The Night HE Came Home

Michael Shinafelt

TGIF! Only six more days until the night HE came home..."Yes" Halloween, duh! 

To celebrate the impending high holy day here I am in one of my favorite T-Shirts paying tribute to my my favorite horror movie of all time 1978's Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

Why is it my favorite? It was the first R rated horror movie I saw in a theater and it had the most impact on me of any of the ones I've ever seen since.

I mean who didn't see Michael Myers creepy white mask somewhere lurking in the dark somewhere after viewing this classic.

So here we are Halloween 2024, are you ready? 

Trick or Treat! 

Halloween 1978 on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/ 

Michael's Musings

Feliz Dia de los Muertos

Word to your pumpkin Minions! I am busy prepping for this weekends Day of the Dead celebration at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA, naturally, this Saturday. It's an amazing even that I am fortunate enough to get to attend via my friend and owner of Hollywood Forever Tyler Cassity.

If you are there HMU, I only bite when I'm asked...

Even if you didn't love her last movie, that's no reason to kill her, the more you know

I hope your day is as nice as your booo-ty

Others: "How old are you?" Me: "I remember when Kim Cattrall was a mannequin"

Not today Satan!

What am I going as for Halloween? Dom Top

It was not the truth they wanted, but an Illusion they could bear to live with - Anais Nin

Karen gracefully buries her piss in the litter box, discuss

Yes, yea, yes Pappa Bear! 

Woman Crush of the Week - Aaliyah she's forever my Queen of the Damned

Saw Anna Kendrick's directorial debut Woman of the Hour on Netflix, congratulations!

Reminder: You can not use pizza labels as name tags

Top or bottom, queen

Aubrey Plaza in White Lotus. If you know, you know

Every breath you take, And every move you make, Every bond you break.
Every step you take, I'll be watching you...

Here is where I'll be watching you -

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Hump Day & Chill

Erika Jayne

Here we are one week and one day until Halloween! So I guess it's time to Hump Day & Chill and spill what I am going to be...I'm going to be what Erika Jayne is in the photo above a "Dom Top."

Translation: I'm not really dressing up, I'm simply raiding my actual wardrobe 

A bit too cheeky on this HD&C for October 23, 2024?

Too bad you won't be there for the big reveal....

Hump Day & Chill! Cheers!

Erika Jayne on IG -

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

A Simple Plan

SOMETIMES GOOD PEOPLE DO EVIL THINGS.

Working from an Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Scott B. Smith (adapting his own bestselling novel), director Sam Raimi swapped his trademark hyperkinetic horror for stark, bone-chilling tension in the expertly-crafted, critically-acclaimed thriller A Simple Plan.

Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton) and his wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) have big dreams and a baby on the way, but are stuck in the small Minnesota town where Hank grew up alongside his sweet but naive brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton, Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor). One day while walking in the woods, Hank, Jacob, and Jacob's friend Lou (Brent Briscoe) discover a small plane buried in the snow, with a dead pilot inside... and a duffel bag containing over $4 million in cash. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to grasp the American dream in one fell swoop, if they can just keep it a secret - but Hank soon learns that keeping that secret will come at a terrible cost.

A bleak, heart-stopping morality play with allusions to Macbeth and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Raimi's favorite film), A Simple Plan returns in a brand new director-approved 4K remaster accompanied by new and exclusive bonus features.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• New 4K remaster from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Sam Raimi
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio and optional lossless stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Brand new audio commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
• Brand new audio commentary by production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein with filmmaker Justin Beahm
• Of Ice and Men, a newly filmed interview with cinematographer Alar Kivilo
• Standing Her Ground, a newly filmed interview with actor Becky Ann Baker
• Dead of Winter, a newly filmed interview with actor Chelcie Ross
• On-set interviews with Paxton, Thornton, Fonda, Raimi, and producer Jim Jacks
• Behind-the-scenes footage
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin
• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Bilge Ebiri and an excerpt from the book The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi by John Kenneth Muir

Sales Points

• Double Oscar Nominee from Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)
• For fans of FARGO, DRIVE, RESERVOIR DOGS, THREE KINGS, and THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE
• 16 Wins and 24 International Nominations
• Widely considered one of the best rural crime films of All-Time
• 90% Tomatometer Score

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https://customers.mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AV616

Wonders Of The World

Wonder Girl & Wonder Woman
Debra Winger & Lynda Carter

Let's kick Monday off by admiring the wonders of the world. Specifically Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) and Wonder Girl (Debra Winger). from the classic 1975 TV Series Wonder Woman!

Hey it's almost Halloween why not celebrate with two heroic women of Comic Book lore.

Thus the dynamic duo is here to help you kick off our collective work weeks.

Beware of golden lassos!

Wonder Woman TV Series on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074074/   

"No Escape From What You Are"

 

Sudden Death Records is proud to present No Escape From What You Are on October 25th available on black, cherry red, smash and splatter vinyl, as well as CD and digital formats. Last winter the D.O.A. guys came up with an album concept... "Hey why don't we get a bunch of our punk rock pals to record D.O.A. songs?" So Canada's Godfather of Punk Joey Shithead Keithley contacted a bunch of his old friends and his favorite bands. As you can see from this sterling lineup, their reaction to covering D.O.A. material was great.   D.O.A. known as the Godfathers of Hardcore and more specifically Shithead himself invented that term, have influenced bands and fans alike since 1978, having played over 4,500 shows in 50 different countries on 5 different continents. For a lot of the musicians involved here, D.O.A. was one of the first two or 3 punk bands they ever saw in their lives. So what you have here are incredible versions 15 great songs that Joey and friends wrote and D.O.A. recorded and performed during the past 47 years. There's No Escape From What You Are!

TRACKLIST RANCID "Waiting For You" CIRCLE JERKS "The Enemy" ADOLESCENTS "2+2" VOIVOD "World War 3" SLIME "War In the East" FEAR "New Age" TOXIC REASONS "My Old Man's A Bum" DUFF MACAGAN "The Prisoner" DESCENDENTS "Get Out Of My Life" PROPAGANDHI "Fuck You" DUFF MACAGAN "Rich Bitch" WAR ON WOMEN "Liar For Hire" DEAD KENNEDYS "Smash the State" THE DEFECTS "Already Dead" M.D.C. "American the Beautiful" Follow Joe and the D.O.A. gang on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joe.keithley and https://www.instagram.com/doapunk

The Undead

BTS
Winona Ryder & Francis Ford Coppola
Bram Stoker's Dracula

While neither Francis Ford Coppola or Winona Ryder are undead they did collaborate on a film about the King of the Undead Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992.

 

This BTS image of the famed director and his leading lady is put here for your countdown to Halloween enjoyment, it speaks volumes too of their fondness for each other.

You remember how everyone thought that Coppola was miffed when Ryder pulled out of the Godfather Part III? Yeah, bullsh!t at it's finest, obviously.

Hey gotta keep the gossip mill running as they do in Hollywood. 

12 more days until Halloween! 

Bram Stoker's Dracula on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/