Silicon Valley manager, Science Fiction enthusiast, published author, occasional critic, occasional editor, and terrible banjo player.
Silicon Valley manager, Science Fiction enthusiast, published author, occasional critic, occasional editor, and terrible banjo player.
Pick Your Own Poison 2025
Day 9: Snakes, Snails, and Puppy Dog tails 🐌
Well, first surprise was - This was on Netflix. At least in my region. How on earth it got picked for distribution is beyond me. Nothing against Polish movies, but I'm 100% sure that 2015. had better examples. Someone said - but no, give us weird fishes in nightclubs, that's what we're going for this season.
Second surprise was how tame it was - give this…
Pick Your Poison Challenge 2025
Day 1: Something Old
Well now, it's that time of the year where we all play along with one challenge or the other. Halloween is sorta 'round the corner, and the road is paved with bad intentions. Or wax figures. Whatever suits your fancy.
What unnerved me the most is that 70+ years have passed since this was made - fifties used to be a lot closer - and there'll soon come a time when…
What I was saying about "Lifeforce" both applies and doesn't apply to "Creepshow 2". Unlike "Lifeforce", which was much too expensive and spectacular to be true video product, "Creepshow 2" comes straight outta Compton...I mean cheap thrilla-land whose rotting corpses and wild imaginings fueled many a childhood dream over years. I can't really remember, but I'm pretty sure all of my childhood friends watched original "Creepshow 2" when it finally appeared in video-stores near us. Creep himself was slightly less…