Modern Scream Queen: Samara Weaving

I grew up during the Golden Age of Scream Queens. From horror franchise icons like Jamie Lee Curtis and Heather Langenkamp, to B-movie babes like Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer, horror cinema in the 1980s was bursting with feisty female protagonists. The Scream Queens never really went away, of course, and in recent years even … Continue reading Modern Scream Queen: Samara Weaving →

Marilyn Monday

The color red can signify love, lust, passion, sex, and eroticism, among other intense emotions and experiences. Marilyn Monroe embodied all of those things, no matter what color she wore, but as the Lady in Red she sure always stoked the flames of our hearts with extra intensity. From photographer Milton Greene’s “Red Dress Sitting”—from … Continue reading Marilyn Monday →

Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn

In which our Final Girl transforms from shy, modestly dressed wallflower to sexy and fierce survivor while vacuum-sealed into a pair of extremely tiny Daisy Duke shorts. Jeff Lieberman’s Just Before Dawn (1981) is an odd duck from the golden age slasher boom. Somehow I missed it all these years, but recently caught it streaming … Continue reading Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn →

Hot Shots of the Week: Hi, Felicia

One of my favorite artists, Bill Sienkiewicz, doing one of my favorite Marvel characters, Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat. Sienkiewicz has been an artistic hero since he first blew my mind on Moon Knight, New Mutants, and on Batman #400 back in the eighties. Felicia has been a beloved character since she caught my eye … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Hi, Felicia →

Michelle Monday

Today, we’re flashing back to Michelle Pfeiffer at the Los Angeles premiere of Stardust, July 29, 2007. She was forty-nine years young at the time. Has a human being ever looked more perfect than Michelle does here? No, it’s not possible. Just see for yourself and tell me I’m wrong. Simply irresistible. The woman never fails … Continue reading Michelle Monday →