The Best Bands

Who do you think the best bands are? Of all time, or of the moment. I think the chemistry of a band is important to consider, because it's kind of like a machine. If all the pieces fit together, the groove is gonna be there, and it'll be music to your ears.

Also worth considering is a band's longevity, and how much shitty material they've put out. That's why I wouldn't put a band like Pink Floyd on this list, because they released an album full of animal tracks. FUCK... THAT...

My picks:

Creedence Clearwater Revival may be the best band ever. They fuckin' rocked, and only made a finite number of albums, but EVERY track is great. The same can be said about Led Zeppelin. Those guys never had any dud tracks. Or at least a mere handful of mediocre ones at best.

The Rolling Stones never disappoint me, either. They've released a lot more material, which gives them more room for error for the harsh critics, but I tend to like all their tracks. They have so many goddamn hits! The Beatles got a little more druggie/weird with some tracks, but they're otherwise almost on par.

Another thing about these bands is that they didn't change their core lineup much, if at all. It's all about that chemistry, and these are generic examples, but I still fucking love these bands. There are probably a few other great examples out there, but I can't think of them right now.

I can't wait for Fall

This summer sucks. No rain and it's hot as hell. I need the autumn months to cool us off a bit, and for the first time in ages, I'm actually off work on Halloween. I always tell myself I want to decorate a lot and do fun stuff for Halloween, but I underestimate my own laziness. About the best I can do is overload my brain with horror for the October Challenge, which is generally good enough.

I do feel that for someone who loves horror and Halloween as much as I do, I don't make enough of a fuss about it.

Chucky, season 2

I missed this during it's initial tv run, but no worries. I figured it would hit peacock as soon as the season ended, like it did with the first season.

11 months later, they finally decide to put it on peacock. Meanwhile, a movie will end its theatrical run and appear on streaming in about a month or two. Like seriously, why the fuck did they wait so long with this? Now, I'm having to get it all watched before the season 3 premiere, which is next month. I'm going to overdose on Chucky, but it's my duty as a tv-watching guy. You get it.



So I'm about halfway through the season and it's pretty good. It's reminiscent of Child's Play 3 in which the protagonist(s) wind up in a reform school. Not a military school this time, but a Catholic school. Imagine what kind of terrors he could wreak upon priests and nuns... Yeah, that Chucky is a jerk of all trades. Able to be a killer doll in all sorts of tropes and horror settings.

I love seeing Devon Sawa back. He's supposed to come back in season 3, likely as yet another new character. I'm assuming his character will die in this season, because why not? Everybody dies, and Chucky ain't afraid to explode kids either. Multiple Chuckies mean he can be reckless.

The Tiffany/Tilly plot is wonderful. I loved the guest stars in the murder mystery party episode. I love how Tiffany wants to be Jennifer Tilly so much, but all she's watching for research is Liar Liar. 😄

They also play Psycho II in some parts of the season, and guess who pops in this show? It's easy if you think about it.

And for anyone wondering about Glen/Glenda... that plot is finally being addressed, too. I'm not sure how a franchise about a killer doll from the 80s can hit all the right notes, but it's working.

Natty Knocks 2023

Dwight H. Little directs a new Halloween-centric horror film with Bill Moseley, Robert Englund, and Danielle Harris. Yes, she's come full circle here, which is enough for me to get excited.

Some teen witnesses Bill Moseley doing bad things, and it becomes a cat and mouse thing. Some teen's mom is Danielle Harris, and it's funny to see. She's still fine as hell, but she's more of a supporting character here. Bill is the main villain, and he's adequate. He plays it well, but he doesn't have a hell of a lot to work with.

The movie looks good, but I couldn't figure out where it was going or what it was trying to achieve. I disengaged a bit in the middle... and a bit more at the end... but I definely did watch this movie.

Watch it for the actors. They're great. The movie itself is pretty meh.

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Day of the Triffids (1963)

I just watched this (again) for the sci-fi challenge. I must have had this thought before, but, whatever... I was just startled, watching it, by how influential it seems to have been. I should have written this as I was watching it, I would probably have remembered more.... I just kept constantly being reminded of more modern films, while watching it, and of course that is probably because those more modern films were partly inspired by, or at least doing homage to, Day of the Triffids.

The dude waking up in the hospital room, the morning after some horrifying pestilence or other events has run its horrifying course through the community, has been done in 28 Days Later, The Walking Dead, and possibly some other movies I have seen. I will come back and write in anything I remember here. Anyway, those movies and TV shows aren't necessarily inspired by DotT, but I just feel like someone on the set of both those sets must have mentioned the similarity to DotT, and maybe stuck in some kind of Easter egg for alert fans.

The scenes at the lighthouse made me think of The Fog, of course. I bet John Carpenter has talked about any connection that might exist here, in some interview... I can't remember hearing this, but I bet he has.

Also, just the way the Triffids move, and what they are like, just in general... it just feels like DotT might have been more of an influence on the zombie apocalypse sub-genre than some of the early films that are actually about zombies.

I will come back and post more, if I remember anything else, or think of anything new.

The Blob and its global warming message

It hates the cold, so they defeat it with fire extinguishers and dump it in the arctic. Then the last lines of the movie really sell it.

"At least we've got it stopped."
"Yeah, as long as the Arctic stays cold."


Was there any global warming movies before this one? In the 70s, I notice they had some global warming tripe in some animal horror flicks, but this here might be the earliest that I can think of.

Also, the theme song is great.

Interstellar 2013

I still don't get this movie. It starts off strong and all the space stuff is interesting, so I sit through it all waiting for some mind-blowing Nolan ending, but that's where this movie falls apart. The ending. It's like he was working up to something big, but in his pretentiously cerebral plotlines, he couldn't figure it out, so he threw some shit together about bookcase time dimensions and hoped we'd swallow it.

Some bullshit about love being the answer, even though the wormholes are so paradoxical in origin. Some basic John Connor/chicken or the egg stuff right there. As long as the characters know what they're talking about, the audience is supposed to accept it is smart people talk. If Matt Damon says it's science, it must be science!

(Wormholes + Gravity) / Love = this movie. I don't hate it, but I don't like it.

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Possible Fly Sequel

I was just thinking about this. I think they missed an opportunity for a sequel. Maybe they'll still do it someday.

I'm thinking of the scenes in the 1986 The Fly, where Seth Brundle goes out to that bar, wins that woman by almost killing that guy in an arm wrestling match, and eventually they go back to Seth's warehouse apartment place (I think that was what they used to call a "loft") for drunken meaningless sex. You see where I'm going with this. If they had sex, and it sounded like they probably had a LOT of sex, then she could have become pregnant with his... baby? Larva? Baby-larva? Whatever.

They could easily do something with that. The offspring would be in his thirties now. They could say he has recessive fly traits, and they suddenly start to emerge for some reason.

I don't have anything really brilliant or exciting to say about this. I just wanted to mention that it is something they could do.

Kirk out.

It comes at night (2017)

This flick's one of those indies that actually got a theatrical release, and I'm not sure how you guys feel about that.

The movie's basically The Village, post-apocalypse edition. It's unclear what kind of virus they're dealing with, but I think Mortuary (2005) began a "black vomit" trend, which is present here.
The "It" probably refers to the paranoia they have for each other, although it's happening 24/7, not just nightly.
Joel Edgerton plays a hard-nosed family man, but a fair one, who has to make some tough calls throughout.
So there's lots of action, with shades of grey everywhere.

All in all, I recommend the film. My only complaint is that (much like The Village), it's a film pretty much marketed as horror, but is really a thriller. 7/10

Candy Corn 2019

I'm always on the prowl for Halloween-set horror films, and boy, are most of them rotten. Rotten like your teeth if you eat that concentrated heap of sugar known as "candy corn". Just because it's fall-colored, it's a fall thing? What if fall doesn't want it?

But this movie looks pretty dope, doesn't it? The intro credits are promising. Produced by Courtney Gains and Tony Todd. Weird combo, but I'll take it. The film begins rather competently. Good fall atmosphere, a simple score, and a quick rundown of our setting. The director is trying to channel John Carpenter.

The setup is this: bullies harrass a retarded guy who works for a midget in a traveling circus of sorts. They take things a bit too far, and then it becomes a supernatural revenge slasher.

There are hints that this movie is going to turn into a full blown b-movie. But when the killer makes his first kill... there's absolutely zero tension in the scene. Even the music is starting to sound inept and pompous. This movie fell apart real quick, and then I had to watch another hour of it.


I like Courtney Gains. He was in Poolboy, which pretty much makes him a VIP in the world of trash. Also, Hardbodies was great. Suffice to say, I want to cut him some slack here, but it's hard. His mustache is stupid, his protagonist sheriff character is worthless, and there's no stakes. All these characters are dicks with an X on their forehead. Who cares if they die? And then they throw some dramatic sad music at you in the aftermath scenes, as if the loss of these dirt bags warrants any sympathy whatsoever? Who is this movie trying to kid? Candy Corn isn't a treat. Candy Corn is a trick.


Pancho Moler does good with this weak-ass script, but he can't save this jabroni. Nor can tiny roles from Tony Todd and P.J. Soles. This movie is rotten. And worst of all, it's boring.

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