Tenebrous

Today’s Super Coven changes the Frogman’s life...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:35 -0400

Today’s Super Coven changes the Frogman’s life FOREVER: http://www.super-coven.com/comic/all-documented-all-true-page-38/

House of Self-Indulgence: Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:48 -0400

House of Self-Indulgence: Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (Rino Di Silvestro, 1984)

"nixskits asked: Are there any films you felt had a fatal flaw in them which warrants a remake today?..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:15:00 -0400

“nixskits asked: Are there any films you felt had a fatal flaw in them which warrants a remake today? Any specific director you think could improve on a certain title?”

- I think the world of genre storytelling hinges on reusing ideas, tossing them into the brain-blender and seeing what comes out. The whole idea of a remake is really a marketing construct, as opposed to a creative one (in my opinion, anyway), because genre movies are by their nature reusing, recycling and re-combining ideas. Take “Return of the Blind Dead” for example—I could pitch that as “‘Night of the Living Dead,’ but in Portugal, with more occult nonsense.” I could reasonably see the lack of a European setting and the absence of Satan as flaws in NotLD corrected by de Ossorio’s “reimagining” but I would get screamed at (because that’s not the way “we” look at that movie).

I guess what I mean to say is that as I get more involved in my own creative process more regularly, I realize that the fatal flaw thing isn’t the most productive way to look at a movie. I am trying to engage with movies (when I get to watch them, which is infrequent these days!) on a level where I’m trying to get the good stuff out of them, rather than getting turned off by the things that I’d change. That’s not to say I don’t get frustrated, but I acknowledge that my taste is so very, very fallible and only represents one way of looking at a particular piece of work!

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Are there any films you felt had a fatal flaw in them which warrants a remake today? Any specific director you think could improve on a certain title?

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:23 -0400

I think the world of genre storytelling hinges on reusing ideas, tossing them into the brain-blender and seeing what comes out. The whole idea of a remake is really a marketing construct, as opposed to a creative one (in my opinion, anyway). because genre movies are by their nature reusing, recycling and re-combining ideas. Take “Return of the Blind Dead” for example—I could pitch that as “‘Night of the Living Dead,’ but in Portugal, with more occult nonsense.” I could reasonably see the lack of a European setting and the absence of Satan as flaws in NotLD corrected by de Ossorio’s “reimagining” but I would get screamed at (because that’s not the way “we” look at that movie).

I guess what I mean to say is that as I get more involved in my own creative process more regularly, I realize that the fatal flaw thing isn’t the most productive way to look at a movie. I am trying to engage with movies (when I get to watch them, which is infrequent these days!) on a level where I’m trying to get the good stuff out of them, rather than getting turned off by the things that I’d change. That’s not to say I don’t get frustrated, but I acknowledge that my taste is so very, very fallible and only represents one way of looking at a particular piece of work!

darklonelywater: Rosalba Neri photo-feature from Italian...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:21:03 -0400

darklonelywater:

Rosalba Neri photo-feature from Italian magazine Playmen (!) featuring the outfit (if that’s the right word) she wore in 1969 film Top Sensation.

Viyi Horror Tale By Esteban Maroto

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:58 -0400

stendek:

Esteban Maroto “one of the great illustrators of the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:00 -0400

Esteban Maroto “one of the great illustrators of the 70” ~ xonxoworld

Photo by arnold_daniel on Instagram An Instagram so good it...

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:14:00 -0400

Photo by arnold_daniel on Instagram

An Instagram so good it could be a still from a movie I’d love to watch.

I’ve been doing some blogging over on the Love Train if...

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:37:07 -0400

I’ve been doing some blogging over on the Love Train if you’re inclined to enjoy strange and varied topics.

Cut-down lucha libre movie!

Brooklyn Zine Fest musings and haul report!

Horror soap opera nonsense on “Hemlock Grove!”

The best six and a half minutes of Turkish knock-off movies!

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Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire » Lurid. Weird. Fantastique.

Jack does some incredibly creative stuff with old-school-styl e...

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:40:00 -0400

Jack does some incredibly creative stuff with old-school-styl e RPGs. Planet Motherfucker is his take on an occult lowbrow setting and it’s pretty damn fantastic.

Read about the campaign here: Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque: Welcome to Planet Motherfucker

Art by David Hartman for Rob Zombie

"todf said: it was really just a matter of time before we got to the den of evil."

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:56:17 -0400

“todf said: it was really just a matter of time before we got to the den of evil.”

- Yeah, I could’ve taken a seriously indulgent narrative detour into the Den of Evil. I may still take a seriously indulgent narrative detour into those parts at some later date. Because really—we’re only working to get to the Den of Evil, y’know?

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Wolfman Frogman (or, just Man Frogman at this point) stumbles...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:09 -0400

Wolfman Frogman (or, just Man Frogman at this point) stumbles upon a DEN OF EVIL in today’s Super Coven: http://www.super-coven.com/comic/all-documented-all-true-page-37/

Hope to see some of you guys at Kevin Geeks Out tonight at...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:23:23 -0400

Hope to see some of you guys at Kevin Geeks Out tonight at 92YTribeca! I’m discussing Turkish knock-off cinema, and there are a LOT of other amazing bits on the bill, including conversations on movies inspired by The Omen, Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary’s Baby.

Get tickets here while you still can!

satellitesam: “Gideon Faust: Warlock at Large” Len Wein &...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:17:25 -0400

satellitesam:

“Gideon Faust: Warlock at Large”

Len Wein & Howard Chaykin

HEAVY METAL 04/79

The true history of Wolfman Frogman begins in today’s...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:35 -0400

The true history of Wolfman Frogman begins in today’s Super Coven: http://www.super-coven.com/comic/all-documented-all-true-page-36/

“By Crom!” by Rachel Kahn

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:09:13 -0400

“By Crom!” by Rachel Kahn

crimsoncreatures: “Teaching Titled Beauties to Raise...

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:09:04 -0400

crimsoncreatures:

“Teaching Titled Beauties to Raise ‘Evil Spirits’” - Vintage tabloid coverage of Aleister Crowley

OccultRock.com - Interview: Sabbath Assembly I had the honor of...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:23:00 -0400

OccultRock.com - Interview: Sabbath Assembly

I had the honor of talking to Dave Nuss about Sabbath Assembly, a musical project that explores the hymns of the Process Church.

OccultRock.com - Interview: Ancient VVisdom Check out a...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:20:00 -0400

OccultRock.com - Interview: Ancient VVisdom

Check out a conversation I had with the fine gentlemen in Luciferian neo-folk group Ancient VVisdom.

Wolfman Frogman discusses his motives in today’s Super...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:00:21 -0400

Wolfman Frogman discusses his motives in today’s Super Coven: http://www.super-coven.com/comic/all-documented-all-true-page-35/