tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738025286483185751.post3993023409804231158..comments2015-01-19T07:44:04.414-08:00Comments on The Nostalgic Attic: Bargain -Bin Books #2 - H.P. Lovecraft's 'Re-Animator'JP Mulvanettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381363705787780363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738025286483185751.post-81108230801448853342014-07-09T06:46:26.878-07:002014-07-09T06:46:26.878-07:00Thanks craig, cheers for the link! Thanks craig, cheers for the link! JP Mulvanettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381363705787780363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738025286483185751.post-71413238369781251352014-07-08T20:09:28.997-07:002014-07-08T20:09:28.997-07:00I'm with you guys down the line - I enjoy Love...I'm with you guys down the line - I enjoy Lovecraft a lot - my friend Brad turned me on to ol' HP back in high school - loaning me his paperback collections. I like Poe - but I Lovecraft. (See what I did there?) Stuart Gordon's movies are all among my faves. <br /><br />I worked with Bob Hoskins a while back - sadly it was his least favorite project he ever worked on - if anyone would like to read about it - here's Part One...<br /><br />http://craiglgooh.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-was-teenage-production-assistant.htmlCraig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738025286483185751.post-79648732656597353962014-05-01T02:05:38.437-07:002014-05-01T02:05:38.437-07:00Wes, this really isn't very fancy at all, it&#...Wes, this really isn't very fancy at all, it's cheaply printed, and I got it for a few pound. But it is a nice addition to the bookshelf. That Night of the Living Dead one sounds great, I must keep my eye out for it.<br /><br />Fully agreed on Lovecraft, I rank him highly among favorite authors, and would regularly re-read many of his stories. Shadows over Innsmouth gets a read at least once a year... I do like Poe, but he is less full-on horror to me, but I think MR James is in a league of his own when it comes to traditional ghost stories. - we owe most 'haunting' film plotlines to him, really. Such an influential writer. I've given away so many copies of cheap Lovecraft collections over the years, just to friends who expressed an interest. I've definitely been doing my part! I have a nice hardback, faux leather edition of his most popular stuff for myself, and another cheapo collection with stories missing from the hardback. <br /><br />Yeah, Re-Animator is incredible fun,and From Beyond is a demented blast. Agreed on the artwork, I have the old VHS tape here, in fact. I could never understand why the went with the film score artwork for the DVD cover. Saying that, we can't complain too much, as we finally have the film uncut!<br /><br />And yes, farewell Bob Hoskins, he appeared in many of my favorite films. An underrated actor, especially for some of the roles he did in the likes of Felica's Journey and Twenty Four Seven.JP Mulvanettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381363705787780363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738025286483185751.post-46253848249861251332014-04-30T13:38:06.284-07:002014-04-30T13:38:06.284-07:00Yeah, this is very nice John. I don't quite ha...Yeah, this is very nice John. I don't quite have anything like this, maybe Stephen King's <i>Cycle of the Werewolf</i>, but nothing based on an existing film. When I was a kid I briefly collected graphic novels, mainly <i>Clive Barker's Hellraiser</i> series, and the 4-issue <i>Leatherface</i> series, based on <i><b>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III</b></i>. I think my favourite one was an adaptation <i><b>Night of the Living Dead</b></i> which was full of really great eerie artwork by Stephen Bissette. But I digress... It's been a good few years since I read <i>Herbert West Re-Animator</i> but it's a pretty good slice of Lovecraft, but I must say I like most everything Lovecraft wrote and for me he is the greatest of the early fantasists - certainly Poe, who I find hard to read (even though <i>The Raven</i> is one of the best things ever written), and MR James who's good but has none of the weirdness of Lovecraft. I still love to grab one of his collections (the three Penguin annotated anthologies are fantastic) and sit back with some dark ambient stuff - I posted about Lovecraft last year and recommended a Lustmord album for soundtrack duties and I'll stick by that... <i><b>Re-Animator</b></i>, still one of the best films of the 80's and has the brilliant rewind factor, I think stands up to repeated viewings. The scene where Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbot first try out the re-animation agent in the morgue is one of the best 5mins in Horror Cinema - just incredible. I like <i><b>From Beyond</b></i> as well - it's silly, the special effects are decidedly ropey but Barbara Crampton is so damn sexy in this movie. I bought <i><b>From Beyond</b></i> on laserdisc a few years ago on eBay just for the sleeve - the <a href="http://www.videocollector.co.uk/from-beyond/17860" rel="nofollow">face melting</a> from the old VHS, which MGM in their wisdom didn't use for the DVD ! Eejits... <br /><br />(Meantime, farewell Bob Hoskins, diamond geezer)Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502948357255970132noreply@blogger.com