Steve Hammond in Miracle Mile

Arbogast has a great review of the overlooked and, mostly forgotten, 1988 film, Miracle Mile. You must really go read it HERE.

For years I've been telling people what a great film it is, and THEN I tell them to watch closely for a cameo appearance towards film's end of gay porn star, Steve Hammond. I finally found a rather grainy still to prove my point (below) of Mr. Hammond (on the right) with Miracle Mile's star, Anthony Edwards.

Below that still you can find the poster for another of Mr. Hammond's films.

Where Have You Gone, Marty?

Hey look, it's Marty, the ghost hunter with a big appetite! Man, he had it going on!

You'd have thunk that Marty would have beat a hasty retreat when something tried to take a bite out of him on the second floor of the Freeling's house.

Ah, but turnabout is fair play, so Marty stuck around and raided the Freeling's refrigerator ... chomping on some of Diane's fine fried chicken - and all was well until the steak started crawling across the counter... ...and then began decomposing ... yuck.

Why that's enough to send a guy to the laundry room to puke ... but wait what's this? Marty, you might need some Clearasil, buddy.

Where have you gone, Marty?

So What Are You Waiting For??

I did it, so can you. Get your ass over to Rondoaward.com and vote for your fave horror related movie, blog, magazine article, action figure, and a whole lot more.

This One is Sure to be a Hit!!!!

Awards Season

It's awards season, children!

Soon Oscar will be dusted off and trotted out ... size zero starlets are all on the Tic-Tac-and-Marlboro-diet to fit in to that latest frock so that some empty headed star fucker / interviewer can comment on how "amazing" they look ...

Can you feel the excitement?

I can.

As a matter of fact it's no different here in Blogland.

A courier arrived at my villa this afternoon with word that my little horror blog was bestowed the prestigious, Premio Dardo Award by none other than that fabulous blogger, author and all around Renaissance man, Vince Liaguno (the proprietor of the equally fabulous, Slasher Speak). Vince had these kind words to say about Billy Loves Stu:

More queer musings, this time from pal Pax Romano, who explores the more homoerotic subtext in horror films with a marvelously campy sense of humor and the queerest eye this side of Fire Island.

The Premio Dardo Award is a nifty sort of meme thingy, in that the recipient of the award must then bestow the same upon five other bloggers - happily, Vince found my little attempt at blogging a worthy one; it is indeed a delight to be recognized by ones peers.

Of course it now falls to me to pay it forward, so here goes.

• The Land of Cerpts and Honey is the blog of my pal, Cerpts. My god but this guy is a never ending font of wisdom when it come to film trivia. "Wicked as fresh red paint and poisonous as dried spiders" . Go now and soak in some of the goodness!
• Kill Everybody in the Whole Wide World is a deranged blog that is more fun than a bowl of steaming haggis on a cold night in Edinburgh. Stop on over and say howdy to The Dreaded Rhubarb.
• The Life of Pinky Bear is a blog by that I have been reading since forever. Maintained by The Divine Miss Jimmi, this blog has everything from make-up tips, to politics; from tales of theatrical mayhem, to tales of domestic bliss ... stop on over and say hi to The Divine One!
• Gloomy Sunday is a blog, that, sadly, is no longer with us, but I wanted to make mention of Absinthe's wonderful postings on Gothic dime store novels. Hopefully, she will return to us soon.
• Killer Kittens From Beyond the Grave has to be one of the sexiest, horrific, rocking and rolling blogs in the friggin' world. Go visit that kitten with a whip, Kitty LeClaw, but be warned ... this is no place for the faint of heart!

And now if you still have not had enough with all of this awards crap ... well, hold on to your 'nads, because next up, B-Sol at The Vault of Horrors is hosting the 2008 Cyber Horror Awards (LINK HERE). I can't wait to see what kind crap the "horror elite" stir up this time!

That's all for now, I think I have to go rescue Hugh Jackman from a certain fellow blogger ... night all.

Psych Hits It Out of the Park (or the camp)

While many of you were suffering through the Friday the 13th remake, some of us found a much better alternative on, of all places, the USA Network's program, Psych.

Last Friday night's episode, entitled Tuesday the 17th was a brilliant, homage to the Friday films (specifically part-II - entire scenes from that film are re-staged) as well as April Fools Day.

If you get a chance to see this episode in reruns, by all means watch it! From the spot-on opening credits, to the Rick Astley pinata ; this is one fun hour of TV, and it's obvious that the writers have much more affection for these films than anyone over at Platinum Dunes.

Saturday the 14th: A Roundup of Voorhees Mania - Blog Style!

Friday the 13th has come and gone, thankfully some have survived to tell their tale ... let's see what the Final Gals and Guys have to say:

• First up, Arby Learns about Hell!
• Final Girl Sees Jason and the Jerks!
• That Scallywag, Unkle Lancifer shares some of his Crystal Lake Memories.
• Vince dissects the recent documentary, His Name was Jason
• JA proves that great minds think alike and serves up his fave Crystal Lake Hunks.
• Camp Blood say's Jason's gone to hell!