Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Late Night Rambling: Books and Horror Flicks!



My original plans for tonight was to watch The Flash on the CW, followed by The Curse of Oak Island on the History Channel, and then go to bed early. Well, I must have gotten a second wind, as I ended up doing a bit of cleaning in the bedroom, made a cup of coffee, and I'm now listening to an Ella Henderson album while I'm writing this post.

I'm finding it hard to believe that March is almost here. 2018 is already going by too fast, and I haven't even gotten the things I wanted to do done. While I have put a huge dent in my needs-to-be-read piles, there are a few books I still need to write reviews for. If everything goes as planned, I should start on those reviews sometime tomorrow. Also, I'll be posting my review for House of Secrets by V.C. Andrews sometime this week. It took me a bit longer to read this one, but I'm finished with it. Next, I'll be reading Goosebumps: Please Do Not Feed The Weirdo by R.L. Stine. Then I'll start reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, which I received through the Blogging For Books program.

Hopefully, I'll have time to read two books that I had recently purchased on Amazon.com. These books are Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie and The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr. I almost picked up Murder On The Orient Express at Walmart last year about the same time the feature film was in theaters, but when I decided to buy it, it was sold out. Then I almost bought it at Barnes & Nobles earlier this month, but it was a little pricey there, so I just got it off of Amazon, where it was cheaper. Yes, I've seen the movie. Fox Home Entertainment had sent me the Blu-ray to review a day before it was released. It's been a really long time since I had received anything from Twentieth Century Fox (which is now owned by Disney), so I was surprised (and thrilled) to receive it. As for The Sinner, I had watched several episodes of the USA adaptation on On Demand last year, but Mediacom (the cable company) never put up the rest of the episodes. I ended up buying the DVD when it was released a few weeks. Anyhow, I had looked for the book last year, but never could find it. I never thought it about the book again until I was on Amazon ordering the Agatha Christie novel, so I decided to order it, too.

Disney nicely sent me the Blu-ray of Coco (which was released today). It's a cute movie. I should have my review for it posted tomorrow. Over the past few months, Mill Creek Entertainment has sent me several great DVD and Blu-ray titles. I spent a couple of nights last week binge watching Secrets and Lies: Season One DVD, a series that aired a few years ago ABC that I never got around to watching. There are only ten episodes, but the show is really addicting. I'll probably be writing my review for it in the next few days. Also, I need to write a review for Shadow Stalkers: 10 Terrifying Features DVD. Then I need to finish watching the Horseland: The Complete Series and Street Shark: The Complete Series DVDs. These two are cartoons, and I would like to post a review for at least one of them on Saturday morning. Well, see what happens!

Additionally, I need to watch & review the following titles: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Collection (6 DVD set), S.W.A.T. Blu-ray, Yor: The Hunter from the Future Blu-ray, and the Lucille Ball Collection DVD.

Yesterday, I posted my review for 100 Years of Horror, which is a 26-part documentary hosted by the late horror icon Christopher Lee. The series mostly chronicles the old horror flicks from the 1930s to the 1970s, which includes the Hammer Films movies. Speaking of Hammer Films, I also recently received two Hammer Films Double Feature Blu-rays from Mill Creek Entertainment. The films include: Never Take Candy From A Stranger, Scream Of Fear!, Manic, and Die! Die! My Darling. I've seen seen all of the films before. I've only had time to watch Scream Of Fear!, which is a great thriller. It co-stars Christopher Lee. The runtime for the films is between 80 and 97 minutes, so I might try to watch one of the other movies early tomorrow morning.

Thanks to these films, I'm now in the mood to watch classic horror flicks. There are several different companies/studios releasing older horror titles soon and I planning on requesting to review a few them. However, it's not that simple. Since I've never worked with these companies before, I'm going to have to send an introduction email first and maybe a snippet one of my reviews. And I'll request to be put on their press releases list. Since these are smaller companies, they're probably easier to work with. It doesn't mean I'll get any review copies, but it might mean that their willing to work with bloggers.