Can TV be scary? Most likely not. With all the weight behind Masters of Horror, it never quite got all the way there. Still, I like this concept. Even though CBS markets it as a “mystery”, it’s pretty obviously a slasher series in 13 parts. Someone dies in each episode. [...]

‘Fear Itself’ is the new incarnation of ‘Masters of Horror’. On Showtime, where it could go to some pretty dark places, the ‘MoH’ regularly pulled its punches and, at the end of its first season, blew its biggest opportunity (and in so doing, failed to air its best episode).
Now it’s been moved to NBC

Here in America, we come up with soul-deadening game shows like ‘Deal or No Deal’ that turn people into the crazy-eyed, greed-fueled maniacs that they know they should be. It’s probably the most terrifying game show to watch, ever.
In Japan, however, all they have is fun, fun, fun.

Call me a dork, call me a woman (both would be an improvement) but I’m bummed that ‘Veronica Mars’ is cancelled. For three specific reasons:
1) The plan for the next season sounded cool – they would fast-forward a few years and Veronica would be at the FBI Academy. Bell could play her own [...]

If you somehow missed out on seeing one of the 5 episodes of this early 80s sci-fi new age masterpiece of a show.. well… you can now watch the intro. Just when I thought certain parts of my childhood were lost forever.
Also, check out the intro for Thundarr the Barbarian if you haven’t seen [...]

Remember that episode of Showtime’s Masters of Horror that they decided not to air? The one by Takashi Miike called “Imprint”?
I’ve finally seen it and without a doubt, it is the only episode of that program yet to air that earns its place under the “Masters of Horror” umbrella. Bizarre, beautiful, disturbing, and [...]

Finally saw the season ender of “Dexter” last night. Except for one minor plot hole that kind of made the entire ending impossible, this was a real humdinger. A great job all around. I look forward to the next season.
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I’ve been watching “Masters of Horror” but haven’t written about it because it’s [...]

I’ve been watching way more TV than I normal (thanks to the new DVR), but because of a couple of posts over at Kelly Sue’s crib, I realized I could actually put my thoughts on the web. Hmmm. Let’s give this a shot.
Here’s what me and missus have been watching.
GOOD:

Dexter – This show [...]

Showtime sure didn’t do horror any favors with last year’s “Masters of Horror” and the second season of “Weeds” just feels aimless (I’m hoping for some sort of natural disaster that leaves Nancy, Conrad, and Andy as the only survivors).
But last night, Showtime really pulled themselves out of the crapper with “Dexter”, their new serial-killer-killing-criminals [...]

Veronica Mars. Doesn’t have all of the best acting all of the time, but the writing is pretty fantastic and the relationships, the backstory, the week to week stories? Great stuff. It’s on DVD. Watch it.
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As notes slowly begin to trickle in, things are looking pretty good. What’s always disturbing [...]

How is it that, since Scream exploded in 1996, we are still drowning in cliched horror movies? I could’ve sworn that was the end of an era. Scream laid bare all of the old trite contrivances, made fun of them, and then scared us in spite of them for one last bloody kick [...]