Sunday, August 9, 2026
Friday, August 7, 2026
COLLECTIBLE TIME: MILES MORALES SPIDEY GLITCH T-SHIRT
I nailed another T-Shirt for my wardrobe: a crewneck that caught my eye due to its basic yet striking format.
It's from the Marvel Store and represents Miles Morales' Spider-Man, in what's referenced as a "Glitch Big Face" design. I guess that relegates the image to the Spider-Verse movies, since they insert a lot of that psychedelic, computer glitching for the sake of the backdrop. At any rate, it does have a distinct, high-tech look about it.
But again, that look is basic, with Morales' Spidey portrait nice and centered, which is more than enough for me. I also chose to get the shirt in black, since I favor the color for my apparel, and in this case, I do believe it accentuates the spiffy, red trim and white eyes.
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I've already worn this one at the gym and received a collective compliment from four, young ladies who said the shirt complemented my physique. Hmmm ... I do believe I'll be sporting this one more often than not.😉
Thursday, August 6, 2026
THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE RETURNS VIA FATHOM/DARK SKY FILMS (8/18)
Fathom Entertainment & Dark Sky Films is continuing its grand, gruesome tradition of reshowing its sterling, remastered print of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre this August 18 (Tues) at select cinemas.
The date of the presentation coincides with the plot's fateful day when a group of naive youngsters encountered a most frightful family.
Though twisted at heart in its stark, documentary-like auara, director Tobe Hooper and his co-writer Kim Henkel manage to keep the 1974, cannibal-ridden carnage to a minimum (i.e. being more implied than not), for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is, in truth, a study in masterful, high-tension suggestion.
In this respect, its suspense is visceral and unpretentious (working off the basic, effective notion that its events could happen to anybody who might fall into the wrong place at the wrong time). Call me the odd man out, but I find this unsettling premise (or more so, its execution) so identifiable that it inspires a cozy feeling in me. Maybe this is also because I've come to learn and respect a great deal about the movie and its creators, many of whom have passed on in recent years.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is perhaps best known for one of my all-time favorite fiends, its towering, Ed-Gein surrogate, Leatherface, played by the late Gunnar Hansen. (I had the pleasure of meeting Hansen at a Fangoria convention in the early 1990s, at which time, I'm proud to say, he signed the box top of my Screamin' Leatherface, model kit). In addition to Hanson, the cast includes Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, John Dugan, Marilyn Burns, William Vail, Allen Danzinger and Terri McMinn, with John Larroquette as the narrator. (The movie's bone-chilling sculptures were provided by art director Robert Burns and the sweltering photography by Daniel Pearl.)
For those who filmed it, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was (and remains) a macabre labor of love, and many rank it right up there with such comparable, grassroots fright fests as Night of the Living Dead 1968, Dawn of the Dead 1979, Day of the Dead 1985, Carnival of Souls 1962, The Hills Have Eyes 1977, Halloween 1978, and the bulk of the Phantasm and Evil Dead franchises.
(Re)experience the one that initiated the masked-slasher subgenre, and if you've never seen it, now's as good a time as any to get terrorized.
FANGORIA PRESENTS: CAMP SLASHERS
There's a new, Fangoria in town, one that severs mauls and mutilates. It's a 100-page extravaganza called Camp Slashers (available in two imposing covers).
As one might expect, this spinetingling release tosses the spotlight on the genre's overriding kingpin: Friday the 13th, led by its marauding catalyst, Jason Voorhees. (To supplement such, readers are treated to a nostalgic look at Mr. Voorhees' over-the-top, sleeping-bag kill from Friday the 13th: Part VII: The New Blood.)
Sleepaway Camp and Fear Street appear, too, along with the legend-fueled The Burning, and then there's the new-fangled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Maisma and Final Girls. Readers even get a scholarly glimpse at that old, slasher foe, the censorious Hays Code.
The issue's details are rich; its photos lurid. Camp Slashers is a gruesome throwback to 1980s carnage, a time when the fearsome Fangoria reigned supreme.
Order a copy for your library or better yet, use it as a guide for your next campground sojourn. It's the ideal way to mark your inevitable ("Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma") demise!🗡
https://www.fangoria.com/fangoria-presents-camp-slashers-is-your-ultimate-summer-horror-read/
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