Sorry for the lack of updates or responses as of late, but over last weekend, I started to get sick, which then turned out to be Covid. I’ve had it before, so I wasn’t worried, but as I’ve heard before, not only does it hit everyone differently, it also can hit the same person differently. And this time, it knocked me on my ass. I have never had something that completely drain the will or desire to do anything. I did get out of bed, only because I couldn’t sleep laying down because of the congestion. Then again, I wasn’t sleeping anyway, so I was just sitting in my recliner in front of the TV. I guess one could look at that as one positive, but that’s a stretch.
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A Day to Give Thanks
While I do try to keep this idea in my head all year long, but it seems to be so much easier today. I know I personally have so much to be thankful for, from an incredible family to a multitude of really passionate friends that I am able to share those passions with.
We know that there are daily reminders of how life is not going well, that when we look back, we realize it might not have been the big deal we thought at the time. Time can do that. As they say, time is precious, so we are usually so busy trying to make things happen or just survive to really see the positives that we have all around us. That is what I’m really thankful for this year, to really strive to make that a daily mantra, if you will, to take a second and think of what is positive in your life. Trust me, it’s not easy and I often lose track of it. But like life itself, it’s a work in process.
So, from everyone here at the Krypt, we wish everyone out there a very Happy Thanksgiving! Stay positive, stay creative, and always remember to feed that passion, no matter what it is.
New Issue of Midnight Magazine
Need some more reading material for the end of the year? Then click HERE and order the new issue of Midnight Magazine. Issue #12 has another amazing cover from artist Alberto Ugarte covering Al Adamson’s Dracula vs Frankenstein. Inside these devilish pages you’ll find articles by yours truly, along with pieces by Aaron Aubuchon, Mike Howlett, Scott Bradley, Brad Sykes, Terry Alexander, Sean Simonson, Kris Gilpin, and James Turner, and more, with editor in chief Eric Wright holding the chains!
To order your copy, just click HERE!
Turkey Day Approaches
For any long-time followers to the Krypt know about my bi-annual Turkey Day Marathons, a celebration of some of the finer titles in cinematic history, the Turkey. No, not the “so-bad-their-good” films because as we all know, the only bad movie is a boring one. So says Stephen Thrower, and I’m a full believer in that statement. No matter what the budget is, how inept the acting might be, the incredible poor written script, if you’re entertained, then it can’t be a bad movie.
Continue readingBlade Deluxe Soundtracks
For fans of the first two Blade films, Stephen Norrington’s Blade (1998) and Guillermo del Toro’s Blade II (2002), they are both getting a deluxe edition of their original soundtracks, both being released by Varèse Sarabande.


It’s Alive!
I think it was around my 45th birthday when I had finally made the decision to get a tattoo. I’d been wanting to for a while, but first couldn’t decide what I wanted, but then I was always worried about any possible issues at work, since I did work in an office. Years ago, that would have been highly frowned upon but that dramatically lessened over the years. Plus, at that point in my life, I just didn’t care anymore. So, I got my first one, I think around 2010. Then for the next 9 years, I would go to a friend’s house for a tattoo party and add another one. From simple stitches around my wrist, to Italian horror, Hammer, and of course, Paul Naschy! But then I stopped, for a variety of reasons. But the itch to get more was always there.
Continue readingLast of Terror Tuesdays
A few years ago, Aaron Christensen and I started hosting these little lectures at the Sultzer Region Library in Chicago that we called Terror Tuesdays. The 1-night lecture then turned into a 4-week series, which we’ve been doing for a few years now. While it is a bit of prep work ahead of time, it’s a lot of fun and we’ve built up a good audience over those years.
Continue readingFrancomania: Vampyros Francos
My first official day of vacation was on Friday, Oct. 25th, and I headed down to St. Louis to witness something truly special, that probably has never happened before. And that was to watch some Jess Franco films in a theater . . . that once was an actual church! How could one pass that up!?!? Just thinking what Franco might have thought about these screenings and where, makes me smile.
My friend and Discover the Horror podcast co-host, Aaron AuBuchon, and Webster University, along with Severin Films, and Oscarbate Film Collective (John Dickson & Will Morris), hosted a 3-day event called Francomania: Vampyros Francos at the Webster University Film Series, where they would screen three different films from Spanish director Jess Franco, all dealing with the subject of vampires: Count Dracula (1970), Vampyros Lesbos (1971), and Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972). There was another screening of Franco’s Mucuba Sexual at this cool little place called The Arkadin, which looks like they screen all sorts of cool titles there.
Continue readingHorror is My Business . . . and Business was Busy!
My vacation days tend to be used for conventions, usually just taking Friday or maybe Friday/Monday off, then back to the real world. But this year, I had some vacation time to kill so I had planned on taking the last week of October off, with the goal of just using it to spend time enjoying the last of the Holiday season. Sure, I’d like to spend the whole month doing that, but there is a bunch of stuff going on throughout the month, such as conventions, 24-hour marathons, and plenty of other stuff that tends to keep me pretty busy. Which is why I was originally looking forward to this break from the busyness that October is. But as it happens, those days were quickly filled with all sorts of things to do, all of which I planned out myself. Meaning, no one to blame but me!
Continue readingFranco T-Shirts Available
For those big fans of filmmaker Jess Franco, we have a few T-Shirts left over from the Francomania: Vampyros Francos event that took place a couple of weeks ago in St. Louis. The art was created by the uber-talented Don England. He really knocked it out of the park with the design idea that we came up with.
If you’re interested, they are $20 each, with $5 for shipping. Just email me (jon@kitleyskrypt.com) the size you’re looking for and I’ll let you know if we still have any of them and we’ll go from there.
Supply is limited so if you’re interested, email me sooner than later!








