My List of Films, Books, and Zines I read/watched in 2022...

 Hello Everyone! It has been a while I've used this platform... Here goes!

2022 has been a rough year for the most part with the former job along with the work around the house that needed to get done. Now, toward the end of 2022 many things started to change... all for the better!    

I started up a list of Movies, Books, Comics, and Magazines I have read in 2022... I had set a personal reading / watching goals that I fell short of... There were many reasons for it... It happens! Hopefully I can hit those goals next year in 2023!!! 

What is excluded from this list are the TV shows that were either binge watched or random few episodes of a series... Or any of the reading and editing of the publications we put out. The list will go like this...  Month/Day/Year/Format - Title  Books, Comics, and Zines in Green, Films are White      

Enjoy! 

1/1/22 - Film - The French Connection

1/1/22 - Film - Grandmothers House

1/2/22 - Film - Doll Face

1/2/22 - Book - Dead In The West by Joe R. Lansdale

1/4/22 - Film - An American Crime

1/5/22 - Book - The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

1/12/22 - Film - A Woman's Torment

1/13/22 - Book - The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young

1/15/22 - Film - Happy Gilmore

1/15/22 - Zine - Minor Apocalypse's & Other Small Horrors by October Society Writings

1/16/22 - Film - Death Curse of Tartu

1/25/22 - Book - Bloody Show, Dark Tales of Decay & Dissolution by Scott Urban

1/28/22 - Film - Blood Games

1/31/22 - Book - EDGE #7 California Kill by George G. Gilman

2/2/22 - Zine - Crossroads... Where Evil Dwells Vol.1 #1

2/3/22 - Film - Soylent Green

2/3/22 - Film - Arizona

2/18/22 - Film - Sator

3/2/22 - Comic - Swamp Dogs #1 & #2 by J.M. Brandt

3/2/22 - Comic - Suspiria #1 (Italy) by Luca Laca Montagliani

3/6/22 - Film - Blue Call

3/8/22 - Film - Cannibal Hookers (New)

3/10/22 - Film - Black Roses

3/12/22 - Film - Don't Breath 2

3/12/22 - Film - Becky

3/19/22 - Film - The Suicide Squad

3/25/22 - Film - La Posesion' De Altair 1974

3/27/22 - Film - The Quick And The Dead

3/28/22 - Film - The Jerk

3/29/22 - Film - Night Of The Demon (1980)

3/31/22 - Film - The Sneak Over

3/31/22 - Film - Jackass the Movie

4/2/22 - Film - Sudden Fury

4/9/22 - Film - Reform School Girls

4/10/22 - Film - The Bloody Pit Of Horror

4/15/22 - Film - Hell Van ( Kent Premier)

4/16/22 - Film - Dr. Strange

4/23/22 - Film - Batman (2022)

4/24/22 - Film - Crimson Peak

4/30/22 - Film - The Crippled Masters

5/7/22 - Film - See For Me

5/16/22 - Film - Godzilla Vs Kong

5/21/22 - Film - I Saw The Light

5/27/22 - Film - The Toxic Avenger 2

5/28/22 - Book - Generation X-ed... Horror Anthology Edited by Rebecca Rowland

5/28/22 - Film - A Ghost Waits

5/29/22 - Comic - All Famous Crime #4 

5/29/22 - Comic - Turok, Son Of Stone #4 (Gold Key)

6/4/22 - Film - The Adam Project

6/5/22 - Film - The Sadness

6/5/22 - Film - Corporate Animals

6/7/22 - Film - The Fantastic Four (2015)

6/9/22 - Book - EDGE #8 Hell's Seven by George G. Gilman

6/11/22 - Film - Cherry Bomb

6/11/22 - Film - Invasion From Inner Earth

6/15/22 - Film - Universal Soldier

6/17/22 - Film - The Crow

6/18/22 - Film - Flesh For Frankenstein

6/25/22 - Film - Jonah Hex

6/28/22 - Comic - House Of Mystery #1 (D.C.)

6/28/22 - Comic - Turok, Son of Stone #5 (Gold Key)

7/2/22 - Film - Blood Of the Vampire

7/3/22 - Film - Girls Nite Out

7/3/22 - Film -  Cemetery Without Crosses

7/3/22 - Film - Dr. Strange 2

7/4/22 - Film - Punisher: War Zone

7/4/22 - Film - The Initiation Of Sarah

7/8/22 - Film - The Wild Angels

7/9/22 - Film - Frankenfish

7/9/22 - Film - Misery

7/10/22 - Film - Thor: Love & Thunder

7/10/22 - Film - Nightbreed

7/13/22 - Film - Kill Baby, Kill!

7/16/22 - Film - Fright Night

7/16/22 - Film - The Lost Boys

7/17/22 - Film - Sherlock Holmes & The Deadly Necklace

7/17/22 - Book - Cryptid Cinema by Stephen R. Bissette

7/18/22 - Comic - Graveslinger #1-4 (Image)

7/23/22 - Film - Invasion Of The Saucermen

7/23/22 - Film - Scared Stiff

7/24/22 - Film - Assault On Precinct 13

7/29/22 - Zine - Shock Cinema #60

7/30/22 - Film - The Flesh Eaters

7/31/22 - Film - Black Mama, White Mama

8/11/22 - Film - Ice Cream Man

8/13/22 - Film - The Deadly Mantis

8/14/22 - Film - Tarantula

8/14/22 - Film - Hitman

8/15/22 - Film - The Mercenary

8/16/22 - Film - Rebirth

8/17/22 - Film - Day Shift

8/20/22 - Film - Happy Hour Holocaust 2

8/21/22 - Film - Survival Quest

8/27/22 - Film - Intruder

9/1/22 - Film - The Wrestler

9/2/22 - Film - Forbidden World

9/3/22 - Film - Hell Van ( Dead End Cinema)

9/4/22 - Film - The Lost Swordship

9/4/22 - Film - One Crazy Summer

9/5/22 - Comic - Vermillion by BRAO

9/10/22 - Film - The House Of The Devil

9/10/22 - Film - Terror Overload

9/12/22 - Film - X

9/19/22 - Film - Madeleine

9/26/22 - Film - Christina, Devil Nun

9/27/22 - Film - Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe

9/27/22 - Film - The Munsters (2022)

9/28/22 - Film - Homebodies

9/29/22 - Film - The Howling

9/29/22 - Film - Scary Movie (AGFA)

10/1/22 - Film - The Killer Nerd

10/1/22 - Film - Dracula Vs Frankenstein

10/2/22 - Film - Incident In A Ghostland

10/6/22 - Film - American Rickshaw

10/8/22 - Film - Hunchback Of the Morgue

10/9/22 - Film - Creature

10/10/22 - Film - 13 Fanboy

10/15/22 - Film - Trancers

10/15/22 - Film - Let Us In! (Ohio Premier)

10/16/22 - Film - The Seed

10/17/22 - Film - Death Scream

10/18/22 - Film - Let's Scare Jessica To Death

10/19/22 - Film - Deadstream

10/20/22 - Film - Leaf Blower Massacre

10/23/22 - Book - Night Shift by Stephen King

10/24/22 - Film - The Omen

10/25/22 - Film - Berserker

10/26/22 - Film - Barbarian

10/27/22 - Film - The Evil Within (aka: Baby Blood)

10/30/22 - Film - Return Of The Living Dead

10/30/22 - Film - Halloween 3 Season of The Witch

10/30/22 - Film - City Of The Living Dead

10/31/22 - Film - Terrifier

10/31/22 - Film - Hellbender

11/1/22 - Film - Terrifier 2

11/6/22 - Film - Day The World Ended

11/8/22 - Film - The Beast of Hollow Mountain

11/11/22 - Film - The Night Eats The World

11/14/22 - Film - Too Naughty To Say No

11/16/22 - Book - The Beasts Of Vissaria County by Douglas Ford

11/18/22 - Film - Serpents Lair

11/23/22 - Film - Pearl

11/23/22 - Film - The Norwegian Drill Bit Massacre

11/26/22 - Film - The Spine Of Night

12/2/22 - Film - Ninja 3 The Domination

12/10/22 - Film - A Wounded Fawn

12/11/22 - Film - King Boxer (aka: Five Fingers of Death)

12/11/22 - Film - Dark August

12/12/22 - Film - Master Of The Flying Guillotine 

12/13/22 - Film - The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

12/15/22 - Film - Island Claws

12/17/22 - Film - Sudden Impact

12/17/22 - Film - The Dead Pool

12/17/22 - Film - Blood Beat

12/18/22 - Film - Snow Beast

12/18/22 - Film - Suspiria

12/22/22 - Film - Creepshow: Shapeshifters Anonymous 

12/23/22 - Film - Black Noon

12/23/22 - Film - High Voltage

12/23/22 - Film - The Laughing Dead

12/23/22 - Film - The Man Who Invented Christmas

12/23/22 - Film - Face To Face

12/24/22 - Film - To All A Good Night

12/26/22 - Book - EDGE #9 Bloody Summer by George G. Gilman

12/26/22 - Comic - House Of Secrets #111 (D.C.)

12/28/22 - Book - Bishop by Candace Nola

12/30/22 - Film - Cut And Run

12/30/22 - Film - House On The Edge Of The Park

12/31/22 - Film - One Must Fall

That's all folks! Happy New Year!

Mr. Fright

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Excellent review of Midnight Magazine & Midnight Tales by CriminOlly!

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Midnight Fanzine Reviews

Happy Holidays from M.C.E. !

Happy Holidays!!! 

So yeah, it has been a while that I used this BlogSpot  

It has been a really busy year here at the household between family and jobs, I hope to see some free time soon to be active with the products that I put out. For those who are discovering the cool small press stuff we have, here is a better understanding of what each publication represents... 

Midnight! Magazine is a homegrown horror ‘zine, featuring creator interviews, movie and comic reviews, loads of art, short stories, anecdotal articles, etc. We cover everything from VHS tapes, records, movies, comics, books, the whole shebang. 

MidnightTales is horror/Sci Fi/Weird tales style short fiction with art gallery spread out between stories.

Strange World is weird 70’s throwback exploitation photography stuff, but with modern models and photographers, along with articles, reviews and interviews.

All Titles are part of M.C.E. - Media Crypt Entertainment, all titles are a contributor driven fanzine, if you contribute to these labors of love, you will receive a contribution copy of the zine!

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Emanuele Taglietti Portfolio by Vintagerotika!

 There are 9 Sets with Sukia Prints, Only 1 Sukia print set per Customer. However, we have 3 regular sets without the Sukia print available for those who want to pick up an extra set.  Each set is 140 USD shipped Priority in the USA, additional sets are 120 per set plus any additional cost of shipping, message me if you are buying more than one. The prints will be bagged and kept inside the portrait folder, The folder is in the cardboard mailer which will be doubled up with another sturdy cardboard mailer that is like a vinyl mailer for extra protection. Do not miss out on this one-time opportunity to own this special signed set by Emanuele Taglietti!

Starstream comics article - Originally printed in Midnight Magazine #4

 Originally printed in Midnight Magazine #4... long Out Of Print...

A Day in the Life of a Young Comic Collector

Starstream…. An Adventure into Science Fiction

    The Star Wars craze was going on during 1977 through 1978, being a kid at that time was so much fun! anytime we went to any department store I was always running off to the toy aisle to look at the wall after wall of Star Wars toys and of course the many other toys on the shelves Micronauts are not being one of them, I remember a lot of these being on clearance during this time, it was probably the Kenner line of Star Wars toys that pushed them out!

Check out the old Micronaught toys on the web!

     Anyways with all this being said, there was this one time I was with Mama at Kmart, a store we normally don't frequent. Once again I was off to the toy aisle! Well this place not only had some toys, but they had a small magazine style rack made of wood if I recall, Right there on this rack were many activity books such as coloring books, search a word, color forms box sets and among it were these bagged Whitman comics, most of these were three comic packs of Looney Toons characters and such and behind these bagged comics were several of these individual comics called Starstream - Adventures in Science Fiction.

I grabbed the four different books as they were the only ones I seen at the time, mom bought them for me no complaints, Starstream is like a comic book adaptation of a science-fiction anthology than a regular comic book, now these comics were very thick and they had cardstock cover and a price tag of .79 cents per book (Expensive at that time, If I had Dad with me, it be another “Damn son that’s Expensive” just like the Wonder Bread as told in the last issue) I did not know that these books already been out two years prior, I've not seen them anywhere else, perhaps Kmart decided just to leave them there or just simply doesn't return back stock often, for that reason I'm glad or I would probably not discover these till many years later, this is probably at the time, my discovery of some of the best writers in our time, to mention a few Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, John W. Campbell, Larry Niven, and some more... Hell! Even Dean Koontz is in it!

 

Starstream #1 1976 1976 Western Publishing Company

Writers: Barrington J. Bayley, Arnold Drake, Joan Hunter Holly, G. Cruz-Santos, John W. Campbell Jr., Steve Skeates, Howard Goldsmith, Paul S. Newman, Chad Oliver, Ed Summer, Raymond Banks

 Artist: Alberto Giolitti, Frank Bolle, Jack Abel, Jack Sparling, José Luis García-López, Adolfo Buylla

 

Starstream #2 1976 1976 Western Publishing Company

Writers: Dean Koontz, Wallace I. Green, Arnold Drake, Larry Niven, Allan Moniz, Robert Silverberg, Steve Skeates, H.E. Arloff, Mary Schaub

 Artist: Frank Bolle, Al McWilliams, Jose Delbo, Cambiotti, Jack Sparling

 

I Love these classic sci-fi stories and the art isn’t at all bad as most comic collectors say it is. I recommend finding them for good ole fashioned reading, and if your one of those folks collecting to Slab books just to make more $$ bugger off! Leave them be!!!

Starstream #3 1976 1976 Western Publishing Company

Writers: Jack Williamson, Ed Summer, Harry Dawes, Theodore Sturgeon, Arnold Drake, A.E. Van Vogt, George Kashdan, Anne McCaffrey, Dan Weiss

 Artist: Don Heck, Frank Bolle, Adolfo Buylla, Al McWilliams

 

Starstream #4 1976 1976 Western Publishing Company

Writers: Poul Anderson, George Kashdan, Pamela Eckard, Isaac Asimov, A. Moniz, Stephan Goldin, Arnold Drake, Roger Elwood, Robert Bloch

 Artist: Adolfo Buylla, Frank Bolle, Jack Abel, Jose Delbo, Al McWilliams, Nevio Zeccara

 As a kid taking these home, I went straight into reading them and enjoyed all the odd stories, the quirky aliens and cool spaceships and amazing landscapes... it’s...

STARSTREAM

ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE FICTION

 If you’re a fan of Science Fiction, I recommend finding these issues to read, there is only 4 of them and you can get them for fairly cheap, if your LCS doesn’t have it, you can find them just about anywhere on the web, eBay, Comics shops, Comics groups, etc...

Mr. Fright

Vampirella #1 from Chile in Color

As discussed in Midnight Magazine #7 by Stephane Poitras, here is the Cover and the Insides of Vampirella #1 from Chile. This was the first Vampirella in color. Speaking with a few collectors on this item, be prepared to spend in the $1000 range for this...

Brujerias de Vampirella #1. Chile. May 1970. This one is incredibly hard to find. 

This print of Vampirella #1 is in color. Way before Harris published it in Hyde-25 #0 saying "for the first time in color".

To read the whole section of Vampirella from Kimbers Krypt, Stephane Poitras collection, and Vampi in Mexico with a fabulous splash page by Tim Tyler. Get your copy of Midnight Magazine #7

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31 Days of Halloween

I am a little late getting this out on the blog but here goes... 2020 has been a pain in the butt, but it didn't stop me and Angie from doing our 31 Days of Halloween movie viewings.  This year we decided to mix it up with flicks we have yet to see and revisit some of the classics as long as it related to Horror and or Monsters.  A couple of these films were outdoor showings for Dead End Cinema, one was a Fathom event at Cinemark, the rest were in the cozy living room. Some nights we were able to get more than 1 film in, and here is the list!

1 - Blackula, Amusement

2 - The Brood

3 - Maniac Cop, Death Weekend

4 - The Witching Season, The Day the World Ended

5 - Death Warmed Up

6 - Deadly Blessing

7 - Friday the 13th (Fathom Event theater screening)

8 - Night of the Living Dead (Tom Savini version)

9 - Doom Asylum

10 - I Drink Your Blood (Dead End Cinema viewing)

11 - Voodoo Moon, Mountain of the Cannibal God

12 - The House of Mystery

13 - Volumes of Blood

14 - Friday the 13th Part 2 (excited to see the deleted scenes!)

15 - Jack-O

16 - Fear PHarm 

17 - Pumpkinhead (Dead End Cinema viewing)

18 - Dead by Dawn, IT! The Terror from Beyond Space

19 - Inn of the Damned

20 - The Thing (John Carpenter)

21 - Evilspeak

22 -  Night of the Living Dead (Original)

23 - 10/31

24 - From Dusk Till Dawn

25 - Tales of Terror

26 - The Last House on the Left (Original)

27 - Trick 'r Treat

28 - Return of the Living Dead

29 - Sleepy Hollow

30 - Critters, Halloween 3 - Season of the Witch, Kolchak - The Night Stalker

31 - The Mortuary Collection, Dawn of the Dead (Original)

There you have it!!! We hope you all enjoyed this list and we would like to see yours as well!

Join us... The Skyway Drive-In 7-10-20

I was scrolling around on Facebook and ran across this double feature of Evil Dead / Zombie playing at the Skyway Drive-In weeks back on social media. I'm like "Oh boy, that has to be seen at the Drive-In". The Skyway is a good hour and ten minutes away from home but nothing was going to stop us from watching these 2 fantastic films on the big screen. The 90+ degree weather doesn't faze us, it was the threats of storms and rain over the weekend and we were not sure if we want to be in the middle of a downpour trying to watch these films. Friday came around and I was scrolling around Facebook and saw a post about the weather clearing up for the evening, after checking several sources, We decided to road trip out to the Drive-In! all we needed was to bring some Judas Priest CDs and hit the road...

Skyway Marquee 

We were just about there when we came upon a traffic light with no power, thinking nothing of it until we arrived. There were rows of cars and some familiar faces from Cinema Wasteland (Art Ettinger, Brian Huey, Mike Watt and Amy Lynn) outside conversing with each other. I get out to chat with some of the Wastelanders. They were telling me the power is out in the area and they were waiting around to see if power comes back on soon. I tried to chat up with some folks but I had a hard time comprehending what some of the folks were saying with most everyone wearing masks. So I kept my conversations short and friendly and went back to the car to wait a while. Eventually, the owner of the drive-in (I believe he is) was saying the power company told them it be close to 11 pm when the power would be on, so I'm thinking "That's a bit of a long wait and what if it never comes on at all?" I could come back as my tickets were redeemable. Now some of these folks traveled from far away, Cincinnati OH, Pennsylvania, and even West Virginia license plate was spotted and that would suck if they had to go back...

Anyways we pulled out and headed back home... within 5 minutes or so after getting on the highway... all the street lights were coming to life! I'm like "11 o'clock my ass! we are going back!" lo and behold it was open for business!

Grindhouse Releasing, The Evil Dead... Join Us...

We set up our lawn chairs, boombox, tuned in to the Drive-In Airwaves, and ready to watch this masterpiece! The weather was perfect, after having storms all day, the sky was pretty clear with stars and the air was perfect with a cool crisp.

The Book of the Dead... Necronomicon

The Evil Dead, great flick... I can't say how many times I've watched it, but it was a first time for Angie and me to see it at the Drive-In and it was a thrill! The intermission reel was playing drive-in quizzes and facts so we went off to the concession stands and ordered cheese sticks and drinks. I found the food prices to be very reasonable!

Drive-In History time...

After finishing our food, we decided to pack up the boombox and chairs and watch the second flick from the comfort of the car... Once again, tuning into the Drive-in airwaves...

Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE

Zombie - Great flick, great gore, and some crazy scenes like Zombie Vs. Shark, the famous injury to eye scene, oh yeah! Even better... We finally saw this on the Big Screen!

Eye-popping graphics! OUCH!

We are going to eat you...

Another good time at a Drive-In, remember folks if you love these films and never had a chance to experience them at a drive-in, I say do not hesitate, check your local listings (or not so local), and see what they are playing... If you find something, do not hesitate to make a trip out. Who knows how long they will play classics flicks all summer before the new big-budget films take over. We can only hope they will continue these classics from here on out... they can have my money as long as it keeps going...  By the way, I also heard that Grindhouse releasing is putting together a package for PIECES, another great flick, one that I actually saw a long time ago along with Don't Look in the Basement on a date night in the '80s... you can let your local Drive-In know that you want to see this and send them the link from the Grindhouse Releasing's Facebook page... Mr. Fright out...

Skyway Marquee at night.

Beware the moon, lads... A night at the Lynn Drive-In 7-2-20

Thursday, July 2nd was the last day that Lynn Drive-In was showing this classic pairing of Fast Times at Ridgemont High & An American Werewolf in London. It has been a fairly hot day out, but that wasn't going to stop us as it was also the only day Angie, J.D. and I could all go see these flicks on the Big Screen together, so that worked out perfect. We left a bit early to get a good spot on the field and we brought our lawn chairs, skeeter spray, snack foods, water, and a boom box to tune into Lynn's airwaves.

The Marquee at Lynn Drive-In

Lynn Drive-in is the oldest Drive-in here in Ohio and the second oldest in the world. It opened in 1937 as Boyers Auto Theater before changing owners. They changed the name to Lynn after their daughter in the mid-'50s. Movies played on a single screen until 1967 when they added a second screen and it became a twin drive-in. Although FM Stereo transmitters were installed in 1996, the original speakers are still out on the field and some still work.

(I wouldn't mind having a set of Drive-in speakers as a display set or a conversation piece here at the Media Crypt), now that we settled down and set up, we went off to the concession stand to see what was available, but we didn't buy anything...

Signs on the Concession booth. 

We are all seated in our chairs and talking away about movies and what classic pairings that we would love to see happen at any other drive-ins in the coming days. As the sun is winding down, it is starting cool off a bit... Just waiting for darkness to arrive...

Sun is waning... waiting for darkness...

The first feature is Fast Times at Ridgemont High, this is a great flick, I have always enjoyed watching this film over the years on cable T.V. or on some sort of physical media. This is the first time we all watched this classic teen sex comedy on the Big Screen.

When this was over, there were no Intermission reels or anything, the screen was left blank till the next feature was up...

Opening Feature...

The second feature is An American Werewolf in London, a long time favorite of mine. I saw this film along with my good friend Shawn Gingerich when it came out at the movie theater and many other times when it was on cable T.V. and own it on various media formats. This is the first time I am seeing it at a Drive-In. Now folks, if you are reading this and have "NEVER SEEN THIS FILM"... pull your thumb out of your ass and go watch it however you can! David Naughton and Jenny Agutter are great in this movie. The special FX done by Rick Baker is amazing, this has possibly the best werewolf transformation scene ever, the effects still holds up well today!

Second Feature of the night... Beware the Moon!

It was a perfect night under the stars... the evening was a nice temperature after a hot day, the sky was clear and you could see the constellations. I tried to get a picture of the Big Dipper but the phone camera just wasn't cutting it.  In closing... no matter how easy it is to watch a film at home whether you can stream it or own a copy... there is nothing like getting away spending a few bucks and watching classics like these on the big screen under the stars with some of your loved ones or friends... even though there are new big-budget films waiting to be played, I still hope Drive-ins will continue to play classics throughout the year... and where ever the classics are playing, I will be planning to hit them up. If anyone wants to chat about drive-in experiences, Just message me here.

Mr.Fright

The Marquee at night.

First Drive-In of the year! 6-22-20

It was a pretty warm day out and the whole family was at home. While sitting around and working on the upcoming Midnight Magazine I was thinking this is a good night to hit the drive-in, after all I could use a break, and on top of that we all been talking about the various classic movies that will be playing this year, most notably JAWS.  Now I am getting excited because I have never seen JAWS on the big screen and I just had to go! and even more fun is Jurrasic Park is the second billing and a lot of you know I love dinosaurs... so its a no brainer to go see this double feature! I get on the computer to look for the drive-ins around us, from what I find out, the closest ones are only open on Friday and Saturday... so I started looking for the next closest and we decided to hit the road to The MIDWAY TWIN DRIVE-IN in Ravenna/Kent only a 45-minute drive from us.

The Billboard as we reach the destination...

 We left early to ensure us a good parking spot and in case there would be a large capacity of folks, it seems like we were only the second vehicle to arrive! We also had plenty of good parking choices, and for those who want to know about the social distancing, I say it went well, cars had to park one whole spot away from each other, this was a bonus as there is plenty of room to even sit outside if you wanted too.

The sign above the ticket booth...

After parking, we began to talk with each other while we had some time on our hands. Finally, the screen comes to life with old Drive-In trivia and an old black and white cartoon ad for PIC Mosquito Repellent that I really liked.

A mosquito lighting up a PIC repellent and about to die...

After the Various trivia and old ads of Popcorn, Hot dogs and etc... The movie begins...

Feature #1 - JAWS

I was excited like a little kid! I cranked up the Drive-in frequency on my stereo and  I was so ready for the JAWS big screen experience!

Quint is having a little shark problem...

I saw this movie over the years on television and the various media formats, VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, etc... Finally, it was a thrill to experience JAWS on the big screen! Angie and JD were just as thrilled as I was. Various old concession food ads were playing at the intermission, Popcorn, Hot dogs, Ice Cream, you name it! 

Quirky looking character during a popcorn commercial...

We all had some Drive in grub, Angie and I had hot dogs with mustard and deep-fried pickle spears while JD was content with a big ole bag of good ole buttered popcorn.

The Intermission is over, and Jurassic Park begins...

Feature #2 - Jurassic Park...

This is another film that we did not catch at the Theatre or Drive-In so yes, this is going to be another thrilling watch for us, especially for me as I have been a fan of Dinosaurs growing up. ROAR!!!

Yikes! The T-Rex is loose!!!

After the movies were over, we left the lot and headed back home. This was a great night, even though it was late and I was a little tired from all the excitement, I was still mentally perked up from watching all these big monsters on the big screen and was grinning with satisfaction the whole drive home... We will be trying to catch up to as many classic flicks that will be playing at the many drive-ins this summer, I even heard the Evil Dead is one of them... I just cannot wait to take off and do this under the stars again...

Mr. Fright

First Movie Night Under the Stars 2020

It has been a little while since I made any blogs here since the COVID 19 pandemic came on. Just like everyone else, I switched up priorities in order to ensure the safety of the family for work and at home. Anyways, vacation for me started this week and I thought it was a good time to start getting onto the yard work and preparing the movie screen for Dead End Cinema, now while we are all still on social distancing, Dead End Cinema will still be open for our usual number of friends and the family that come out to watch movies with us, we normally have around 5 to 8 people on average. 

It has been a couple years since we applied any new coat of paint, Last year the old tarp had a hole in it and the water ran down the side giving it a big stain in the upper right corner, not that it affected anything we watched last year but a good coat of paint is needed to preserve the wood anyways. We can thank Angie for a job well done! 

Waiting for Sundown...

Thursday, May 27th marks a special day, it is our 25th anniversary! I have been lucky to have Angie, a very special woman in my life and we look forward to many more years together! Now that I got all that softy stuff out of the way... I started the morning finishing up whatever yard work that needed to be done. I am like it was so beautiful outside, I check the weather report and it says the rain was coming in the next few days starting around 2:00 a.m. so I'm like "Okay, I'm going to play a movie outside tonight" When the Babesweets came home, I told her I'm taking her out for dinner, We decided to go to our favorite Mexican restaurant, El Campesinos, Yum! 

Poster

Now, I have read on various social media platforms about this movie, VFW, so we decided to go up to my local Family Video to look for it, lo and behold they had one copy! With all the excitement building up, we hurry back home setting up everything outside and preparing for our first night of the year under the stars starting with this movie. 9:00 pm rolled around and it is dark enough to begin the film. The three of us Angie, me, and my son JD were so ready to enjoy the evening! 

Opening title on the screen...

VFW - Here we have some old war veterans who get together to do the normal drinking and reminiscing of old times and war tales at the VFW club and suddenly, a teen runs into their bar being chased down by punks doped up with a drug called "Hype" under orders of a drug overlord to retrieve the teen, but these veterans weren't having any of that and decided to fight back and protect the teen... All hell breaks loose! This is all I need to say! I recommend this film, I will be buying my own personal copy. Nuff' said. I kept this synapse short and sweet as to not give away any spoilers. Mr. Fright says, Go check it out! With the film being over and it's still nice outside, The little lady needed to go off to bed since she has to work. JD and I decided to play Rocky 3 since he has not seen all of the Rocky movies. We've been watching those and for me, a revisit is always good. Dead End Cinema has an opening night on Saturday, June 13th for everyone. We have not picked out any of the movies yet, Just stay tuned to our page on Facebook for updates.

History of Midnight Magazine - Issue #2

Issue #2

Yes! After the release of the first magazine, The question was "How often do I want to publish this?" after much thought, we decided on two times a year and stay as consistent as we can to get them published, the months chosen are January and July. The reason I preach consistency is I noticed a few zines so far behind their due date that many people began to lose interest, and I wouldn't want to do this to any audience we may have. The extra months gives many of us enough time to research and do articles and get them submitted in a reasonable amount of time while we work our paying jobs and time to do our extracurricular activities. Anyways, Issue #2, If I recall right, we had someone to do the cover art that did not come through, so I reached out to the amazing Colin Rodgers of Eerie Crypts and Naked Chicks to see if he could come up with something in a short amount of time, lo and behold, he had some incomplete art that only needed some added touches and details and this became the cover! This issue has the white interior pages as opposed to the cream we used in issue #1, slightly thicker paper stock for the cover than the interiors instead of card stock that was used for issue #1, the issue grew to 74 pages of art and contents and these are the reasons for the changes to be able to make it all cost-efficient for all of us. Many of you who bought this mag will notice the big changes in the formatting and set up compared to the original first issue run, this was the first step in making this magazine better. We have movie reviews/recaps of Alucarda by Lenny Buccellato, The Devils Rain by John Shatzer which is also a Blu-ray review for Severin films, Rockula by Mike Simms, Happy Birthday to Me by Vanessa Alucarda and The Blood Spattered Bride by Rick McKinney. We have book reviews, Death Tour by Mike Howlett, this was done on notebook paper as if it was an assignment in school, Reign of the Dead by John Shatzer. Fiction stories, The Silent City by Graham Swanson, The Widows Walk by Lenny Buccellato, An Occurrence at Franklin Hill Cemetary by Ed Holmes, Playing Possum by Terry Alexander. There are comic reviews by Kimberlee Jandreau and Doug Randazzo. Interviews with Jason Stephenson and Mike Mongillo. There are many other interesting articles, fan stories and paranormal stories by many folks mentioned above along with Denise Hargrove, David CJ Bunn, Christina Viruet, and myself. The Artists in this magazine feature works by Colin Rodgers, Doug Randazzo, Allen Koszowski, Matt "Putrid" Carr, Greg Mattson, Scott Brokos (Inked By Tony Fero) Erika Wright, Jeff Lamers, and Myself. This issue contained a few grammatical errors that I noticed much later which has made us much more diligent on looking for errors and such for later issues. Issue #2 is the lowest print run of the entire series, The reason being was I had worked out a deal with the print shop to do an "X" amount of books every now and then, as they run low, I will order 40 more, almost a "print on demand" as many of you will call it. When it came time to get the final 20 books, suddenly, without warning, the print shop was "Out of Business" so I left it at that...

Back Cover by the legendary Allen K.

There are 37 Contributor issues with the Green Cover variant and 143 regular issues with the white cover at 180 total. In conclusion, it was the toughest one to put together due to my learning the ways of an editor. Many folks I had heard from later on said they were sure I was going to be a "One and out and didn't think we had it in us to keep it going", for whatever reason they thought this, I wouldn't know... Being the "new kid on the block" it was an exciting time, I just needed to know how to network and keep it going, sales were slow yet pretty good to keep moving forward.

If anyone is still looking for this copy, you might get lucky and find one in the aftermarket like eBay or in the comics groups...
This concludes this History of MIDNIGHT! Magazine #2. I hope you all enjoyed it.
Mr. Fright~

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Midnight #5, Have your heart ripped out for Valentines Day!

MIDNIGHT! #5 - Fantastic cover by Emanuele Taglietti of Zora La Vampira ripping your heart out for Valentines'! If you haven't gotten your filthy claws on this issue...
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Ok... I took some cases home and I really like these, they have 2 sizes and both fit Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures, they can also fit many other toys such as Micronauts, Cereal premiums, and etc. The cases themselves are adjustable for toys that stand pretty tall, it also comes with a case label and an accessory storage packet... I recommend it.

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Mr. Fright

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

Remembering the most influential fantasy artist who ever lived. 

The icon, Frank Frazetta (February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010)

Here are some of my Warren magazines and EK Horror from Yugoslavia.