Allow me to introduce you to the splendid coinage (probably from Viz magazine, which does these things better than anybody) "blobstrop", which is what you have when a lady who is menstruating ("on the blob") is expressing anger.

Allow me to introduce you to the splendid coinage (probably from Viz magazine, which does these things better than anybody) "blobstrop", which is what you have when a lady who is menstruating ("on the blob") is expressing anger.

And I'm going on record to say that it's Audre Lorde, not Andre Lourde. Do a little research, maybe.

And I'm going on record to say that it's Audre Lorde, not Andre Lourde. Do a little research, maybe.

I suggest that you are none other than Ron Higgins, professional Cardinal Richelieu impersonator.

I suggest that you are none other than Ron Higgins, professional Cardinal Richelieu impersonator.

He says he's a tree surgeon, but I don't like the sound of his liver, all that squeaking and banging every night till the small hours.

He says he's a tree surgeon, but I don't like the sound of his liver, all that squeaking and banging every night till the small hours.

The vomiting-acid thing called to mind Cronenberg's "The Fly", in which Brundlefly dissolves Borans' hand and foot by doing just that and then is on the verge of doing the same to his face when Veronica stops him. No prisoners, though.

I went in unspoilered and by the end I completely expected Marty to be the virgin: Dana dies after being savaged by the werewolf and so the Old Ones are satisfied at the sacrifice. I mean, who says the virgin/survivor has to be a girl?

"Gross English titty vampire."

I am not in the habit of apologizing for my country but jesus christ does Canada ever produce a lot of bad television, and for that I am heartily sorry.

"And I just happened to have a canvas roll-up full of really sharp knives and a few hundred feet of Saran Wrap and a couple dozen square yards of plastic tarpaulin and some medical slides. I mean, what parent doesn't?"

From Anne Tyler's "The Accidental Tourist":

"The part of Katherine Chancellor will temporarily be played by Michael Learned."

The boy's father is dead, so he already knows about death: he's the one who explains it to the Iron Giant when the deer is killed by the hunter. He learns that (the boy believes that) although the body dies, the soul transcends death. He learns that he himself is a weapon that is capable of killing all the humans…

The Iron Giant is pretty much entirely about death, sacrifice, and the things we pass on to the next generation. It's incredibly deep for a children's entertainment.

(Bev Bighead, ignored by her husband and therefore trying desperately to seduce Rocko:)

The meat dress is a lot older than ten years old, because Ann Simonton did it in 1982 to protest a beauty pageant.

Body Double is kind of a piece of shit, but Donaggio's music is crazy sexy.