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Today's brand new Dietz Dolls pinup artwork is another Halloween special with a tribute to the late great Bill Randall with ‘Headless Horseman’! Mae's gown fluttered, her knees went weak, She gasped at the horseman unable to speak. She gathered her gown and quickly she ran, "Why do I always attract that kind of man?"

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Defeated Medusa - Apparently he has the right technique. ;) Don't look in her eyes!

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#1 - SIX DAYS OF NEW PINUPS IN CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN! Today's Halloween-themed vintage style pinup art is a brand new pinup in another tribute to the late great Bill Randall with 'Mummy Goddess'! Sarina steps out from the town with grace, In mummy attire, she's stealing the space. Her beauty's eternal, a sight to adore, This Halloween night, she's a legend of lore!

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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) ★ Watched 14 Oct 2025

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) is a cheap, boring reboot of Hammer’s series that recasts the Baron with a bland leading man and drops Peter Cushing, the only anchor these films had. According to the internet, this is supposed to be a “black comedy,” but that’s a Tommy Wiseau–style dodge, and the comparisons to The Room don’t stop there.

There’s a scene where Frankenstein’s assistant suggests they switch to more ethical experiments. Victor pretends to agree, asking him to hold some electrical equipment… then kills the assistant by switching it on when he stupidly complies. It plays like the horror equivalent of “Oh hi, Mark,” except that scene in The Room at least conjures unintentional laughter. Another highlight is when the creature attacks a little girl. She cries to her father that he hurt her, and after the monster's apparent demise, she’s suddenly sad and says he was “a nice monster, really.”

In terms of production values, the film is bargain-bin even by Hammer standards. The “monster” looks like a circus strongman with an oddly shaped head; you’d never call him a monster if the script didn’t insist on it. He doesn’t even show up until more than an hour in, and then his death—like most of the film’s key events—happens offscreen.

Another example is a scene that implies Victor plans to kill an old man for his brain, then it just cuts to the funeral. Did Frankenstein kill him? Did the man die naturally? Who knows? The sound design in the old man's final scene is so bizarre; complete silence (not even a musical score or ambient noises) while the old man is talking. I thought something was wrong with my device until the dialogue returned, confirming this was meant to show Frankenstein “zoning out.”