Yes, it’s very unusual for this site to take a break during Halloween—but there was a time when it was unusual for this site to take a break at all. The good news is that Kathy Shaidle has just covered my usual territory with a fine article on The Seven Top Horror Movies for Conservatives . Even her thoughts on familiar titles have some new insights. Shaidle’s kind enough to cite my own work within two of her entries, and now I feel less stalkerish for having bought her something at the Chiller Convention this weekend. It’s still interesting how her take on the patriotic-slasher epic Uncle Sam is so different from my own .

Meanwhile, Southern readers might enjoy this recent interview with Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids. It’s a Halloween-themed piece that dwells on growing up as a hillbilly horror fiend—or at least one living below the Mason-Dixon line. I’m heading into another busy week, but I’ll hopefully find the time to post a link to my review of a CD reissue of my favorite album of 1967. That’s the same year that saw the release of Bee Gees’ 1st and The Left Banke’s Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina, so you can be sure it’s something that strikes me all personally and politically.

 

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