Blogs Against Humanity - Adventures in Sympathetic Misanthropy

So, I've owned THE INCUBUS for over 2-decades on VHS, but I'd only ever watched it once before. My recollections of the majority of the film were somewhat dim, and I recall it being slow and a bit boring. What I did recall quite clearly, however, is the essence of that last minute or so of the film, which I won't spoil here. That climax (no pun intended) really stays with you. Its a shame the rest of the film can't quite measure up to that powerful and disturbing ending. Don't get me wrong: THE INCUBUS is a good horror-flick, and easily in the top-tier of horror flicks to come out of Canada in the 70's and 80's. It has a creepy atmosphere that creates a constant sensation of unease, as if you know something malevolent is out there, lurking just outside your field of vision. The scoring is excellent, and lends to those feelings of unease, and it also boasts an excellent soundtrack. The performances are good, with John Cassavetes delivering a strong, if odd, p...

Ahhhhh yes, THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN. It was one of those films I wanted to watch as a child, but wasn't able to do so during the time of its release. I vaguely remember coverage in FAMOUS MONSTERS at the time, not to mention some old video of Rick Baker showing a child around his workshop in the late 70's, which was very cool, footage which also featured the Melting-Man masks. All-in-all, it left a big impression on a young horror-fan like me, despite being unable to see the film itself. It was also a very formative time for me as well, for good and for ill. My parents got divorced, which was both good and bad. And on the brighter side, STAR WARS came out that same year, SUPERMAN would hit theaters the following year, and being a regular PBS viewer, I would soon discover DOCTOR WHO when one of the local PBS stations started airing the first bundle of Tom Baker serials in 1978. Heady stuff! It wasn't until I managed to spy a copy of this for rent at a small mom-and-pop v...