"Guilty as Sin" struck me as fun. It was familiar, but it was okay.

I like "Family Business" and "Q & A" too.

Yes. There just seemed to be a lot of sloppy writing/thinking in the episode.

Precisely.

The problem I had with the alien bar was that the mission of the DEO is to keep tabs on alien life forms among us, and suddenly we find that the aliens are so well organized that they have this night life that the DEO was UTTERLY UNAWARE OF.

So nice to find someone else who knows about "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed"! It is one of my favorite Hammer horrors.

"The Others" was terrific. I really liked how the director handled the "ghost" issue, basically through lighting. That worked very well, and doesn't "age" the way some special effects strategies do.

Glad to see "The Hitcher" and "Black Sunday" get some attention. And "The Stepfather" is just a great film that has never gotten its due.

Precisely. The first time I saw "The Spiral Staircase," I thought this movie is the grandfather of "Halloween." (There is also a neat episode of "The Alfred HItchcock Hour" called "An Unlocked Window" which is sort of a missing link between The Spiral Staircase" and "Halloween."

TCM has aired a reconstruction from stills. It's not like seeing the real movie, but it gives a good idea of the plot.

I loved "Robocop" and saw it twice that year. "Predator" was also superb, and I think it holds up very well.

I love the Mad Magazine style poster (and ad campaign) for "The Long Goodbye"

Um, I think "Weird Tales" was more than a magazine aimed at teenage boys. It was where the bulk of H. P. Lovecraft's stories were published, and it was the magazine that published Ray Bradbury's first stories. Even Tennessee Williams had a story published in it.

Very good article. I've read "Toy for Juliette" and "Prowler in the City on the Edge of the World," but I haven't seen either episode.

That's a very good way of putting it.

Terrific essay. I really enjoy "Aliens" more than "Alien."

I like "Krull," but I seem to be the only person in the world who does.

So what do people think of "Willow"? That was Lucas' attempt at an epic fantasy film in the mid-Eighties. He produced it. You could see some similarities between the characters of "Willow" and "Star Wars," but to me "Willow" wasn't anything to write home about.

Really missed Dr. Radcliffe this week.

When I started reading "Dune," I thought, "This is great!"