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  • Frankenstein Week: The Curse of Warner Archive

    Eenie, meenie, miney, moe… pick a Frankenstein by the toe… Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Frankenstein Week: A Word of Friendly Warning

    Short and sweet, just like a 70-minute Frankenstein movie! Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Frankenstein Week: A Lightbulb Moment

    Since I’m going to be seeing Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Friday night (Halloween) at the Twin Cities Alamo Drafthouse, I had a great idea. I’m going to turn the final week of the Countdown to Halloween into… Frankenstein Week! And speaking of lightbulbs… Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Cuckoo for Dooku

    Cuckoo for Dooku

    Coming soon from We Belong Dead, their follow-up to ‘A Celebration of Peter Cushing,’ a new book all about Christopher Lee! I’m contributing a piece about Lee as Count Dooku in the Star Wars saga. Here’s a sneak peek.. Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Definitive Horror

    Definitive Horror

    Recommended for a little “light” reading! Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Expect… “The Unexpected”

    The latest Rare Television release from ClassicFlix promises to be a treat. Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • The “Car Won’t Start” Trope

    We’ve all experienced it. We’re being chased by a masked killer and we jump in the car to drive away. Surprise! It doesn’t start, even though it was running just fine the last time you drove it. Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • Dark Shadows Strips!

    Dark Shadows Strips!

    You knew there were comic books, but did you know there was a syndicated newspaper comic strip? Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • The Black Phones: Future Classics?

    My “lukewarm takes” on the new movie, Black Phone 2, and the original, The Black Phone (2021). Visit countdowntohalloween.blogspot.comfor links to other great blogs celebrating!

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  • The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 110: Dos Vampiros

    Jeff & Richard arrive at the beginning of a new era in Mexican film history and experience El vampiro (1957) and its sequel, El ataud del vamprio (1958) on the big screen at the Cine Opera in Mexico City. Come for the poor pronunciation of names. Stay for what is perhaps the biggest difference in…

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