Happy Birthday!! Heading for the big 50 myself and your recent blog certainly struck a cord! We share all the same core interests and I'm enjoying your updates. Here's to another 53 years!! Well we can dream can't we ;) that and progress in stem cell research...
Speaking of films, or in this case TV series, I discovered a BBC one of the latter over the weekend that's the first thing technically about zombies I could stand. A quite original concept: The Fades. Found it on Hulu.
Happy belated birthday. If it's any consolation, I'm literally old enough to be your mother, and would be delighted to be same.
About "Pickman's Model", what did you think of the "Night Gallery" adaptation of it back in the 70s? And have you ever seen "A Short Film About John Bolton" by Neil Gaiman, which harkens back to Pickman a bit, but in Gaiman's own fashion?
And while we're on the subject of HPL, did you ever see the silent film adaptation of "Call of Cthulhu"? Some filmmakers in 2005 decided to pretend someone in Hollywood adapted C-of-C in 1925, the height of silent films, and so they made their movie that way. I thought it was a clever idea.
And as an aside, in case you or your audience might be able to help, my never-ending quest for a particular horror short story:
In junior high, for school (possibly READ Magazine, possibly just part of a schoolbook anthology), I remember reading a short story about a young man in the Wicklow mountains in Ireland, walking by a cemetery, and a young woman and her grandfather say they were locked inside and ask him to jump the fence to help them climb out. But when he gets too close, they bite him (whether to eat him or drink his blood, I can't remember) and he manages to get away and the locals tell him there's a reason the cemeteries are surrounded by iron fences. All of that, I remember, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title or author. I thought it might be Ramsey Campbell, since I remember reading his "Heading Home" horror short story around the same time, but I haven't had any luck.
The Night Gallery version was my favorite, more for the fidelity to the Weird Tales art than anything else. But this new one? It's really good. And now there's a new version being Kickstarted, as well. I have not seen the Gaiman project.
I have seen Call of Cthulhu and their follow-up, which I enjoyed very much, despite needing just a bit more editing.
This horror story you speak of reads more like folklore, but regardless, it doesn't seem familiar to me. Perhaps someone else will chime in.
Happy belated birthday! I'm glad you had a fun time up here in Badgerland! Would've been great to meet & maybe have lunch. Next time!
Related: Next time maybe I'll also figure out how to send an email correctly. I think direct replies to these sometimes get hurled into the ether.
Next time, lunch is a must!
Happy Birthday!! Heading for the big 50 myself and your recent blog certainly struck a cord! We share all the same core interests and I'm enjoying your updates. Here's to another 53 years!! Well we can dream can't we ;) that and progress in stem cell research...
Hey, thank you, and thanks for reaching out!
Speaking of films, or in this case TV series, I discovered a BBC one of the latter over the weekend that's the first thing technically about zombies I could stand. A quite original concept: The Fades. Found it on Hulu.
Happy belated birthday. If it's any consolation, I'm literally old enough to be your mother, and would be delighted to be same.
You are too too kind, and thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out.
A belated happy birthday.
About "Pickman's Model", what did you think of the "Night Gallery" adaptation of it back in the 70s? And have you ever seen "A Short Film About John Bolton" by Neil Gaiman, which harkens back to Pickman a bit, but in Gaiman's own fashion?
And while we're on the subject of HPL, did you ever see the silent film adaptation of "Call of Cthulhu"? Some filmmakers in 2005 decided to pretend someone in Hollywood adapted C-of-C in 1925, the height of silent films, and so they made their movie that way. I thought it was a clever idea.
And as an aside, in case you or your audience might be able to help, my never-ending quest for a particular horror short story:
In junior high, for school (possibly READ Magazine, possibly just part of a schoolbook anthology), I remember reading a short story about a young man in the Wicklow mountains in Ireland, walking by a cemetery, and a young woman and her grandfather say they were locked inside and ask him to jump the fence to help them climb out. But when he gets too close, they bite him (whether to eat him or drink his blood, I can't remember) and he manages to get away and the locals tell him there's a reason the cemeteries are surrounded by iron fences. All of that, I remember, but I cannot for the life of me remember the title or author. I thought it might be Ramsey Campbell, since I remember reading his "Heading Home" horror short story around the same time, but I haven't had any luck.
Any ideas?
The Night Gallery version was my favorite, more for the fidelity to the Weird Tales art than anything else. But this new one? It's really good. And now there's a new version being Kickstarted, as well. I have not seen the Gaiman project.
I have seen Call of Cthulhu and their follow-up, which I enjoyed very much, despite needing just a bit more editing.
This horror story you speak of reads more like folklore, but regardless, it doesn't seem familiar to me. Perhaps someone else will chime in.
I wanna know about the new enemies! As in, where should I put their bodies, boss?
Everyone knows you can't bury a troll. They just regenerate. We gotta kill 'em with fire. And then spread the ashes.