Yes, Halloween 2020 is done and gone. So while we start counting down the days to next year, now that it is November, that means it is time to start talking Turkeys! And no, I’m not talking about the kind you eat, but the kind you watch! Those who are veterans of the previous Krytpic Army will know well of this dangerous terrain I’m about to send you through, but trust me, you’ll be a better person because of it. Or end up locked up in a padded room. Continue reading
Happy Halloween from Kitley’s Krypt
Today is the day we’ve been waiting for all year. The day where we fit in with the rest of the “normal” people! Where we can wear our usual horror t-shirts and not get the look we get when we were them the same around Christmas time! What? A Maniac T-shirt that says “I Warned You Not to Go Out Tonight” isn’t appropriate for midnight mass? Granted, for us, we all know that every day is Halloween and our love and passion for the horror genre is not something we celebrate once a year, but every single day. Hopefully everyone has still be able to enjoy this season, even with all the craziness going. I do miss the parties and get-togethers, but I really feel those will come back soon enough. Continue reading
Friday Favorites: What Sacred You the Most?
As we’re only 1 day away from Halloween, for this week’s Friday Favorite, I want to you to dig into your deepest, darkest, depths of your soul and let us know… what film scared you the most? It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t get to you now, but during that first time, at whatever age you were at the time, it just reached into your soul and cut down deep. Maybe it was one that just terrified you, maybe even so much that you couldn’t even finish it the first time around. Or one that kept you awake that night, haunting your dreams if you dared to fall asleep? Or maybe it wasn’t a particular film as a whole, but one scene that did the trick. Continue reading
Movie Review: Fulci for Fake
Fulci for Fake
Written and Directed by Simone Scafidi
Starring Fabio Frizzi, Paolo Malco, Sergio Salvati, Michele Soavi, Sandro Bitetto, Enrico Vanzina, Berenice Sparano, Michele Romagnoli, Davide Pulici, and Camilla and Antonella Fulci.
When I first read of this new biography being made on Lucio Fulci, of course, I was skeptical. A lot of biographical films tend to exaggerate things to tell a better story, instead of sticking to the truth. But after watching it, I now realize that it is something completely different. It is like if someone is going to make this biographical film, hires an actor to play Fulci, then the actor decides to go out to talk to the people that knew and worked with him, to give him some insight to this enigmatic man. And they did it brilliantly. So it is really more interviews and stories, interlaced with tons of photos and home movies showing a side of this director that we hadn’t seen before. Continue reading
More Classic Monsters at the Drive-In
What better way to spend your Halloween than at the drive-in, watching 3 of the classic Universal Monsters! The McHenry Drive-In will be screening Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolf Man this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30th and 31st. Continue reading
Mystery Photo 10-26
A little late today but we still got a new photo for you to puzzle over. But before we get to it, let’s recap last week’s photo. I thought for sure I was going to stump everyone but we ended up with 4 people that guessed the correct movie. The movie is Castle of Evil (1966), and the ones that knew that were Hoby Abernathy, Bob Hartman, Michael Shields, and Mark Turner. Well done, gentlemen!
Okay so let’s see if we stump anybody with this photo, since I’ve been digging deep in the obscure vault lately. Just remember to send your guess to us in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good luck!
Horror at the Chicago Public Library TONIGHT!
In case you didn’t know, my good buddy and fellow horror fanatic Aaron Christensen (aka Dr. AC) will be hosting a presentation online through the Chicago Public Library, starring in a little over an hour! So you still have time to come join us.
For the link, just click HERE.
And if you do, below is some take home work for you. It is a list of films, actors, directors, and other names in the genre that you should familiar yourself with, if you don’t know them already.
Film Recommendations: Continue reading
22 Years of Discovering the Horror!
Today marks the 22-Year Anniversary when Kitley’s Krypt came online. That’s right, folks, for over 2 decades, I’ve been spreading the gospel to whoever would listen. Or read, technically. I never set out to make this into a job that I could do for a living (though it wouldn’t be a bad thing), nor did I set out to become some famous journalist. My path was simple: I wanted to spread the passion I have for this incredible genre and hope others would walk with me, if even only for a moment, down this long and twisted road, looking and learning about the genre during this wonderful journey. I know some of you out there have been with me down the path for quite a long time, while others have just recently joined. But I hope in that what I’m offering here, is something more than puff journalism, more than quick click bait stories that don’t even qualify as a bit of news, but something a bit more substantial. And that it continues to fan the flames of our shared passion. Continue reading
Mystery Photo 10-19
Yes, we’re back with a new photo. We missed last week with too much going on in the real world, not to mention a few updates last week! But we’re hoping to be back on track for the rest of the month. Our last photo was taken in my basement… oh wait… that’s what I’m hoping to have my basement look like at some point. It was actually from The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963), or better known here in the states as Horror Castle. Congrats to the following who sent in the correct answrer: Hoby Abernathy, Vincent Simonelli, and Todd Warren. Well done, indeed.
So without any further delays (or I forget to get it posted), let’s get to this week’s photo. I know this is looks the way I feel going to work each Monday morning! Remember to send your answers through email (better chance of me not forgetting you) to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Taking Shape II – The Lost Halloween Sequels
Earlier this year, I posted my review of Taking Shape: Developing Halloween from Script to Screen, by Dustin McNeil and Travis Mullins. It was not a book I thought I would be interested in because I thought I knew as much about the early Halloween films that I need to or when it came to the later sequels, as much as I cared to. But I found the book fascinating and ended up loving it. Well now McNeill and Mullins are back for Taking Shape II: The Lost Sequels.
If you think this covers a couple of films that never got made, think again. This volume covers 24 (!?!?!) lost Halloween sequels that never made it past the script stage and onto the big screen. You’ll get to read about these from the people directly involved, some being heard publicly for the first time. At 600 pages and priced under $30, you can bet that this will have so much trivia and information about these films that never came to be, hearing insights and ideas of what some wanted to do. That alone seems pretty intriguing if you’re a fan of the Halloween series.
Here is some of the subjects covered in this volume. See if this doesn’t wet your whistle… Continue reading
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