18) “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” by Clark Ashton Smith Plot: Satampra Zeiros of Uzuldaroum writes about all that happened to him and his friend and partner, Tirouv Ompallios, in the shrine of Tsathoggua. Satampra and Tirouv live by thieving and adventuring. They’ve enjoyed some glorious times, but right now, they’re down on their luck.Continue reading “Review of “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” by Clark Ashton Smith: Halloween Countdown”
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Review of “The Shining Pyramid” by Arthur Machen: Halloween Countdown
16) “The Shining Pyramid” by Arthur Machen Plot: The Welshman Vaughn visits Dyson, an occult investigator in London at the turn of the 20th century. The two have met before. Vaughn mentions an unfortunate girl, Annie Trevor, who disappeared while walking a couple of miles to a relative’s house. Locals say the fairies took her.Continue reading “Review of “The Shining Pyramid” by Arthur Machen: Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Door in the Wall” by H.G. Wells: Halloween Countdown
5) “The Door in the Wall” by H. G. Wells Plot:Redmond tells the reader he’s relating the story as Lionel Wallace told it to him. He and Wallace were in school together for a while, during which Wallace outperformed him in everything. Even now, Wallace, at 39, is a successful politician who has attained aContinue reading “Review of “The Door in the Wall” by H.G. Wells: Halloween Countdown”
Review of “Family Lore” by Elizabeth Acevedo
Plot: Widowed and about 70, Flor Marte asks her family for a living wake so she can enjoy it while she’s still here. She’ll get to see everyone again, especially her three sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila. They are originally from the countryside of the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States at differentContinue reading “Review of “Family Lore” by Elizabeth Acevedo”
Review of “Godzilla vs. Monster Zero” (1965)
For our Saturday pizza and bad movie, we enjoyed a return to the classics—a Kaiju flick that managed to squeeze in an alien invasion. Plot: The World Space Authority is sending two astronauts, Glenn Amer (Nick Adams) and K. Fuji (Akira Takarada), to explore the newly discovered Planet X, located beyond Jupiter. (… maybe wedgedContinue reading “Review of “Godzilla vs. Monster Zero” (1965)”
Review of “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” 2009
Our Saturday pizza and bad movie night was a bit different. Plot: Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) runs a strapped-for-cash traveling acting troupe. The troupe consists of Parnassus’s daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole), the barker Anton (Andrew Garfield), and Percy (Verne Troyer), Parnassus’s assistant. They live and travel in a horse-drawn carriage that is a mash-up ofContinue reading “Review of “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” 2009″
Review of “The Little Grey Men” by B.B.
The Stuff: This is a children’s book written and illustrated by a British naturalist. It features four gnomes, reputed to be the last in Britain. They regard themselves as brothers and live under a tree root by Oak Pool. Cloudberry, the most adventurous of the four, has left to find the source of the FollyContinue reading “Review of “The Little Grey Men” by B.B.”
Review of “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” 2022
This was a different sort of Saturday night pizza and bad movie fare for us. The dearly beloved took a recommendation from The Critical Drinker (more on him at a later date), who spoke highly of the flick. Plot: The opening scenes tell a fairy tale about a star that fell to earth, scorching aContinue reading “Review of “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” 2022″
Review of “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom” (1985)
This is our Saturday pizza and bad movie offering. The pizza was yummy. We watched this insult to the nation’s youth with Mystery Science Theater 3000. Plot: The movie opens with a torchlit army marching under arches in a concrete (?) wall. “It was an age of magic,” announces the narration while a guy inContinue reading “Review of “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom” (1985)”
Review of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2022)
Last night, we watched this for our Saturday night pizza and bad movie offering. The pizza and wine were good. Plot:In 1932, “Magizoologist” Newton “Newt” Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) tracks a beast known as a qilin in the jungles of China. She gives birth. The newborn looks something like a fawn with long mustaches and aContinue reading “Review of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (2022)”
