Orrin Grey
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Rondo Award-nominated author Orrin Grey writes disjointed and irresponsible things about monsters, ghosts, and sometimes the ghosts of monsters.
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Tonight, I am thankful for the opportunity to show NOROI (2005) to a packed house of mostly first-timers at Stray Cat Film Center.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight, I am thankful for the opportunity to show NOROI (2005) to a packed house of mostly first-timers at Stray Cat Film Center.
Bindle routinely "catches" her various toys and brings them to me. This morning, she brought me both a turkey and a pumpkin. Clearly, she is helping with Thanksgiving dinner.
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Bindle routinely "catches" her various toys and brings them to me. This morning, she brought me both a turkey and a pumpkin. Clearly, she is helping with Thanksgiving dinner.
Willis O'Brien's KING KONG VS. FRANKENSTEIN, but it has to be made entirely using technology they had in 1933, and be as much like it would have been then as is humanly possible.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Willis O'Brien's KING KONG VS. FRANKENSTEIN, but it has to be made entirely using technology they had in 1933, and be as much like it would have been then as is humanly possible.
The sculptures are what made me go, "Well, guess I need to see that," and they sure are something. As I said, not sure it really worked for me, but I'm glad I watched it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The sculptures are what made me go, "Well, guess I need to see that," and they sure are something. As I said, not sure it really worked for me, but I'm glad I watched it.
A sweaty, haunted Josh Hartnett plays a private detective hired to search Hong Kong for a guy who might literally be the second coming of Christ, complicated by the fact that Hartnett's character got HANNIBALed by a serial killer who turns his victims into grotesque Francis Bacon sculptures.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A sweaty, haunted Josh Hartnett plays a private detective hired to search Hong Kong for a guy who might literally be the second coming of Christ, complicated by the fact that Hartnett's character got HANNIBALed by a serial killer who turns his victims into grotesque Francis Bacon sculptures.
I had somehow never heard of I COME WITH THE RAIN (2009) until someone I follow posted about it recently, and I'm not sure it entirely worked for me, but it sure is something, a Michael Mann-style dreamy crime thriller turned religious meditation? Maybe?
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I had somehow never heard of I COME WITH THE RAIN (2009) until someone I follow posted about it recently, and I'm not sure it entirely worked for me, but it sure is something, a Michael Mann-style dreamy crime thriller turned religious meditation? Maybe?
Some time ago, Grace set the wheels into motion to get me a very special birthday present: a one-of-a-kind Man-Thing statue, designed and 3D printed by one friend, and painted by another. Today, he finally came home.
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some time ago, Grace set the wheels into motion to get me a very special birthday present: a one-of-a-kind Man-Thing statue, designed and 3D printed by one friend, and painted by another. Today, he finally came home.
A bit early for this, but I'm re-reading "The Crown Derby Plate" by Marjorie Bowen and need to remember to trot this back out as we get closer to the holidays.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A bit early for this, but I'm re-reading "The Crown Derby Plate" by Marjorie Bowen and need to remember to trot this back out as we get closer to the holidays.
This is a big one for me, as NOROI is almost certainly my favorite horror film of the 21st century so far, and even I have never had a chance to see it in a theater before.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a big one for me, as NOROI is almost certainly my favorite horror film of the 21st century so far, and even I have never had a chance to see it in a theater before.
I meant to post this yesterday, but that didn't happen. Next week (Wednesday, Nov 26) we'll be hosting a FREE screening of NOROI (2005) at the Stray Cat Film Center, for those of you who might be in the Kansas City area.
www.straycatfilmcenter.com/screeningsan...
www.straycatfilmcenter.com/screeningsan...
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I meant to post this yesterday, but that didn't happen. Next week (Wednesday, Nov 26) we'll be hosting a FREE screening of NOROI (2005) at the Stray Cat Film Center, for those of you who might be in the Kansas City area.
www.straycatfilmcenter.com/screeningsan...
www.straycatfilmcenter.com/screeningsan...
Proud member of the...
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Proud member of the...
I managed to rally enough to drag myself out to watch spooky movies in a cemetery with @elijahlafollette.bsky.social at @unioncemeterykc.bsky.social. (And hey, if this kills me, I won't have far to travel.)
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I managed to rally enough to drag myself out to watch spooky movies in a cemetery with @elijahlafollette.bsky.social at @unioncemeterykc.bsky.social. (And hey, if this kills me, I won't have far to travel.)
New "I studied the blade" just dropped...
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New "I studied the blade" just dropped...
In 1980 and 1981, Toei Animation released unlikely anime adaptations (very) loosely drawn from Marvel's Tomb of Dracula and Monster of Frankenstein comic series. I saw the Frankenstein one a few years ago, and tonight I finally got to watch the much more bizarre Dracula one. It was kind of amazing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
In 1980 and 1981, Toei Animation released unlikely anime adaptations (very) loosely drawn from Marvel's Tomb of Dracula and Monster of Frankenstein comic series. I saw the Frankenstein one a few years ago, and tonight I finally got to watch the much more bizarre Dracula one. It was kind of amazing.
Seeing CITY OF THE DEAD (aka HORROR HOTEL, 1960) in a cemetery really is an experience that shouldn't be missed.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Seeing CITY OF THE DEAD (aka HORROR HOTEL, 1960) in a cemetery really is an experience that shouldn't be missed.
This might be the best thing I have ever seen...
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This might be the best thing I have ever seen...
We don't need a Betty Boop horror movie. The Fleischer cartoons had plenty of horror.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We don't need a Betty Boop horror movie. The Fleischer cartoons had plenty of horror.
Sorry, I meant second-best.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Sorry, I meant second-best.
Jacob Elordi is pretty good, but I think we all know the best Frankenstein monster on screen...
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Jacob Elordi is pretty good, but I think we all know the best Frankenstein monster on screen...
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) | Genuinely glad someone spent this much money to make a mid-tier Hammer sequel, and that GDT finally got to make his self-insert Frankenstein fanfic. Good for him.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) | Genuinely glad someone spent this much money to make a mid-tier Hammer sequel, and that GDT finally got to make his self-insert Frankenstein fanfic. Good for him.
Well, I have a new reason to stay alive. Looks like Koji Shiraishi directed a new thing (KINKI, 2025) that is reliably being called his most NOROI-ish project since NOROI *and* it's based on a novel that's getting a translation later this year or early next.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well, I have a new reason to stay alive. Looks like Koji Shiraishi directed a new thing (KINKI, 2025) that is reliably being called his most NOROI-ish project since NOROI *and* it's based on a novel that's getting a translation later this year or early next.
A while back, I wrote a cover story about Godzilla movies for @unwinnable.com and was lucky enough to get one of my favorite kaiju artists to do the cover. As of today, I have the original of that drawing in my possession. Thanks to @xenofauna.bsky.social and @stuhorvath.com for making it happen.
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A while back, I wrote a cover story about Godzilla movies for @unwinnable.com and was lucky enough to get one of my favorite kaiju artists to do the cover. As of today, I have the original of that drawing in my possession. Thanks to @xenofauna.bsky.social and @stuhorvath.com for making it happen.
Alright so, A) we'll see how I feel on a rewatch but I am currently pretty mixed on GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY and B) I hate Criterion's propensity for weird packaging instead of just putting their discs in a case like a normal person, BUT this Thomas Ott artwork and design fucking rules.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Alright so, A) we'll see how I feel on a rewatch but I am currently pretty mixed on GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY and B) I hate Criterion's propensity for weird packaging instead of just putting their discs in a case like a normal person, BUT this Thomas Ott artwork and design fucking rules.