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Tag Archives: horror
Dawn of the Bread
When there are no more carbs left in your diet, the Bread shall walk the Earth!
Posted in Food, Halloween, Lovin' from the Oven
Tagged bakery, bread, Dawn of the Dead, Food, horror, humor, Night of the Living Dead, Romero, skull, zombie
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Inspiration for The Ghost Rider?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, comic book, comics, Ghost Rider, Gil Kane, horror, monster, tex Avery, weekend warrior
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It’s Christmas Eve…
Have you been nice?
Posted in Drawer Cards, Holiday
Tagged card, Christmas, Drawer Cards, horror, humor, Joe Williams, lights, naughty, nice, photo manipulation, Tina Garceau, Willceau Illo
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Buried in a Piano Case
For kids who grew up in a certain era, this photo is probably more familiar than anything Diane Arbus or Ansel Adams may have shot.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1973, Bill Everett, Boris Vallejo, horror, John Buscema, Marvel, Stan Lee, Voodoo, World Records, zombie
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Comics Will Rot Your Brain!
Despite my love of comic books, there used to be a breed of comic magazines with lurid covers that Dr. Frederic Wertham was probably right about. They probably would rot your brain.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged Bill Cucinotta, black and white, blood, bottom feeder, Eerie Publication, horror, Monsters, reform school, switch blade, trash, Witches' Tales
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The Chicken Heart
No video today. We are going to do something a little different and return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Follow me as we enter the theater of the mind with a vintage radio drama! I first heard about this … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Halloween, Holiday, Movie Matinee
Tagged Chicken Heart, doomsday, horror, imagination, Lights Out, radio, science
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Goblin’ Up Cake
It certainly wouldn’t be Halloween without a cake to celebrate the occasion! This spider topped beauty is giving me a case of Halloween-orexia! It has all of the necessary components of horror – a jack-o-lantern face, a dismembered arachnid, and … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Step Away From The Pastry Bag
Tagged amateur, bakery, black, cake, diabetes, festive, frosting, gruesome, Halloween, holiday, horror, humor, Jack O' Lantern, orange, Philadelphia, pumpkin, spiders, Step Away From The Pastry Bag, web
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Dawn of the Regional Do-It-Yourselfers
I wasn’t going to include George A Romero’s 1968 classic because it is too much of an obvious choice. Because of the spate of zombie movies, comedies, remakes and particularly due to the success of The Walking Dead television series, … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Movie Matinee
Tagged Halloween, horror, John Carpenter, Living Dead, low budget, Max Baer, monster, regional, Romero, Sam Raimi, Tobe Hopper, zombie
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Vampire Blood!
This was sort of a forbidden fruit for kids growing up in the early 1970s.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, 1972, ad, bat, Charlton, comic, comics, Dr. Shock, gag, Halloween, horror, humor, monster, Philadelphia, prank, Steve Ditko, The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, Vampire Blood, vintage, WPHL
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The Original Re-Animator
I wish I could summon the late, great John Williams to do my intros like the one below which was a staple of UHF television and has stuck in my head for years. …but I digress. Imagine John Williams saying … Continue reading
The Disney Pixar Edition
Welcome, dear readers, to another edition of Step Away From The Pastry Bag: The Disney Pixar Edition!
Posted in Mrs. Crankipants, Step Away From The Pastry Bag
Tagged bakery, Cars, Disney, horror, Mrs. Crankipants, Pixar, Step Away From The Pastry Bag
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Zombacalypse NOW
Last week I looked at the legendarily bad Plan 9 From Outer Space and the sadly forgotten Invisible Invaders both of which are forerunners to the modern zombie genre that George Romero kicked off with his classic Night of the … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Movie Matinee
Tagged 1964, Halloween, horror, Internet Archive, monster, pandemic, Richard Matheson, Roku, Romero, Vincent Price, zombie
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Hi – Yo, Sugar! Away!
Mrs. Crankipants here, with another installment of Step Away From The Pastry Bag! As much as I would hate to beat a dead horse, our friend Flicka in the photo above, looks as dead as Britney Spear’s career. I’m sure … Continue reading
Posted in Mrs. Crankipants, Step Away From The Pastry Bag
Tagged atrocity, bakery, cake, equine, Equus, frosting, horror, horse, humor, Lone Ranger, Mrs. Crankipants, Step Away From The Pastry Bag, sugar
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Dawn of the Home Video Revolution…Kingdom of the Spiders
This one is for frequent visitor and commenter JT who mentioned this cinematic marvel in the comments section of my last Dawn of the Home Video Revolution post. As luck would have it, Kingdom of the Spiders is one of … Continue reading











