Be Back Soon...

Just a quick post to apologize for my recent absence.

It's a busy time of year for me from a work standpoint and I've been spending pretty much every available office hour knee-deep in client projects.

Things should improve a bit in the next week or so and I'll be back posting away.

In the meantime, I did get a chance to check out Sergio Martino's crazy 1972 satanic giallo ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK starring Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Ivan Rassimov and Julian Ugarte. Definitely worth your time if you're into weird and wild 70s cinema.

THE THING Remake, er, Prequel News and Awesome Video

I've been trying to ignore the news that plans for a prequel to John Carpenter's THE THING are apparently full speed ahead. At least the folks behind it have the good sense not to try and simply remake one of the single greatest pieces of sci-fi/horror cinema.

Instead, they're angling to tell the story of what happened that made those Norwegian dudes get in their chopper and chase The Thing Pooch across Antarctica, though I'm alarmed by reports that director Matthijs Van Hejningen is pushing to make one of the leads the brother of Macready (Kurt Russell's character). It would have to be an older brother because once Mama and Papa Macready had a kid as cool as RJ they'd know it was time to stop. Why tamper with perfection?

Don't have the time to revel in the greatness of Carpenter's THE THING (itself a remake of a 1950s Howard Hawks thriller based on the story "Who Goes There?")? Check out this clip featuring the awesome music of Zombie Zombie and a streamlined version of the Carpenter classic. Thanks to ER co-founder Lou Goncey for the tip.