In Honor of Amps that Go to 11
The Monkey See blog celebrates Nigel Tufnel Day with a serious consideration of “the greatest rock and roll record ever made: 1984’s soundtrack for the movie This Is Spinal Tap.”
“I’m Haunted Zippy, Who Are You?”
Cracked provides a list of questionably haunted items, including an evil Zippy the Pinhead doll. Who will have the heart to tell Zippy creator Bill Griffith?
Slate’s 25 Best Horror Films of the 2000s
Slate has a nicely ecletic and thoughtful list of the best horror films of the ’00s, including many Midnight Madness favorites and films by Rob Zombie, David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Sam Raimi, Tomas Alfredson, David Cronenberg, William Friedkin, Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury.
NPR’s 100 Top Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
SF Signal has created a flowchart to help readers navigate the choppy waters of NPR’s top 100 science fiction and fantasy books. Avast ye, there be dragons!
Top 5 Blaxploitation Soundtracks
At The Revivalist, Adrian Younge offers his, “Top 5 Blaxploitation Soundtracks.” (via @World_Of_Hurt)
10 Thankfully Deleted Scenes
Cracked presents 10 deleted scenes–with video clips–that would have ruined movies, from the very good, Alien, to the very bad, Revenge of the Sith.
The Cultural Gutter 