Oy Vey!

Can you believe it? It's almost PURIM!

What does that mean to The Son of Madblood, you ask? Just listen:


And The Son of Madblood still doesn't have a costume! Lucky for him - help is around the corner....

Shtick, however - is the ONE thing The Son of Madblood has plenty of...

The other ONE thing The Son of Madblood has plenty of is: CHOICES. Well... choices for What To Watch On The Next Episode, at least. Yes - The Son of Madblood can pick his friends (and still have none), he can pick his nose (he does plenty of that - which is probably why he hasn't any friends) - but he can't pick his friends' noses because he hasn't got any. Friends, that is... So, c'mon - be a friend to The Son of Madblood and help us pick: What To Watch On The Next Episode! No noses need be picked in the process. It is as easy as picking your own nose, however. Just ask The Son of Madblood.. Wait - that's why The Son of Madblood is asking YOU - because it wasn't as easy as picking his nose! Oh nooooooose.....

Take yer pick... outta my nose!

For you - we make it easy... As easy as 1, 2, 3... 4, 5....6..? For you - we give choices... For you.. For Purim. Our gift to you... It's our Mitzvah... And it's right there in the side-bar under the Tinnitus Treats - The Son of Madblood's: What Do YOU Want To See On The Next Episode? Poll... Choose away... Or send us a comment with a choice of your own - we're open-minded! We're open-minded 24/7 (minus 1 hour per day for cleaning - and from sundown Fridays to Saturday nights when we aren't allowed to turn our minds on unless we can get a shabbos goy to do it for us)...


click your clicker on theses for some worth-framin' kicks...

These are the round one choices and they're all pretty choice: John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (aka John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness), HG Lewis' The Wizard of Gore (in honor of the recent showing of The Godfather of Gore documentary), Lucio Fulci's City of the Living Dead (aka The Gates of Hell - not to be confused with the entrance to Madblood Manorette), John Carpenter's The Fog (ok - so we've rolled out the red carpe(n)t-er...) and Fred Walton's (?) 1979 When A Stranger Calls (in honor of.... telephone calls!) In case you think this list is a little loaded towards a particular director - just remember: Jesus was a Carpenter... Oh - if I had a hammer... But - if you have trouble deciding - vote more than once! It's the American Way! And if you have trouble deciding on your Purim costume - get some tips from The Nicest Guy The Son of Madblood Knows - The Nicest Guy knows best because he's also The Bestest!

The Nicest Guy's Bestest Purim costume... heeb - I mean heed - his advice!

Depending on how the voting goes and what we happen to see or not see in the meantime - there just may be a round 2 of What Do YOU Want To See On The Next Episode? before The Son Of Madblood Purim Special - coming soon! (This Episode has not yet been rated - or scheduled - but WILL happen towards the end of THIS MONTH! After all - it is the month of The Son of Madblood March Madness...)

Tomorrow Is TODAY!

Forget The Past - The Son of Madblood Brings Presents!

for you.. with love from The Son of Madblood...

Yes, kids - this time The Son of Madblood is not late to the party. Did I say "party"? I meant "par-tay"... Or did I mean "butter"? No - this par-tay is better than butter! And it's happening TODAY. Unless today is not Friday March 11th. Because today - Friday March 11th (hopefully, for your sake, still today) is the day that - here in the town The Son of Madblood calls hell - I mean home - Anthology Film Archives is screening the new documentary: Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore at 7pm. That, in itself, isn't so much of a party - considering it is playing a whopping 3 days (no offense meant to The Son of Madblood's Italian-American friends) along with such HGL greats as Blood Feast, Something Weird and Scum of the Earth. But what makes today's showing - Friday March 11th at 7pm - is that director Frank Henenlotter and the Drive-In demon of the Double-D's - Joe Bob Briggs - will both be in attendance! Heroes in da house! Needless to say - I've gotta make this Madblog post a short one so Igor and I can take our portable hammocks and some ham-hocks over to Anthology and camp out for tickets...

You willlll go... you willlll.... Ishtar wills you!

But not before I, the Son of Madblood, bring a little something to the par-tay for you to enjoy (besides my ham-hocks - Igor's busy enjoying those) - an all-new Tinnitus Treats chosen especially for this party-riffic occasion: The Eye Popping Sounds of Herschell Gordon Lewis! Yes, kids - it's a party for you... with love from The Son of Madblood... It's all here: all the tragic kettledrums of Blood Feast - remember - they warned you; all the Yeeeeeee-Ha!'s of 2000 Maniacs! - you'll hear how Robert E. Lee broke his musket on his knee and that the South's gonna rise again... You get all the wife-swapping sounds of Suburban Roulette - but don't worry, baby - I'll love your sister tomorrow night... And you'd better Get Off The Road for those She-Devils on Wheels - bug off or you'll find that you have blown your mind! And the party really kicks in as they'll huff and they'll puff then they'll blow your house up - Just For The Hell Of It - it's Destruction! You're better off dead... if you don't click on the cover of this Tinnitus Treats gift from The Son of Madblood and get your party started. Just be sure to bring that party over to Anthology Film Archives at 7pm tonight - Friday March 11th and show HGL, Frank and Joe Bob how much you care... The Son of Madblood will be there - in a raincoat... No, really - it's a stormy night to be hammocking it with a hunch-back...

these and a hunch-back in your hammock would keep anyone warm..

And stay tuned, kids - for the next edition of The Son of Madblood "What Do You Want To See On The Next Show?" poll... The choices are really piling up over here at the Manorette... The Son of Madblood has piles! Of choices for you, that is.... Coming up for The Son of Madblood March Madness!

We Mean Bid'ness!

And We Got Cards To Prove It!

That's right, kids; we've been hard at work printing these up the old-fashioned way - missionary style - here at the Madblood Manorette. So take a gander - a sneak-peak - at our all-new business-type cards (in 'real life' the type is Blood Red and the card is not pink.. really):

this is the front....


and this is the 'b' side....

You read it right, attentive Madblood fan(s)! The Son of Madblood is getting Out Of The Lab! After all these years - all these long and lonely, lonely years - we've finally gotten up the gumption to venture beyond the comfort-filled confines of the 3 hallowed walls of Madblood Manorette (we broke the 4th wall sometime during our first show)... We're steppin' out! Ok, baby steppin' out, maybe - but out we go, nonetheless: from the stale and, mostly, dead-air echo chamber-of-horrors that we call "home" - to the wondrous, glistening clean (as opposed to the kind of glistening usually found in the Manorette) and non rat-infested playland of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Studio 2! Live! In Color! And ON TV! And that's real TV.. really. No - really. You see, all these years that we've been telling you we were on TV.. well, we were.. wrong about that. Well, we weren't really wrong - we just.. kinda.. well.. we were lying... Or, let's just say - we thought if we believed - you'd believe.. Ok - it was a con game.. But it's over! No more lies! The truth will be televised! Witness to the truth!

The Son of Madblood on MNN... AMEN!

Oh - don't worry too much, die-hard fans of The Son of Madblood. And you do die-hard if you're still fans... No, we won't be giving up our lie of a life that easily - we'll still continue to pretend to be on pretend TV at the humble Madblood Manorette - bringing you the finest in Horror-Film entertainment and the not-so-finest of our own brand of "Entertainment" - as regularly as we regularly do... Does The Pope shit in the woods? If he's regular he does... And we're as regular around here as the next guy - or the next Pope - and Igor is even more regular than that.. He goes like goin' was goin' out of style! And if you know Igor then you know he's got style to burn.. It's just lucky for the rest of us that he's also got plenty of matches to burn...

Two of Igor's regular "styles": digging for matches in his pocket (l.) and choking the chicken (r.)

That's right, kids - our un-regularly scheduled "show" will go on... and on and on and on and on... If you've ever seen it then you know what I mean... Right here in the same old dilapidated digs where you're all so fond of wondering just what it is you're sitting in that's so sticky... Yes, The Son of Madblood and his Gang will still be up to their old schtick - showing you their favorite Horror Movies and making a mess of the, already non-too-clean, Manorette. Our new and improved actual televised television show - The Son of Madblood: Out of the Lab! - will be flogging a dead horse of a different color... even if that color is still BLOOD RED! We'll be coming to you live from the spacious and well-equipped MNN Studio 2 - straight to your television or streaming web! I said "streaming" not "steaming"! It's a talk show with your Host, The Son of Madblood; his co-host, Brain; and trusty Igor manning the telephone call-in lines! And our new (and improved) in-studio Announcer - Don Pardonemoi! There will be Special Guests to be interviewed, live bands performing in the studio, acts of all persuasions and plenty of our regular Gang dropping by to lend a hand or have one removed. And we'll be talking about Horror Movies instead of showing them... And did we say - live telephone call-ins? There will be those. Please. Somebody's gotta call in. You will, won't you? Somebody's bound to... And that's just part of all the excitement! You won't want to miss it - just as soon as we get it running. And we're getting it running. Stay tuned to this station for more news as it becomes less available... Live, from New York, it's..... The Son of Madblood: Out of the Lab!

Home is where the heart-transplant is....

And now back to our regularly scheduled program.....

Yes, kids - the Seasons change.. But The Son of Madblood stays the same: cold, bitter, arduous, wearing and goes on way too long... If you don't like the weather, stick around a while... And we apologize in advance for the sticky seats - there hasn't been a lot to do around here lately. Yep - it's time once again for The Son of Madblood March Madness! We'll be marching it out to you, for your pleasure, this Month. It is March and that's what we do. Albeit to a different drummer. And what will this March Madness bring? April showers bring May flowers and what does Madblood bring in March? Whatever it is - it'll be golden.

Siwwy Wabbit.. Tricks are for pros...

Shall it be something St. Patrick's-y? Sorry, but the Leprechaun movies have already been voted down. Q: The Winged Serpent and Maniac Cop both involve the St. Patrick's Day Parade... Are there any scary Easter Bunny movies out there? Night of the Lepus doesn't count as scary - although there are plenty of giant rabbits involved. Friend of The Son of Madblood, Benny, sent in his Top 10 Horror Movie List with just one title: Blue Chips. It works for March Madness, maybe - but it don't work for The Son of Madblood. We have standards around here. We also like Jazz Standards. But what will we show? The Gang here at the Manorette has been up til the wee hours watching movies to try to find the right one for our next Big Episode - although Igor spends most of the wee hours in the wee-wee room for some reason... We work hard so that you don't have to and we hardly work so you don't even have to do that. You can rest easy - you can sleep. Most of you sleep through the show, anyway!

The glasses make it easier to sleep...

Stay tuned to this channel for more on The Son of Madblood March Madness to come!

Voices Carry!

The Son of Madblood wants to hear your voice!

That's right kids, in addition to the Brand-New Tinnitus Treats feature in the sidebar, The Son of Madblood now brings you even MORE FUN! Right there below the Tinnitus Treats - see it? The All-New "What Do YOU Want To Watch On The Next Episode of The Son of Madblood? " feature! It's another way for YOU to be heard!

We here at Madblood Manorette are keeping our eyeballs busy, our orbs orbiting, our peepers peeled trying to find the perfect movie-match for our upcoming Post-Tofurky-Turducken-Deep-Fried-Fowl-Feast Episode and we want to know what YOU want. So - shout it, shout it, shout it out LOUD! C'mon, everybody...


We've already crossed The Beast Within, Cannibal Apocalypse and Ravenous off our lists as not being up to the Manorette standards - we do have standards here, you know... We're particularly fond of those old Jazz Standards. So now it's down to the list in the sidebar there and it's UP TO YOU to make a choice. Because, at The Son of Madblood, aside from being Pro-Fessionals, Pro-Testing and Pro-Wrestling (pro-vided Jell-O is involved) - we're also Pro-Choice! And the choice is yours...


So get to voting before it's too late!


And - while we're on the subject of voting: so far we've received a scant 4 LISTS in The Son of Madblood Horror Movie Election Poll 2010. Now's not the time to dawdle, kids! Get your ballots in while there's still time - the power is in your hands - don't let it slip away....

The Son of Madblood gives it to YOU!

In The Ear!

The Son of Madblood's got a blog-y notion - he's done it again - over by the corner... Actually, not over by the corner - down over there on the sidebar. See it? That's right, kids! It's a new Feature here on the Mad-blog:

Tinnitus Treats!

We bring this to you in honor and celebration of The Son of Madblood finally having made it onto his Dream-Queen's horror-movie blog, Final Girl, for her Final Girl Film Club: The Funhouse Edition! And, as such, we lead off this new Feature with the dramatic score from said film...


John Beal's score for Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse was only released as a promotional item when the film came out - so it's not like you can drop by your local Tower Music..um.. your local Peaches.. um.. you probably can't get it on Amazon. But - have no fear - get it here! One of you Lucky Lucys or Larrys won a copy of this from the Mad-Raffle the night we screened the movie - now everyone can feel like a winner! Even if you didn't win! Even if you're a "not-winner"! Just click on the Album Cover image in the sidebar to download it! It's our treat to your ears. We love your ears!


And we'll be adding more soundtracks of our lives here at Madblood Manorette to the Tinnitus Treats - mostly music from films we've featured on The Son of Madblood - for your easy-listening enjoyment. Who of you isn't slavering for a copy of that soundtrack to The Return of the Living Dead? Or the mind-melting Driller Killer score? Play it LOUD! Play it PROUD!


And if you've got a notion to read what The Son of Madblood had to say about The Funhouse - you can READ IT HERE, ALREADY!

And don't forget to get your lists in for The Son of Madblood Horror Movie Election Poll 2010! Pronto, Tonto!

The Funhouse has just begun!

The Son of Madblood: Late For The Party Again Post

sorry I'm late.. I was..um... working...

Well, kids - the good Doctor has lagged behind again: after getting all worked up for The Final Girl Film Club Funhouse Edition he finds himself, yet again, sucking dust... And Final Girl is The Son of Madblood's favorite internet reading! (You can find more of The Son of Madblood's undying devotion for Final Girl, Stacie Ponder HERE).

While narrowing down, whittling down and honing the Faves List for The Son of Madblood Horror Elections Poll 2010 - the realization that it was becoming a bit Hooper heavy led to the unfortunate striking of The Funhouse from the list. It wasn't until after that I'd realized I'd already dropped Salem's Lot from the list, hence - no Hopper-heaviness to worry about.. Alas, The Funhouse - you fell through the cracks, slipped through my grubby fingers.. But, fear not, kids - don't fret, Fans - with the help of The Son of Madblood's trusty way-back machine we'll be transporting you back in time, back in action, back in black and back to where you once belonged. Yes - back when The Son of Madblood had something to say about The Funhouse. So, close your eyes and relive some long-ago days with the Doctor.. oh - wait - you might need to open them to read this:

(Just remember, kids - this is the past we're traveling to - all dates mentioned have already happened... it's magical how this works...)

BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN ALL WAS WELL:

And - as we're not the kind to quit while the quittin's good.. to dally when the dolly's done (?), to nap while the iron's hot - nope, not us - not the Gang here at Madblood Manorette... no siree, kids - it's just about time for the Next Episode of The Son Of Madblood! Yes - coming this Sunday, December 14th we're baaaaaaaack! Indeed - it's the beginning of our Big Second Season - our Season Premier, so to speak - Premire de Saison, as the French would have it..

I'm thinking of starting this season with a nice little shocker called The Funhouse.

Don't cry - cuz this is a good one! It's one of Tobe Hooper's most under appreciated film (the MOST most under appreciated being Eaten Alive which we'll be seeing later this season if I have my 'druthers). On the surface it appears as an almost routine teen-slasher genre film - but it's where it veers away from those tropes that it really gets good AND creepy. To quote myself from an earlier post: "Hooper brings enough imagination and detail to set it apart from the routine slashers that were being made at the time. He devotes a lot to the setting of the carnival, it's other-worldliness and strange characters - even just the weirdos milling about in the crowd - and the funhouse, itself, is perfectly atmospheric and nerve-jangling. He also is able to make a little go a long way in creating a slasher-flick scenario with only 4 characters, one of whom you kinda know is going to survive anyway! Yes, this one does pretty much play by the rules. And yet it still manages to deliver the frights in a somewhat old-fashioned-monster-movie vein. A lot of the chills come from the rantings and ravings of the monster hinted at in the poster - and something that could easily have come off as ridiculous is, instead, what really makes the film succeed. It's a classic monster in the Frankenstein/Wolfman mode: always scary, always dangerous, but also sympathetic; and it's performed so pitch-perfectly that you won't soon forget it."

And Amy's odyssey from frustated fighting with her horror-fan-boy snot-nosed brother, through her first date with the jock-ish, annoying lunkheaded Buzz (really?) and, finally, just trying to survive the terrors inside The Funhouse - makes for one heap of a coming of age story. One that leaves her battered and bruised, shocked and scarred - sometimes growing up can be tough! Hooper gets great mileage out of Elizabeth Berridge's Amy: she doesn't really seem to like this date she's on but you get the feeling she wants to at least try, at least be doing something, at least start growing up. In the end what's left is a feeling that something's been lost and this has been one very rude awakening to the passing of youth. It's apparent that the ride wasn't really worth it. An air of sadness hangs over The Funhouse.. You see? FUNhouse = NOT FUNhouse...?


That Tobe Hooper was approached by Steve Spielberg with an offer to direct a movie about a friendly alien living with some kids - and Hooper turned it down because he wanted to do this - only makes me love it and him even more...

Not that anyone is really paying attention - but please forget all I've just said about the movie when you come to the Manorette to see it on the night of
Sunday, December 14th! You'll be scared...

Now this is creepy!

PLUS it has that heart-throb, William Finley, in it!

I'm watching you...

AND wait til you see the Mad-raffle prizes! (Next post, maybe..) Curious?

Who will DARE enter? Who is BRAVE enough?



Which Finley Do YOU Fancy?

Just a few of the many faces of Finley.. It's getting more and more likely that he'll be our man in one form or another for this next Episode of The Son Of Madblood.. Make your pick:


Family Man Finley - Eaten Alive?


Magic Man Finley - The Funhouse? (did I say "heart-throb"?)


Musical Man Finley - Phantom of the Paradise?

For me - any Finley is good Finley.. I'm particularly partial to the highly stressed-out Father (go)figure of Eaten Alive.. And, ok - so Eaten Alive is not really in the running for this next Episode - but someday soon - I'm promising you.. Oh - and then there's that sweetheart Emil from Sisters.. talk about suave...

Rico Suave Finley - Sisters?

The Famous Son of Madblood Mad-raffle!

Well, kids - it may just have to be that we show The Funhouse considering that I just found this on the streetcorner. A more perfect Mad-raffle prize I could hardly imagine. I do love novelizations - ever since elementary school thanks to Alan Dean Foster and Alien - and I do love giving them away as prizes. That Dead & Buried one was a real find. I'm still hoping to show the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers so I can raffle off this FOTONOVEL(tm) version of it that I found a while back. Plus - reading is good for you! Almost as good as watching movies. And with a novelization - it's kinda like doing both! (Pssst: Owen West is Dean R. Koontz! Larry Block is... Lawrence Block!)


THE FUNHOUSE UPDATE:

The same minds at The Son of Madblood who didn't want me to show Black Christmas also tried to talk me out of The Funhouse. Well, if you were at that Black Christmas screening you know just how wrong they were: people were screaming! Screaming! We still have those who refuse to come back to the show because they were so scared.. So - so much for not showing The Funhouse! We did it and I'm proud to say: MORE SCREAMING! A banner night for the Gang at Madblood Manorette - we love hearing our audience scream (at the movie, not at us) - it's why we do this....


AND, NOW: BACK TO OUR FUTURE...

Or is it our past participle? We hope you enjoyed this blast-from-the-past-perfect-tense and we hope you'll come back for more of The Son of Madblood..

Goodnight, gang - and thanks for turning us on...

Get your vote ON!

The Son of Madblood Horror Movie Election Poll is OPEN!



The short of it: Send The Son of Madblood a list of YOUR Fave Horror Movies! As short or long a list as you please (well - try to keep it no more than 20, if you please, please). Sure, a list of 1 is just as much a list as a list of 10 or 20 - only shorter!

The order they're in doesn't matter: WE tally the votes - YOU see the results! Just send your Nominations to: thesonofmadblood@gmail.com and we'll do the rest.. or, Brain will do the rest, actually...

Get your list in by Thanksgiving! And then come to Madblood Manorette on November 27th (tentatively) for the Next Episode of The Son of Madblood and a special Election Day Sur-prize!


Get to voting, kids! It's the Patriotic thing to do and it's your RIGHT as a Fan of The Son of Madblood...


For more info on The Son of Madblood Horror Movie Election Poll get the loooong of it HERE.

And - to help you get started: check out The Son of Madblood's own Nominations right HERE!