I don’t know why these days everyone seems to be opposed to recasting roles.  I’m not an idiot, my mind won’t melt down trying to process everyone calling some new lady Cara Dune.

it’s sci-fi so anything’s possible. her character had a horrible accident & her face got melted off & that’s why she looks & sounds different.

Dracula as a story was actually kind of progressive in some ways. Specifically, Mina Harker is the one who does the investigative work that tracks and identifies Dracula. This is a woman, in the 1800s, using her brain to fight evil. At one point, in kind of backhanded praise, Van Helsing says she “has man’s brain – a…

And Lady Weeble-Able-Smith.

Is there a more British name than Winterbottom? 🇬🇧

Everybody is saying that about you.

Reading this article brought on such a wave of nostalgia for me. I was in my 20s at the time, a single mother with a small son and that was back when the networks still had family hour. So every week my son and I faithfully watched Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley back to back. A lot of the fun was anticipating…

This song is called “Night after Night”, and it’s about 2 nights in a row.

After his death in 1988, British comedian and actor Kenneth Williams’ diaries - all 43 volumes - were edited into one volume covering the entire period of writing (40+ years), and even though it’s obviously just a fraction of what he wrote, it’s still extremely well-edited and a fascinating read.

Why do people choose to utterly debase and humiliate themselves for Trump? And even though they know Trump will reject and denigrate them in the end, they still do it! Just plain suck-up greed can’t explain it. Is it some one-percenter sexual fetish?

You know, if this keeps up I might start to think that, contra to his statements, President Trump does not hire the best people.

I’ll settle for putting him on an expanded Supreme Court.

Ever since Bowie did that in 71 we all started wearing dresses. Masculinity eventually ended.

These folks are really going to be upset when their time machine lands in 1982 and they watch a Culture Club video.

Oh, you think you’re so pretty...

Yeah, this was “edgy” like 40 years ago.

I was really, really surprised the original wasn’t mentioned in this article. Just as “House of Wax” showed off new 3-D technology, “Mystery of the Wax Museum” showed off beautiful 2-strip early Technicolor photography. It’s really good too!

Indeed it was. The original is even included (though in standard definition) as a bonus on the “House of Wax” Blu-ray. Within the past year or two, the original did get an actual HD issue via Warner Archive.

I have loved this movie ever since I saw it on TV one afternoon after elementary school. It’s the perfect crowd pleaser of a horror movie with some good chills, nice period details and a sense of humor about itself. It’s also a perfect vehicle for Price as he was barreling into the joyfully hammy stage of his career.