For years, I could not receive the classic TV channel Decades. Last year I discovered the new Frndly streaming service that offered these cable/over-the-air subchannels […]
Author: C Hall
That Time I Looked for UFOs:
The UFO Flap of October 1973
October 1973. US involvement in Viet Nam ended with the springtime Paris Accord, and the Nation was moving on. The meat shortages of summer were behind […]
Revenge of The Dark Shadows Daybook:
The Dark Shadows Daybook Unbound!
Hello folks! This blog is still active, and I’m still breathing. So sorry there hasn’t been an update in months, but I’ve been rather ill. That led […]
Forgotten TV Shows:
Project UFO
“Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw. These are Unidentified Flying Objects that people say they are seeing now. Are […]
Forgotten TV Shows:
Get Christie Love!
By the summer of 1973, the Blaxploitation genre was in full swing in the movie theaters. Always ready to capitalize on a trend, the TV […]
Dark Shadows Q & A:
“Why Do Dogs Howl at Barnabas?”
Taking a break from my hectic life, I paused to answer a blog-related email yesterday. While researching pointless minutia from a Dark Shadows Fan™, I found a […]
Reality TV Finally Jumps the Shark
Review: Vampires in America (2020),
The Travel Channel
[Written in February 2022 -Ed.] I’ll confess I was bored when it happened. There was absolutely nothing on the tube when I started scrolling through […]
All Bun and No Weenie
Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
I’ll be upfront. I did not like Guillermo del Toro’s remake of Nightmare Alley. There. I’ve said it. Now, all my friends will hate me. It’s […]
A Bewitching Scent and a Spell:
The Witchy World of Styx
There are those few times that social media serves a purpose other than pointless arguments. Midcentury Fashion is one of those rare groups where fights […]
The Sad Story of “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March”
[Yes, I’ve been lazy. Here’s a new post! – Ed.] Nineteen-sixty-eight turned to 1969. The world, filled with an equal feeling of hope and dread, […]