Goth Girls' Detective Club

WTF?!! While a colleague of mine was out poking walls in Bridlington, one wall barked back at him. Upon peering into the hole in the wall to investigate this peculiar matter further he was rather surprised to find an eye peering back at him. The above is a photo he took of the strange beastie lurking in the small hole in a seafront wall in Bridlington. Nice that he immediately thought of me as someone who would love this madness.

Things That Have Kept Me Off the Streets the Last Few Weeks: Frayed – Only watched this because the psycho killer had the same name as my brother and that amused me. Feast Trilogy - Flesh eating beasts, Henry Rollins, Mexican midget wrestlers, tattooed biker chicks and boobies. What could possibly be wrong with these movies? Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein – Still funny. Abbott and Costello: Hold that Ghost – As above Who Done it? – Ditto. Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy – And one more time for luck. Laid to Rest – Sometimes people who are stalked by a raging, chrome-faced mental case deserve all they get. April Fool’s Day (1986) – I have the biggest soft for this movie. Session 9 – Creepy. The Mist – You just knew how this was going to end! Damn it, Stephen King! Friday the Thirteenth 3-D – Sometimes Channel 4 just pisses me off. Despite them for some reason insisting in their trailers that this was 70s film, it wasn’t, and neither was Jaws 3-D...

As I appear to be totally all about deaths and birthdays at the moment (probably deeply psychologically telling that), I simply couldn’t let today pass without acknowledging the birthday of horror’s gentlemen Boris Karloff. There now follows a brief list of reasons Mr. Karloff rocks: • The sheer wealth of works he left behind. Seriously, the man had made more movies before talking was even invented (yes, talking had to be invented) than a lot of actors make in a lifetime. • He turned down The Monster role in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein because he did not think it was respectful to the character. • Despite this, he did, however, have sense of humour enough to pose for publicity shots for the movie that showed him buying tickets to see it. He also did go on to star in two other movies with them; …Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff and ….Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. • Arsenic and Old Lace. I love this movie so don’t even feel the need to justify this statement. • ...

Rest in peace, Mr. Woodward.