Category: james mccormick
The Innsmouth Book Club First and most importantly, Battleship Pretension co-host Tyler Smith needs our help. Visit CaringBridge to stay updated on his condition and to leave some support and encouragement to his friends and family and please give what you can to his GoFundMe to...
Viewed through the lens of the Lovecraft Mythos that was expanded on after his death, The Ritual is a very well written, acted, and directed neo-Lovecraftian inspired film, its jötunn serving as the Cthulhu of the Scandinavian woods. The Ritual, a 2017...
Is it accurate to describe X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes as “Cyclops but addicted to drugs?” Not entirely, but it’s a more accurate description than calling the pre-Haunted Castle Roger Corman flick “Lovecraftian.” Featuring Ray Milland as a man of science who...
The podcast. You downloaded it. We came. On this episode, we discuss Hellraiser, Clive Barker’s feature film directorial debut that rubbed all sorts of Reaganites the wrong way with not only its depictions of chains, leather, and torture, but also with...
Battleship Pretension‘s David Bax returns almost two years after his first appearance to talk about yet another adaptation of “Dreams in the Witch House” (and also his latest podcast, The One Where I Met Your Mother and also his thoughts on NHL free agency)....
There are some real life horrors manifesting in the world today–horrors that mean many women are not sleeping soundly at night out of fear for themselves and future generations. The Cast of Cthulhu finds the recent SCOUTS ruling on Roe v. Wade...
Not really sure what one should expect from a movie whose genesis began with the premise “there’s a castle and there’s a freak” but prepare yourself for a pretty emotionally mature exploration of loss, grief, and inescapable fate handed down...
Spring has sprung, so what better time to cover Benson & Moorehead’s Spring than right now? There is no better time, obviously. Silly question. How foolish of you to ask. Anyway, Corinne Corrosive returns after The Shunting to discuss arguably the most...
Just like the titular John, we didn’t die at the end! We return from an entirely unplanned lengthy hiatus to (hopefully) get back to regularly scheduled programming with the cult horror/comedy John Dies at the End, which currently stands as the last...
Is Gareth Edwards’ directorial debut Lovecraftian? Not in the slightest! Did the 6-person crew have a shooting script? Absolutely not! Do the effects, direction, and performances still hold up after 12 years? You betcha! Entirely improvised and largely featuring locals...
