Be Afraid...

Geena Davis
"The Fly"

Here we are the first Friday of Halloween month. So I'm gonna just leave this iconic quote from 1986 David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Spoken by Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife.

That's all...

The Fly on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/

Michael's Musings

No Mere Mortal Can Resist The Evil Of The Thriller!
Michael Shinafelt

"The foulest stench is in the air, The funk of forty thousand years, And grizzly ghouls from every tomb, are closing in to seal your doom" - Thriller 

28 days until Halloween...shivering with anticipation!

Text a random phone number this message: "The fat one won't fit into the woodchipper. What do you want me to do?"

PS your inner child is fatter then mine. That's all.

Perhaps the journey isn't about becoming anything. Perhaps it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you.

Finally saw the documentary Scream Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street! About Nightmare On Elm Street 2 - highly recommended for fans of the genre (like me)

I've decided to stop wearing glasses, I've seen enough 

FYI Smart people don't tell you how smart they are (and good people don't tell you how good they are)

You are the tequila, not the lime...the more you know 

Woman Crush of the Week - Lindsay Lohan in honor of today being Mean Girls Day!

Rewatched Whatever Happened To Baby Jane with Bette Davis & Joan Crawford yesterday. Such a great movie.

Mark your calendars horror fiends. Neve Campbell is back for Scream 7 opening February 27, 2026...can't wait!

Loving Lady Gaga's cover of The Show Must Go On

BTW it looks like Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters are returning for season 13 of American Horror Story

RIP Kris Kristofferson 

What's you favorite Scary Movie? Tell me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://x.com/MShinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

Soul Sitter

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." 

Whilst walking through my hood the other day I spotted this divine creature. I knew there had to be more to her than meets the eye. You know like something less surface and with more meaning.

Well let us give a Halloween Hump Day & Chill welcome to my neighborhood Soul Sitter!

So what's a Soul Sitter you ask? It's someone who helps people who are facing the death of a loved one. 

Personally I think this one's intentions don't seem 100% pure. There is definitely some sinister undertones happening here. You know what, that intrigues me even more!!!

Join me and my "Sitter" in a Halloween month Hump Day & Chill toast! 

Where's the pizza???

The Soul Sitter's Handbook on Amazon -

https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Sitters-Handbook-loved-dying-ebook/dp/B008LUW1H6

Hello October...

Alfred Hitchcock

It's the most wonderful month of the year! There I said it! October is my favorite month of the entire year! Due in no small part that we get to celebrate Halloween for thirty one days!!!

Not to mention all the other related types of celebrations that happen such as Day of the Dead.

Thus to kick off this most holy of months we have this iconic image of the master himself Alfred Hitchcock standing in front of the Psycho house.

Since Psycho is one of my favorite films and Hitchcock is one of my favorite directors and both have ties to "Spooky Season" there you have it, the perfect mascot for October.

Fittingly I am kicking off the first day of October by attending yoga at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Yeah, I thought you all might like that...

October on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October

Monday, Again???

 This Bangles song sums it up for the day...sigh

Manic Monday on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Monday  

The Snow Queen

 “We think back through our mothers if we are women.”  Virginia Woolf 

The new season of Performance Space New York’s “First Mondays: Readings of New Works in Progress” launches with Act One of THE SNOW QUEEN, a new musical by DUDLEY SAUNDERS and SARAH SCHULMAN that uses the classic fairy tale to reveal how women's lives are driven by their mother's trauma.

Featuring Lacy Rose, Candace Lynn Matthews, Camila Maric, Charles Coleman, Malcolm Gold and Taylor Van Cleave under the musical direction of Michael Visceglia.  With narration by Winsome Brown.

The performance will take place Monday October 7th at 7PM in PSNY’s Neilma Sidney Theater, 150 First Avenue (corner of 9th Street).  Free with RSVP at https://ci.ovationtix.com/203/performance/11499318?performanceId=11499318

Dudley Saunders’ best known works include music albums (OutMusic Album of the Year, Mountain Stage NewSong Award), performance art collaborations (the Obie-winning “Tale of 2Cities:An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks”) and public television (Emmy and Prism Awards).  He has written for such magazines as Rolling Stone, New York and the Village Voice, and recently completed a novel, THE WHORE ARTIST.

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

MVD Rewind Collection is proud to present 1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! in its original, unedited feature length form for the first time! 

1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! is an epic documentary about the greatest geek year in films,1982, featuring stars, directors, writers, producers and pop culture historians sharing their insights about such legendary movies as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, John Carpenter's The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, Creepshow, Night Shift, The Dark Crystal, 48 Hours, First Blood, Tron, Conan The Barbarian, Cat People, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, The Road Warrior, and much, much more.

Filled with exclusive interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage, and exclusive never-before-seen clips (including Henry Winkler's home movies from the set of Night Shift) in a fun, lively, no-holds-barred celebration of the legendary movie-going year of 1982. 

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! takes viewers behind- the-scenes to a time when fandom was in its infancy, featuring eye-opening interviews with Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, Leonard Maltin, Mike Medavoy and more, in front of and behind the camera, from some of the biggest and most influential movies ever made!

 

“A remarkable array of talking heads wax lyrical about what they loved about the releases that year and make an impressive argument to the doc’s raison d’etre.” – Martin Unswroth, Starburst  

  

“It’s a love letter to the films that shaped a generation, but it will work for for viewers of all ages.” – Jonathan Hickman, The Newman Times-Herald 

  

“1982 captures the feeling of being a kid excited about summer movies, but tempers that nostalgia with insight, an amazing amount of research, and wonderful interviews. If you’re missing your own childhood just a little bit, and want to remind yourself that yes, 1982 was great, this documentary is unmissable.” – Ryan Britt, Fatherly 

  

“A time capsule, capturing a synchronic cross-section of movie history, while also mapping out the formative filmography of Generation X.” – Anton Bitel, Projected Figures 

  

“This remarkable epic documentary spotlights the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable motion pictures, TV, music and video games of that seminal year.” – Joseph Perry, The Good, The Bad & The Verdict 

  

“Five Stars. This documentary is full of nostalgia and amazing stories regarding the year of 1982. This documentary is fantastic and brought me back to my childhood.” – Dan Skip Allen, From The Fourth Row  

Watch the trailer here: https://mvd.cloud/video/trailers/760137156864_1982GreatestGeekYearEver_trailer.mp4

Pre-order on Blu-ray on Amazon: https://a.co/d/7BdLpGT

Pre-order the DVD on Amazon: https://a.co/d/bv1Y4Kn