<\/center>Just my speed. And from what I’ve seen of the first ten minutes or so, it holds up surprisingly well. I can’t believe Marty’s never seen it before. And bicycling around Long Beach today, I actually found some Halloween decor to admire: Kinda reminds me of the couple from Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, another possible movie candidate for tonight.<\/p>\n Lastly, and scariest of all, from the Paris Review, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Telltale Heart” in Pictures<\/a>, by Daniel Horowitz: <\/p>\n \u201cTRUE!\u2014nervous\u2014very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNow this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded\u2014with what caution\u2014with what foresight\u2014with what dissimulation I went to wor<\/em>k!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWas it possible they heard not? Almighty God!\u2014no, no! They heard!\u2014they suspected!\u2014they knew!\u2014they were making a mockery of my horror!\u2013this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now\u2014again!\u2014hark! louder! louder! louder! louder<\/em>!\u201d After the storm of the century, are you really in the mood for a postapocalyptic zombie movie on Halloween? I know I’m not. Gates are locked, porch lights are dimmed, and on the Netflix queue tonight we’ll be watching (and … Continue reading ![\"Photobucket\"](\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/oct2012\/Abbott-Costello-Meet-Frankenstein.jpg\")
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\nWith Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Lon Chaney as the Wolfman, what’s not to like? Just keep in mind that Abbott & Costello started out as radio comedians, so the movie is all about showcasing their banter and doesn’t strain itself when it comes to the plot. I always preferred these two to, say, the Three Stooges. Of course, the Marx Brothers trump all movie comedians.<\/p>\n
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\nYikes! I’ll just be nipping out to make sure those gates are locked again…
\nHappy Halloween
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