Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Martin Gabel looks the part in the pilot of TV’s first attempt to create an ongoing Poirot series. It was salvaged as an episode of the anthology show.
Movie and TV list: It wasn’t exactly child’s play to organize these rankings, but I pray to Damballa that you enjoy them.
Frightening Friday (Book review): God mythology is a better key code for understanding Shelley’s novel; it’s influence on science fiction was a wonderful accident.
Movie review: But I wish they were. To be fair, this is a reasonably smart entry in the genre, again driven by Samara Weaving’s brave spurned bride.
Throwback Thursday (TV review): This “Peanuts” half-hour special boasts timeless observations about politics, plus great music.
Movie review: It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but for a Shudder original, this is a classy throwback treat.
Movie review: Cerebral zombie fiction can be as horrific as the action-based variety as the saga turns into “Walking Dead” for the other side of the pond.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): Austin Trevor doesn’t look like what we now know as Poirot, but the screenplay wonderfully adapts Christie’s case of switched identities.
TV review: The “Friday the 13th” prequel series retcons the timeline, but with a purpose, as we finally get the backstory of Pam and Jason Voorhees.
Frightening Friday (Book review): The mad science is maddeningly vague in H.G. Wells’ classic, hampering the scare factor for today’s readers.