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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Sunday, October 12, 2014. The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics. Horror comics came into being in earnest near the start of WWII and quickly became hugely popular – and controversial. Before they were effectively banned by the creation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954, horror comics were being release monthly under dozens of different titles. By far the most famous are the four main offerings from EC: Shock Suspenstories, The Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear,.
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Curse of Chucky (2013)
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Saturday, October 19, 2013. Curse of Chucky (2013). Was, as much as any horror movie, a pretty big deal back in 1988. Based around the chilling concept of the soul of a serial killer inhabiting the body of a large “Good Guy” doll (closely resembling the then-popular “My Buddy” and “Kid Sister” line of toys), Child’s. Received generally good reviews and ended up making over $44 million worldwide – nearly five times its budget. A full-blown dark comedy. Vision of the c...
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Child Exorcism in the U.S.
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Sunday, January 19, 2014. Child Exorcism in the U.S. This has been a movie blog for a couple of years now, but I saw something in the news today that demanded a return to skeptic mode. CNN is reporting. Exorcism in general and child exorcism in particular are topics about which I have no moderate position. Human society should be working to stamp out this kind of pseudo-sorcerous nonsense, and yet this morning we see a report of it here in the U.S. There's a caveat t...
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Two Different Kinds of Terrifying...
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Wednesday, July 02, 2008. Two Different Kinds of Terrifying. A movie came out in 1973 that scared the ever-loving crap out of people: The Exorcist. Based on William Peter Blatty's novel, this film about demonic possession was a cultural phenomenon that captured worldwide attention and ultimately spawned four sequels. (Yes, I can count: Exorcist II, Exorcist III,. And two vastly different versions of the fourth film, Dominion. And Exorcist: The Beginning. Whose appare...
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Return of the Evil Dead (1973)
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Return of the Evil Dead (1973). Depending on your age, when you think of European horror flicks you probably think of either the Italian zombie/cannibal era of the 70s and 80s or the unexpected Scandinavian horror boom of the last decade or so. In the early 1970s, however, there were a number of horror films from Spain making their way to U.S. shores. Among the most recognizable of these is the Blind Dead. Flick, The Ghost Galleon.
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Pretty Good Movies With Pretty Bad Endings
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The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Pretty Good Movies With Pretty Bad Endings. It turns out that writing movies isn’t easy. As anyone who reads this blog -or, more likely, actually watches movies- knows, there are a lot of pretty bad ones out there. A bad movie in and of itself is pretty innocuous. After all, truly, truly bad movies are easy to spot, and most people who watch them know what they’re getting into. Without some personal culpability for the act. With a budget of r...
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Naastika: The 'So Help Me God' Controversy
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Is the Sansrit word that is normally taken to be a synonym atheism. In fact, it really stands for rejection of the authority of the vedas, but here I prefer to consider it a synonym of unorthodox. This blog will present my somewhat unorthodox take on the nature of religion, language, politics, and other matters of interest to me. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The 'So Help Me God' Controversy. Are the words "So help me God" valid in a secular government ceremony? On the other had, the "ceremonial deism" e...
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Naastika: November 2008
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Is the Sansrit word that is normally taken to be a synonym atheism. In fact, it really stands for rejection of the authority of the vedas, but here I prefer to consider it a synonym of unorthodox. This blog will present my somewhat unorthodox take on the nature of religion, language, politics, and other matters of interest to me. Sunday, November 16, 2008. What does the distribution of the world's religions tell us? Links to this post. Sunday, November 9, 2008. Brawling monks in the Holy Land. Perhaps th...
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Naastika: May 2008
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Is the Sansrit word that is normally taken to be a synonym atheism. In fact, it really stands for rejection of the authority of the vedas, but here I prefer to consider it a synonym of unorthodox. This blog will present my somewhat unorthodox take on the nature of religion, language, politics, and other matters of interest to me. Saturday, May 10, 2008. The Age of McCain. Links to this post. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. American Politics and Character Issues. Is he getting senile? Is Hillary Clinton trustworthy?