There have been several movies over the years about our former President Abe Lincoln. There was Young Mr. Lincoln from 1939 starring Henry Fonda, a 2012 film called Lincoln starring Daniel-Day Lewis to name a couple. In 1940, Abe Lincoln in Illinois is another historical, biographical drama focusing on his life from his time in…
Blu-ray Review – Other Side of the Mirror – Mondo Macabro
My name is Scott MacDonald and I am a Franco-holic. To be fair I’ve only seen about 80 films, and I feel like that’s even THAT BAD considering this is a director with over 200 films to his credit. However, today I get to review one of the few big ones I had left to…
Blu-ray Review – Love Brides of the Blood Mummy – Mondo Macabro
Love Brides of the Blood Mummy is a French/Spanish co-production directed by Ken Ruder I’ve heard about for decades, but have only now just seen due to the new release by Mondo Macabro. The film follows an Egyptologist, James Barton, who has heard rumors of a local Count having actual mummies in his possession. As…
UHD Review – Return of the Living Dead – Scream Factory
I was introduced to Return of the Living Dead on an episode of Monstervision with Joe Bob Briggs in the 90’s. On that episode Joe Bob did his usual redneck schtick, and discussed everything from violence to the nudity in the film. The latter of which obviously could not be seen on TNT. He even…
Tabletop Review – Tales of the Red : Street Stories – (R. Talsorian Games)
Cyberpunk Red has been out for 3 years, and the book I’ve been waiting for has arrived (OK, well one of them haha). Tales of the Red – Street Stories is a compilation of 9 short modules for Cyberpunk Red. These for the most part can be run in 1-2 sessions each (the first one…
Tabletop Review – A Time to Harvest/Cults of Cthulhu – Chaosium
Chaosium has in recent months issued 2 new books for the Call of Cthulhu RPG, the sourcebook Cults of Cthulhu and the full length campaign A Time to Harvest. A Time to Harvest came at a great time, as I am currently wrapping up a Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign with my group, and trying to…