Stage Fright: Come for the Songs, Stay for the BLOOD!

Quite a while back, probably going on about 20 years, my circle of friends and I had an absolutely wonderful tradition.

Monday Night Movies (Later Sunday Night Cinema)

It was great because we were all very different people, from very different backgrounds, and collectively we had a very diverse and eclectic pallet when it came to entertainment.  We all added our favorite movies to the groups 'must see' list.

There are movies I NEVER would have watched, had it not been for MNM/SNC.  Example; anything sports related = so NOT my thing.  Nevertheless, one movie in particular, about a high school football team, is one of my absolute favorites.  I'm looking at you Varsity Blues!   >.<

"Kyle, did you start a cult?  Oh, that's so sweeeet!"

Sadly, I don't have that close knit circle of friends in my life anymore.  We've all moved away, moved on...  We're friends on Facebook, but we don't even interact there really.

I miss that, because I would have inflicted Stage Fright on them without abandon.

Stage Fright is a typical, run of the mill, campers and counselors vs. a mask wearing, knife wielding, terrifying SLASHER.

Except it's not typical, for one reason:  It's a musical.

Oh, yes!  You read that right!  It's a frakkin MUSICAL!

Not only is it a musical, it's a musical about a summer camp for stage geeks that love musicals, who are preparing for and performing... you got it... a musical.  It's a musical about a musical.  Wouldn't that be a Meta-Musical?

You kind of have to survive the first seven minutes, and then THIS:



I made it to about the part that takes place near the totem pole when I was like:  "Nope!  Can't do it!"  I shut the laptop, I grabbed the giant blue fuzzy blankie and I stalked out to the living room.  I pointed to the Beloved One, I pointed to the big TV.  "Netflix, big TV, NOW.  You are doing this with me."

"Oooh kaaayyy?  What exactly am I doing now?  And why?"

"JUST DO IT!"

Two hours later, we were both in stitches... it was HILARIOUS!!

A bit campy...

(Ba-dum-bump!)

American Horror Story, Freek Show, and the music therein...

I was really caught off guard when the character of Elsa Mars (played by Jessica Lange) started belting out the song Life on Mars in the first episode of season four of American Horror Story.

This season brings us "Freak Show", set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida.

The performance caught me off guard because the song seemed out of place for 1952, as did the outfit Ms. Mars wore on stage.

You'll have to forgive me for my ignorance on this one.  I do claim to be a David Bowie fan, but I'm only familiar with his work from about the mid to late 80's on.  Life on Mars was released in 1973, the year of my birth.

Mildly intrigued, but not enough to investigate at the time, I moved on.

Then I caught Episode 7, Test of Strength, where the character of Jimmy Darling (played by Evan Peters) belts out his cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are.  Now that one I KNEW didn't belong!

Prompted to actually investigate this time, I headed for the wikipedia and started searching.

I was amused to learn that the outfit worn by Ms. Mars while performing Life on Mars, is in fact the same one that David Bowie wore.

HAH!

To which I say:  GOOD JOB SHOW!!

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"The Deep Ones croaked their terrible croaks and smacked their terrible lips and rolled their terrible eyes and waved their terrible flippers" Renowned Mythos aficionado Ken Hite retells H P Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" in this parody of classic children's literature. After greedily yelling for more fish, young Bobby is sent to his bedroom without any supper at all. But Bobby escapes when the Manuxet River runs right through his room, carrying an old boat that takes him to a magical town full of fish and slimier things ... the town of Innsmouth. Will Bobby join the wild rumpus under the sea, and be crowned the most Deep One of all? Where the Deep Ones Are features 32 pages of full-color illustration by Andy Hopp, and is sure to be a hit with the newest generation of Lovecraft fans and their parents. The first in the Mini Mythos series.

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Tales from Lovecraft Middle School

As a geeky parent I feel it's my duty to expose the Little One to a variety of genre's.  From Anime to Sci-Fi to Spec-Fi to Fantasy, and finally, to Horror.  I will be posting links of my explorations in this regard as well as publishing guide pages for other geeky parents to follow.

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