This is just a quickie stop-gap post, firstly to reassure the slavering hordes who have been daily beating an ever more desperate path to my door, their urchin-faces streaked with grime and tears, begging for more PRC posts before January ends. Worry not! As hinted we will indeed be marching boldly into PRC February. So in all seriousness, if you are one of the half dozen people who give a toss about this project, rest assured that the best stuff is still to come. Later this week I'll be examining an acromegaly double-bill - how's that for entertainment - closely followed by Edgar Ulmer inviting us to the PRC arthouse, and the much promised Zucco-athon.
And secondly, I want to notify you all that Radiation Cinema - simply one of the best movie blogs ever - is at last out of hibernation.
Mykal Banta's tribute to the great b-movie sci-fi and horror films of the fifties has a new, streamlined look and a new post - breaking a silence of over a year - on Forbidden Planet.
Like everyone else I saw this film as a kid and haven't really given it much thought since, but now I'm seeing it in a whole new light. Which is what Mykal does, every time. The trick is in the mix - of intoxicating nostalgic enthusiasm and eye-openingly original insight - and of course in making it all look so easy. I'd hate him if he wasn't such a great guy.
I've made many rewarding acquaintances in the blogging world, but there's also a small handful that I consider to be true friends. Mykal is of this number, and Radiation Cinema is one of the small number of websites that gives me the happy feeling of being exactly on my wavelength. Hopefully, you don't need me to tell you about it, merely, perhaps, to let you know it's back. So as soon as you've finished this, head over there. Then, why not slither over to The Bloody Pulp, where Mykal exhumes the grisly world of Eerie Publications with the same intoxicating mix of scholarship and love. (And if you ever come across a copy of his novel No Ceiling But Heaven, do anything in your power to get your hands on a copy. It's a masterpiece.)
Anyway, the night is drawing on, and I have PRC movies to watch.
Back soon.
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Matthew: You are too kind, my friend. Thank you.
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