Gallery of screengrabs on my computer labeled "hand"
links / misc
- Mickey's new comic is archived here: [link] and you can subscribe here: [link] and buy a zine here: [link]
- Ron Rege Jr!!!! Maybe the best link for him is his Tumblr? [ronregejr.tumblr.com]. Here's a bunch of links: [linktree]
- Kevin Huizenga rocks! Check out [kevinhuizenga.com]
- Third from last is Jessica Rylan, one of my favorite musicians. here's her LP on RRR Records: [YouTube]
- Earlier this year I recapped recent spooky movies but omitted Ghoulies III (pictured above). But I made the mistake of saying that I omitted it. I don't want you guys wondering what the deal is so here's my review. My hope is that in this instance you will, like a dog, look at the hand that's pointing, and not at the thing being pointed to.
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1990) - I don't know what possessed me to download this, I never even saw Ghoulies 1. It's kind of like a Garbage Pail Kids movie that, instead of being a kid's adventure, is a teen boob romp. And instead of being completely life-denying and putrid, a shallow and pitiable hole of execrable debasement, some of these people seem like they're having fun. With Kevin McCarthy (Body Snatchers) who gives an honorable 110%, and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo (which I missed) from Kane "Jason" Hodder. Starring a poor man's James Spader, someone from Robocop 3, and as the voice of a Ghoulie, Richard Kind from Mad About You. I'm basically only writing this review for Dan Wars (Hi!) so I might as well say that everyone onscreen looks like they were drawn by Mad Magazine's Mort Drucker.
There's boobs all over this movie but very little actual horniness, it's bizarre. It's like they require the trappings of horniness to communicate a non-childish immaturity but then whenever sex is near everyone goes yikes no thanks. The lads perpetrate a panty raid but there's only one character who's actually interested in The Act Itself and she's both smoking hot and treated like a real Big Ethel. The boys are more interested in a college prank war, and in a filmmaking decision that's either clever or moronic, they call pranks "yanks". It's distressing but maybe there's a message here-- you should be pursuing positive human encounters instead of engaging in masturbatory juvenelia. Like, for instance, Ghoulies 3.
I got bored enough that I was scanning the background for details-- RE/Search "Pranks" is in a few shots, plus a presumably vintage poster for Great Yokai War (1968). In the main space of the frat there's a painting on the wall that feels like it could be a David Lynch-- I tried to reverse image search but you only ever see the bottom 2/3rds of it. At one point you can see a puppeteer's hand. Ends with someone yelling "LET'S PARTY!!!", which I respect. This sad tale has ended, and you are free. Let's party.
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I'm working on something fun with this, with like, cool little icons. but for now all this does is allow you to sign your name in a way that identifies you as the writer, so no one can spoof you. And it turns your name gold. :)
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