I don't think there's ever been one, single, stand-alone great version of Dracula. There's always some major flaw or story rearranging or terrible actor (I'm looking at you, Keanu) that mars it. The BBC '77 version is the most faithful to the book. You could, however, take scenes from all of them and make the best…

DRAC AD 72 is terrible, but it has the UBER HOT Caroline Munro as an early victim, who is enjoying indeed a little necking with the Count. If you know what I mean.

Do we think Benecio's gonna do a better job, then?

I believe YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN began as a Gene Wilder script; check the DVD extras, that's what I remember.

It was me
I'm afraid I may have caused someone's worst moviegoing experience—but they started it!

TCM has shown the collection of stills that constitute the movie now. It was remade w/ Lugosi as MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, recommended because it has the loverly Carol Borland as his hot vampiress daughter/assistant. She even flies in one fucking awesome scene that lasts about two creepy-ass seconds.

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS I only just saw a couple Halloweens ago, and was totally blown away. Didn't think one of the old B/W horrors still had that power. And SEVENTH VICTIM is wonderful too (mad props for the Lewton DVD box set)—a major Hitchcock influence, I was stunned to see.

I don't mean to be a contrarian, but Johnny Cash was rather old, in ill health, and his beloved wife had just died; Ritter dropped dead in perfect health at 50-something. Reading the news that morning, I thought, well, yep, Cash is gone, that sounds about right—what!? John Ritter! No way! I grew up watching Three's…

So, in my imaginary world in which Rubin produces an Elvis comeback album, Col. Parker is still around? Like the kids once said: "As if!" He'd be one of the first to go in the zombipocalypse, clutching a Clambake DVD. That can't save you now, you old carny barker.

I like to think…
That if Elvis were still alive, he'd do an album with Rick Rubin.

I saw the midnight show, packed to the rafters with fans, so the overall tone was one of hushed reverence: no giggling at the blue wang or the attempted rape; lots of fanboy cheers during Rorschach's badassery; and plenty of laughter during the Nite Owl/SSII sex scene on Archie (altho' that might've been because of…

Elusive Robert, I've had the exact same situation happen, with new neighbors upstairs having an enormous screaming match complete with crashing furniture. It was the first time I ever called 911 as well. They wanted my name and all I could think was, "Somehow that dude upstairs will find out it's me who ratted him…

Ha—didn't he play a boy who was dressed up as a little girl by his mother?

Carrion Comfort is Simmons' book about vampires; Song of Kali is set in India with an American getting mixed up with the Thuggee cult, with extremely dire results.

Can new versions of "The Thing" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" really be considered remakes? Those two are based on science fiction stories. Is the Adrian Lyne's "Lolita" a remake of Kubrick's? No, it's another adaptation of Nabokov.

I believe Paul Anka is on record saying he dug Sid's version of "My Way." It is, of course, brilliant, and made more so by its perfect placement in "Goodfellas."

Agreed; that says it all. Can we shut this thread down now?!

Suspect Device is actually one of my least fave SLF songs; I prefer the albums Nobody's Hero and Go For It.

"Be fair and hide us in a grave"? Ha ha, nice. It's actually "Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade," but yours makes sense too!

The way to appreciate punk and not be a poser is, of course, to actually listen to the music. If you listen to and actually *like* the Cramps, the Ramones, the Clash, X-Ray Spex, NY Dolls, Johnny Thunders, the Damned, Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Boys, Stooges, MC5, the Sex Pistols, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, etc., I…