sure how they are going to do that, but it involves a lot of blood and sex.

The Blu-Ray I have looks great, even if the story is so simple that there is really isn't much to say about it.  Really it is just a thin excuse to show a bunch of naked women.

Though it does give me some ideas for an evil cult and the mummy of their dead high priestess.

Tally: Watched 11,  New 9

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Draggin...

Yeah I am behind on posts.

Watching horror movies at night and doing the layout on Eldritch Witchery is killin me. I am not as young as I was.

More soon.

October Movie: Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

Tales that Witness Madness made it on to my list for one very, very easy reason.  The Pre-Doctor Who appearance of Mary Tamm aka Romana I.

Here is a very interesting story.  I almost caught this one on TV back in the mid 90s when I was working the night shift at a mental health care facility.  I had 8 schizophrenic patients that I was watching over.  That night I ended up with someone in the "Suicide" bed, so I ended having to watch them all night instead.

Tales is about 4 related tales of people going mad and the how they got there.  Or is it?  (cheesy I know).
The movie is much slower than I remember in the 30 seconds or saw I TV before I had to deal with real madness.  But finally seeing it was a real treat. I had wanted to see it for years and it never seemed to be on when I could watch it.

There are some really fun performances from the actors. Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak and yes Mary Tamm were all great.  The stories have a real Tales from the Crypt or Creepshow feel to them.

Worth the wait.

Tally: Watched 10,  New 8

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This is Getting Stupid

The Deletionists at Wikipedia are going through and deleting all the RPG articles again.  There is a crew of them and they are pushing some sort of agenda, but there are not enough people to source the articles to save them.

So I am again asking for help.  I need third party sources. Tons of them.
Magazine reviews, newspapers, nothing is too small.

Here are the articles in danger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Buffalo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Loomis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecna

Give me hand with these please!

October Movie: Bride of the Monster (1955)

Sometimes you just need a little Ed Wood.  I had been going through all the movies on my list and noticed that I didn't have any Ed Wood. Mostly because I had watched them all years ago.
This one is one of my favorites.
It's insane. Full of great 50 schlock like Atomic Supermen, rampant sexism and weird monsters.  Plus it has Bela Lugosi in it.

I had seen this one years back and then again for the MST3k version.  This makes a 3rd viewing.  I don't think I need a fourth.

My favorite scene though is still where Lugosi and the Monster battle in the end and they both blow up in an atomic explosion....right next to onlookers.  Oh Ed. I can't tell if you didn't have a clue or just didn't have a care.

Tally: Watched 9,  New 7

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Colorado Flood Relief Bundle from DriveThruRPG

DriveThruRPG/RPGNow does some pretty amazing charity releases.  Here is another good one.

The Colorado Flood Relief Bundle.

For $20 you get over $200 worth of PDFs.

There are a lot of great games in this bundle too.  Capes, Cowls and Villains Foul, Slasher Flick, Icons, Mutants & Masterminds, material for Deadlands, Savage Worlds and more.

A lot of great stuff.  You really should pick this up.

Layout

No post today.  Sorry.

Doing Eldritch Witchery layout.  Going a lot better than expected.  But I'll know more once I get more art in place.