Dracula Blood by Zombina and the Skeletones
As I get older, rockabilly, and its off-shoots like Gothabilly, Psychobilly and Horror Punk, appeal more and more to me than the Doom metal of my youth. One of my favorite songs in this vein is Dracula Blood by Zombina and the Skeletones from their album Out of the Crypt and Into Your Heart.
Why do I like it? Who knows. Probably the same reason I could tolerate kitschy theme restaurants like Joe’s Crab Shack once I hit 35. But I find this video delightful so enjoy:
Elder Sign
A reader sent me this hilarious spoof of those insufferable drug commercials that infest the airwaves which has a Lovecraftian twist. The production values are surprisingly good and the writing is better than anything on television these days. Enjoy:
Conviction
Fewdio has done it again with this deceptively simple horror short wherein a young college co-ed sanctimoniously lectures an unseen friend on the telephone on the foolishness of faith and the meaninglessness universe unaware that her nihilism is about to be put to the ultimate test. As a metaphor for Lovecraft and his personal philosophy the movie captures the horror of a random cosmos in which humanity is a pretentious and insignificant beast preyed upon by entities devoid of morality.
As a comment on the faddish humanism that permeates higher education the piece works even better, exposing post-modern intellectualism for the egotistical conceit that it is. Enjoy:
Astrogirl?
Been awhile since anything went up, but in our defense it’s been a pretty wild couple of months for everyone. When I saw this clip of some sort of Japanese made rip-off of Supergirl I thought it would be a perfect way to restart posting here regularly. Not fiendish but certainly delightful and most of all mind blowingly bizarre.
Enjoy:
I don’t know if this was an actual movie, sophisticated CosPlay or some of that (shudder) super heroine fetish porn that’s been floating around.
Frankly, I don’t think I want to know.
Marie
Fewdio has been turning out horror shorts for consumption on YouTube for some time now. All are great but this piece, called Marie, is one of their best:
Count Down to Doctor-Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Just in case any of you needed reminding, we are just hours away from the debut of Act 1 of Joss Whedon’s episodic Internet musical, “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Throngs of Whedon fanboys (and girls) are undoubtedly overcome with the vapors tonight as they maintain caffeine-fueled vigils in front of their monitors, awaiting the premiere at 3:00 am on the east coast, midnight on the west.
Co-written by Joss Whedon, his brothers Zack and Jed, and Jed’s fiancée Maurissa Tancharoen, “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” was born of the WGA strike and created with a budget in the low six figures. It features Neil Patrick Harris as a nerd with villainous aspirations and his very own vlog, Nathan Fillion, the hero to NPH’s villain, and Felicia Day as the love interest.
An E! Online review called “Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” reminiscent of “Once More, With Feeling” (aka the Buffy musical.) That plus NPH is good enough for me.
Act 2 of Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog will debut on Thursday, July 17th at 12:00 am PST, and Act 3 will premiere at 12:00 am PST on Saturday, July 19th. Check the official fan site to find the launch time in your time zone. The three episodes will be available online until midnight on July 20th. While you’re waiting, enjoy the trailer: