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Anson Kennedy
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"Your problem is you think too much," Episcopal priest explaining why I'm going to hell.

And now I'm here.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was an outstanding ST:TOS third season episode.

Humanist. Skeptic. Nerd. Engineer.

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Movies seldom show #vampires stepping out of or into #coffins because it looks silly (Seriously. Remember the first time you saw someone get out of a coffin? Awkward!).

#AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein (1948) may be the first movie to show #Dracula doing it.

#horror #movies
Dracula (Bela Lugosi) gets out of his coffin behind Bud Abbott. Oblivious, Bud is reading a card describing Dracula while holding a lit candle. From Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Dracula (Bela Lugosi) sits down in his coffin behind Lou Costello and Bud Abbott. Oblivious, Lou and Bud are opening a crate containing Frankenstein's Creature. From Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Richard Matheson wrote a third, unpublished #KolchakTheNightStalker screenplay, "The Night Killers." Kolchak fights aliens in Hawaii. Chuck Miller's adaptation links it to the lost aliens with a taste for bone marrow episode "They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be..."

#horror #television
The front cover of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker Double Feature" which includes the Chuck Miller's adaptation of "The Night Killers." Back cover of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker Double Feature." Text is: There were THREE Kolchak TV movies written. Two were filmed. This is the never produced THIRD movie, written by grand master RICHARD MATHESON, with some extra help from Kolchak-scribe Chuck Miller! Carl Kolchak in Hawaii! But the reporter who uncovered a vampire in Las Vegas and an immortal strangler in Seattle doesn't find sun and fun in the Aloha State. He runs up against murderous entities from beyond this world in THE NIGHT KILLERS! THEN, we learn for the first time how Kolchak and Tony Vincenzo ended up in the Windy City. What do gangsters, crooked cops, a missing mummy, and a mysterious plague have in common? That's what Kolchak has to find out, or find himself facing THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED.
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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As long as I'm start new things in retirement, I might as well learn a new game.

#MagicTheGathering #CardGames #MTGFoundations #games
Magic: The Gathering Foundations beginner box. Box top showing characters from the two decks (vampire and cat). Two starter decks are below the box top. On the left is the vampires deck and on the right is the cats deck.
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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My favorite #UniversalMonsters are #Dracula and #Frankenstein 's Creature. We never got to know the Bride. The #WolfMan was OK but Larry Talbot was a whiny creep. Karloff's #Mummy was the best, later versions were just lumbering revenge machines. I

Not pictured: The Invisible Man

#horror #movies
Wallpaper image of the Universal monsters in color. Across the top from the left are Dracula, Frankenstein's Creature, the Creature's bride. Across the bottom are the Wolf Man, Karloff's Mummy, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Link to image page: https://wallpaperaccess.com/universal-monsters
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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They say the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Dawn" is a shameless rip off of the movie "Enemy Mine."

I don't see it.

#StarTrek #StarTrekENT #EnemyMine #SciFi #television #movies
Side by side comparison of alien characters from "Enemy Mine" (left) and Star Trek: Enterprise "Dawn" (right). They are both seen from the side, looking towards the left. Jeriba Shigan has rough skin and the back of his head tapers to a point. Zho'Kaan has rough skin and the back of head tapers to a point.
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Separated at birth?

#StarTrek #MrSpock #IshKabibble #KayKyser
Side by side portraits of Mr. Spock (Star Trek) and Ish Kabbible (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge). Text across top asks, "Separated at birth?" Text beneath each photo is their names. Both Spock and Ish have the same haircuts and similar facial structures.
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier would've been a FANTASTIC TOS third season episode.

#StarTrek #movies #SciFi
Classic "Change My Mind" meme. Text on sign reads, "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier would've been a great third season episode -- Change my mind."
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Night of the Lepus (1972) costars two Star Trek alums, DeForest Kelley and Paul Fix, fighting giant mutated bloodthirsty rabbits. Also starring Stuart Whitman and a fluffle of bunnies.

They could've used Elmer Fudd.

#NighOfTheLepus #StaTrek #horror #movies #rabbits #bunnies
Image from Night of the Lepus showing giant rabbits rampaging down a street. Elmer Fudd has been added to the left. The barrels of his shotgun are drooping limply and Elmer looks confused.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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On this official #CryptidDay, created by the #ChurchOfGnome (est. January 25, 2024), I'd like to make note of the #Woodbooger. The Woodbooger is a #Bigfoot like creature said to wander SW Virginia. Norton, VA, hosts an annual festival in its honor.

#cryptid

www.nortonva.gov/455/Woodboog...
Head and right shoulder of the Woodbooger stature in Norton, VA. Text on bottom asks, "Have you seen the WOODBOOGER?"
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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In the season 2 episode "Singularity" of Star Trek: Enterprise, Captain Archer struggles to write a one page preface to a biography of his father. T'Pol declines to write it for him. If only the AI bubble hadn't burst he could use ChatGPT. This is probably for the best.

#StarTrek #AIBubble #ChatGPT
Image from the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Singularly." Captain Archer is pacing in his cabin and has raised his right fist in frustration. Text across the top and bottom reads, "Why did the AI bubble burst in 2025? / ChatGPT I need you!
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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No one played a maniacal witch like #LaraParker. Whether she was the vengeful #Angelique chasing Barnabas on #DarkShadows, or the fashion model Madelaine Perkins hexing her way to success on #KolchakTheNightStalker, she left no scenery unchewed when the cameras were rolling.

#horror #television
Angelique curses Barnabas Collins just after he shot her in the shoulder on Dark Shadows. Madelaine Perkins laughs maniacally after her coven has hoodwinked Carl Kolchak into destroying the magical objects which protect Madame Trevi from her spells on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Night of Dark Shadows (1971) is a less lurid movie than House of DS. Focusing on Quentin Collins, it is tale of ghosts, possession, reincarnation, and centuries old murder and revenge. And witches.

Notable mainly as the screen debut of Kate Jackson.

#NightOfDarkShadows #horror #movies
Movie poster for Night of Dark Shadows.
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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House of Dark Shadows (1970) is a bloodier retelling of the original Barnabas Collins storyline from the TV soap opera.

Relying on watchers' knowledge of the show, the movie sacrifices characterization for lurid set pieces. Not that that's a bad thing.

#DarkShadows #horror #movies #television
Blu-ray box cover for "House of Dark Shadows."
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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"Dark Shadows" was almost canceled due to low ratings during its first season. The introduction of angsty vampire Barnabas Collins in episodes 211-220 saved the show.

Supernatural shenanigans ensued.

#DarkShadows #SoapOpera #horror #Gothic #television
Publicity photo of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins on "Dark Shadows." Barnabas is baring his fangs and holding his iconic silver handled cane. Text split across top and bottom reads, "I may bite your neck and suck your blood / but I'll feel bad about it"
October 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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If it walks like a duck it might not be a duck.

It might be Bugs Bunny disguised as a duck.

#meme #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck #LooneyTunes #cartoon
Image from the classic Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbit Fire." Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are walking in the woods. Bugs is disguised as a duck. His ears are hidden under a rubber cap, he has black bird feathers stuck to his tail with a plunger head, he's wearing green scuba flippers, and he has a fake yellow duck bill strapped to his face. Daffy, walking behind Bugs, is wearing a fluffy white bunny tail and fake rabbit shoes.
October 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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In Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1974) TV movie, Dracula is impaled standing up with a spear against an upended table.

Also the first Dracula to feature the reincarnation of Drac's long dead love subplot, recycled from Curtis' horror soap opera "Dark Shadows."

#Dracula #DarkShadows #horror
Image from the end of Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Long shot of dead Drac impaled by a spear against an upended table. On the wall behind him is a large painting showing Dracula in his warlord glory hundreds of years ago. An empty crimson velvet-lined coffin lies on its side against the wall under the painting.
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I was rewatching "Shockwave" ( #StarTrekENT S1E26) recently and noticed an equipment ID plate on the back of a monitor Captain Archer was using to meet with Admiral Forrest. It is very similar to ID plates used on US military equipment.

Image info in alt text.

#StarTrek #Shockwave
Image capture from Enterprise S1 E26 "Shockwave," approximately 6:12 timestamp. Captain Archer is looking at a monitor. Faintly visible on the back of the monitor is an ID plate. Zoomed in and cropped image of the ID plate in the screen capture. The image has been adjusted and enhanced to mave details on the ID visible. Across the top is the number 05-94727. Smaller text is not legible. An image of a random equipment ID plate used by US military. Source: https://www.miladisplays.com/photometalnmplts/black_anod_alum_bleached_etched.jpg
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker's final episode "The Sentry" was clearly inspired by Star Trek's "The Devil in the Dark." Except one had a subterranean reptile creature and the other had a silicon based throw rug.

#KolchakTheNightStalker #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #television
Side by side screen captures. On the left is the reptile (flinching away from a torch) from the Kolchak episode "The Sentry." On the right is the Horta from the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark." Captain Kirk, back to the camera, is pointing a phaser at the critter. Text on the bottom reads, "REAL MOTHERS."
October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Yvonne De Carlo accepted the role of Lily Munster to pay medical debts incurred by her husband, stuntman Bob Morgan, after a serious accident during production of "How the West Was Won" (1962).

#TheMunsters #LilyMunster #YvonnedeCarlo #television #comedy #horror
Yvonne De Carlo striking a pose in costume as Lily Munster.
October 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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In the pilot (imaginatively titled "Pilot") of "Night Stalker," the 2005 reboot of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," Darren McGavin's Carl Kolchak was digitally inserted in a newsroom scene. Proving two Kolchaks are better than one.

#NightStalker ##KolchakTheNightStalker #horror #television #reboot
A screen capture from the pilot of "Night Stalker." A newsroom with series star Stuart Townsend's Carl Kolchak on the left and Darren McGavin's Kolchak digitally inserted on the right. Meme text across the top says, "TWO KOLCHAKS ARE BETTER THAN ONE."
October 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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In Hinduism, the #Rakshasa was a shape-shifting #monster with a taste for human flesh. Known to TV audiences as a monster-of-the-week in #KolchakTheNightStalker ( #HorrorInTheHeights). Appearing as the person their victim trusted most, the fiend easily overcame its next meal.

#horror
The Rakshasa in "Horror in the Heights." It's startled because Kolchak saw through its disguise as Miss Emily and just shot it with a blessed arrow.
October 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Why do vampire movies seldom show the vampire actually stepping out of or into the coffin? Because there's no graceful or scary way to do it.

#October #vampires #coffin #Dracula #HorrorMovies #movies
An image from the horror comedy "Dead and Loving It" showing Leslie Nielsen as Dracula rising out of his coffin, arms spread and a happy (fangless) smile on his face. Text across the top reads, "EXCUSE MY COFFIN," and text across the bottom reads, "I'M CATCHING A COLD."
October 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Captains of the Clouds (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, features great video of vintage military training aircraft. Including the incredible two-engine #AvroAnson, North American Harvard, Northrop A-17A Nomad, and NA-64 Yale.

Not enough #Ansons were in the film.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We started watching The Lowdon on FX this week. Very tightly written with great dialog. I'm getting very Carl Kolchak-y vibes from Ethan Hawke's Lee Raybon.

#TheLowdown #FX #CarlKolchak #KolchakTheNightStalker #LeeRaybon
Darren McGavin as Karl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon in The Lowdown on FX.
September 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Maybe both.
Image from the 1980 Flash Gordon movie showing Flash wielding a sword.
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM