HAMMER FILMS: THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE (DVD)

10:17 Try to play Universals Hammer Horror Series DVD on my cheap DVD player.

10:18 DVD player freezes up.

10:22 Hook up Initial 8" DVD player to TV.

10:23 Initial DVD freezes up.

10:25 Break out the 14" iBook, and the Dewars.

10:26 DVD boots to menu.

10:27 Watch KISS OF THE VAMPIRE

12:08 - Great film, shitty DVD. Once I got the film to play on the right DVD player, my iBook, THE KISS OF THE VAMPIRE was pure Hammer and I'd like more sir. Newlyweds run out of gas, end up in a castle. Dude gets his bride taken from him from a Player ina castle. Think white P-Diddy. Nobody will help the hero get his bride back. Lots of drippy paranoia and helplessness, not too much on the gore factor. Its Hammer Films. I didn't know any of the actors by name. Didnt care. Those mutton chopped scene chewers take overacting to levels all the Baldwin brothers combined cant match. Enter the Vampire hunter. ThatswhatImtalkingabout. Good ending, I wont spoil it. Bring the Hammer.

DARK DELICACIES (short story collection)

The first imprint from the Los Angeles horror boostore DARK DELICACIES is jam packed with chilling little reads from some of the biggest names in the business. Some of my favorite picks are THE REINCARNATE by RAY BRADBURY; PART OF THE GAME by F. PAUL WILSON; BLOODY MARY MORNING by JOHN FARRIS; THE PYRE AND OTHERS by DAVID J. SCHOW (who is also writing the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PREQUEL); and THE DIVING GIRL by RICHARD LAYMON. These shorties are the perfect time killer while waiting in line at the cell phone store or anywhere else. Pick up a book! Pick up the trade paperback DARK DELICACIES and settle down to some spine chilling short fiction.