Elvira, Mistress of Independence Day

It’s the 4th of July and, why yes, we’d love to celebrate with a heaping helping of Elvira’s American pie, if you know what we mean, and we think you do. This woman has lived rent free in our fantasies for so long now that we’re beginning to believe those fantasies are actually reality. If … Continue reading Elvira, Mistress of Independence Day →

Workers’ Rights are Human Rights

A couple of “riveting” pinups for Labor Day, and a heartfelt thanks to the American labor movement.

Red, White, and Rhonda

It’s your leggy Lady of Liberty, your red hot American Dream, your pulchritudinous patriot in pumps, your sexy Stars and Stripes bustier babe, your foxy Fourth of July firework, your voluptuous vixen of valor—that’s right, it’s Rhonda Shear, and she’s decked out in her red, white, and blue for America’s Independence Day. Fittingly, Rhonda kept … Continue reading Red, White, and Rhonda →

Hot Shots of the Week: Happy New Year

As one year ends and another begins, it’s time to raise a glass—or a gigantic bottle—and toast to new beginnings. Or just drink away your sorrows after a lousy year. That’s acceptable on this day, too. Happy New Year, everyone!

Hell Here

Scenes and dialogue from Batman Returns (1992) play in constant rotation in my mind. It’s the weirdest, most unique superhero movie ever made, in my estimation, and it’s also a delightfully subversive Christmas movie, too. It has everything going for it, from outrageously over the top characters to sumptuously gothic set designs, from a pitch-perfect … Continue reading Hell Here →

Lost and Found: Don’t Open till Christmas

I love Christmas horror. Every December I revisit several favorites. If I don’t, the holiday season just doesn’t feel quite as jolly! Bob Clark’s classic Black Christmas (1974) is not only my favorite Yuletide horror movie, but also quite possibly my favorite horror movie of all time. I like to discover new films, or new, … Continue reading Lost and Found: Don’t Open till Christmas →

Susie, Jack, and the Christmas Eve Coffee That Never Was

This Christmas Eve my mind wanders to a Christmas Eve past. It was the late eighties, in Seattle. Musician Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) had just asked singer Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) out for coffee after the two of them played a Christmas Eve gig with Jack’s older brother Frank (Beau Bridges). Strictly business partners up … Continue reading Susie, Jack, and the Christmas Eve Coffee That Never Was →