Ghosts: True Tales of Horror is a magazine special that has been on the rack at the local Walmart's for the past month. I finally broke down and shelled out the $13.99 a few weeks ago. The magazine is divided into four sections: Ghosts: A Haunting History, Ghosts Stories, What's Really Happening and Where To Find Ghosts. There are some very familar ghost stories such as the Bell Witch, Bellamy Bridge and Huggin' Molly. There are articles on energy orbs, cold spots and mediums. The haunted places covered include Amityville, Salem, New Orleans and San Francisco. There is even a ghostly glossary and lots of pictures. While the Ghosts: True Tales of Horror magazine doesn't go into in-depth detail about some of the topics, it is a good starting point for those interested in the world of spirits.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Monday, October 09, 2023
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 9: The Devil's Machine
I picked up The Devil's Machine (2019) at the local Dollar Tree a few weeks ago in hopes that it would be a scary Halloween treat. The movie's story centers around a three hundred year old curse and a clockwork doll in Scotland. An antique dealer is hired to study the recently found life-size doll and takes his step-daughter along with him. The first half is a slow burn but things turn really weird in the second half. Not only does ghosts show up but strange dog men do too. Also, the story deals with some taboo subjects including incest, bondage and sadism. The ending was interesting but also a little predictable. I did get my money's worth since it was only $1.25 but I have to give The Devil's Machine a solid C since I felt like I was tricked.
Note: The Devil's Machine was originally titled Automata.
Sunday, October 08, 2023
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 8: Alice Cooper #1
Alice Cooper #1 from Dynamite Entertainment hits the newsstands last Wednesday. Lucifer is singing the blues but wants the love of the world so he decides to knock off the world's greatest rock musicians. Alice Cooper is warned by the archangel Gabriel that he has to stop him because he is also a target. From what I can find, this mini-series is going to be six issues.
Saturday, October 07, 2023
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 7: Sabrina Annual Spectacular #1 Cover
Archie Comics released Sabrina Annual Spectacular #1 last month. The first story, which is all new, is "Power of Three", which features the Wicked Trinity: Amber Nightstone (she made her debut in last year's Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular #1), Jade and Sapphire. The second story is the first appearance of Sabrina from Archie's Mad House #22 (October, 1962). The third story is "Spook Out", which originally appeared in Sabrina the Teenage Witch #5 (April, 1972). The fourth story is "Court Jester" from Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2 (July, 1971). Young Salem is featured in the fifth story titled "Scaredy Cat".
Friday, October 06, 2023
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 6: Star Trek: Holo-Ween #1 Cover Gallery
Star Trek: Holo-Ween #1 launched this week with three covers. Cover 1A and RI both have art by Francesco Francavilla that features Captain Picard and Deanna Troi running from Redjac aka Jack the Ripper. Cover 1B has art by Suspiria Vilchez that features Troi screaming with a giant Medusa head in the backgorund. I won't spoil the story but some of the crew gets turned into monsters.
Thursday, October 05, 2023
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 5: DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun #1
This year's Halloween treat from DC Comics is DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Fun #1. Surprisingly, Harley Quinn is not on the cover. Instead, it's Clark Kent and Lois Lane getting tricked by some little goblins dressed up as the Flash, Mary Marvel, Animal Man and Lobo. The best costume award goes to the one that looks like Man-Bat but he's cheating since that's not a costume.
The stories include the Question in "A Look to Die For", Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) in "The Shadow Over Coast City", Animal Man in "This Day, Anything Goes" (my favorite), Nightwing in "The Dark Bite", Superman in "The Spoils", Robotman in "Not Fade Away", Crush and Lobo in "Happy Hal(lobo)ween", and Man-Bat in "Out of the Shadows".
Note: This is one of four covers.
Wednesday, October 04, 2023
Halloween Special Report: Chucky Season 3 Starts Tonight on Syfy
That possessed killer doll known as Chucky returns to Syfy with season 3:
Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 4: Elvira in Monsterland #2, 4 and 5 Cover Galleries
I forgot to post the cover galleries for Elvira in Monsterland #2 and #4 when the issues originally came out. The fifth issue came out last week so I thought I would post all three cover galleries today for this week's Women Wednesday post. In issue two, she riffs on Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein movies.
In Elvira in Monsterland #4, she riffs on the kaiju movie Destroy All Monsters, which features Godzilla.
Issue five wraps up the mini-series with Elvira battles Vlad the Impaler and his army of monsters but she gets help from a super hero group that spoofs The Avengers movie.
Note: You can view Elvira in Monsterland #1 Cover Gallery here and Elvira in Monsterland #3 Cover Gallery here.