Okay, now I get it when someone says their only love is the sea.
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“It reaches in, plucking the shadow of the axe hanging in the window…”
“Shadow of Death” by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)
That’s the stuff. Some asshole comes along and gets murdered for his transgression. It’s maybe worrisome how much I enjoy that aspect of the EC Comics stories… but that’s fiction for ya.
I really enjoyed this! It takes the skit character comedy of something like Ernest Scared Stupid, throws in some real good VFX and puppets, and adds the gravitas of greats like Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs to give the cast some oomf, but everyone they got was perfect in their roles.
We needed a shot of folk horror this month. I’m not sure how common it is these days but those ghost stories about a local person done wrong just don’t seem to come up as much, at least not in places I frequent. That’s what experiencing most stories from the library and movies will get ya.
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“They used to eat guys’ private parts.”
“Man’s World” by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)
I was really intrigued by this book, an anthology of horror stories based on DC superhero characters. This one doesn’t explain much, in particular why this character does what she does when she’s possessed, but it’s still a great twist on the fact that superpowered people with benevolent intentions can still do some fucked up stuff. (Oh, I just remembered The Boys and Brightburn.)
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“Doubt her and there’ll be no pain when she’s gone.”
I forgot that Alyssa Milano had this stint of erotic-ish movies and TV episodes (she had a similar role but with aliens instead of vampires in an episode of The Outer Limits). It’s a fairly bare bones story meant to prop up some steamy scenes between Milano and various other cast members, and I can’t say I’d recommend it unless you’re just a fan of 90s-era extra softcore sex scenes.
