Ugh, weekends come and go. I'm nearly 44 years old and these times I have left to enjoy and write about horror, I realize, are decreasing. I finished In Search of Darkness, the 4+ hour documentary about 80s horror, a fun weekend dedicated to it in increments. I didn't watch it, nor did I want to, in one sitting. I stretched out. Earlier last week, it was on Shudder in rotation on their It Came from Shudder channel and I would catch it here and there, eventually giving it a start-to-finish dedication for the weekend, interspersing Italian horror and Joe Bob Briggs in between. I wrapped it up an hour or so ago and felt a bit down, admittedly. This decade I have such a bond with was given plenty of love, even if the films were only allotted a few minutes to a comment or two. But the segments on special effects, monsters, slashers, sex and nudity, and other identifiable characteristics we associate with 80s horror did cover films and their casts and crew oftentimes quite well. This was a special weekend to me because I had some actual alone time and gave Shudder a significant amount of time to it. And it came to a close. It sort of feels like the beginning and end of summers as a kid. They come and go. And before you know it, half your life is over.
4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
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