Because on-camera flashes are scary.
Really. Scaaaary.
FROM THE VAULT
- The most deserving game — posted by lyzard on May 1, 2018
- Exercising my time zone privileges… — posted by lyzard on December 31, 2009
- Because "Phoneutria nigriventer: The Deadly Cargo" doesn't sing — posted by Andrew on August 16, 2010
- Jet Li's Lone Wolf and Cub — posted by KeithA on May 18, 2011
- Vincent Price's All Fishman Variety Hour — posted by KeithA on June 8, 2008
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- 01: Brainathon ’99
- 02: Bangs'n'Whimpers
- 03: Post-Apocalypso
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- 05: Pretty Mad Scientists
- 06: Tainted Love
- 07: Days of Future Past
- 08: Secret Santa
- 09: Catch a Throwing Star
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- 12: Fish With Bicycles
- 13: Go Go Go-Go Boys!
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- 15: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Roundtable
- 16: Whoa… Deja Vu.
- 17: Month of the Living Dead
- 18: B-Masters Beach Party
- 19: Kinji Fukasaku – The Man No Genre Could Tame.
- 20: Home Video Holocaust – The Video Nasties
- 21: Father Dearest: Who's Your Daddy?
- 22: So Sorry…
- 23: Back to the Well
- 24: Another Month of the Living Dead
- 25: The Ottoman Empire Strikes Back
- 26: Rubber Soul
- 27: Shhhhhh
- 28: Month of the Alternative Living Dead
- 29: On Time & Under Budget
- 30: These Kids Today…
- 31: Mea maxima culpa
- 32: Stingathon ’09
- 33: 10,000 B.S.
- 34: Foot Notes
- 35: Don’t Touch That Dial!
- 36: He Conquered the World
- 37: Secret Santa’s Revenge
- 38: At the Movies of Madness
- 39: They Might Be Giants
- 40: The Other Elizabeth Taylor
- 41: The Dark Guys of London
- 42: Falling Stars
- 43: To Be or Not To Be! (Pilot Error)
- 44: Teeth and Tentacles
- 45: Brunoween
- 46: Howl of the B-Masters
- 47: It’s Alive!
- 48: Bad, Black and Beautiful
- 49: Don’t Quit Your Day Job
- 50: B-Mentia 15
- 51: Quelle Horreur!
- 52: Carradine, Thou Wayward Son!
- 53: Tall, Dark and Gruesome
- 54: Pets Gone Wild
- 55: The Bad Place
- 56: From The Bible To Barbarella
- 57: A Fistful Of Pennies
- 58: Hello, Dolly
- 59: No, Not That One!
- 60: Dr Terror’s House Of Honours
- 61: WTF!?
- 62: In The Key Of B
- 63: The Forgotten Dawn Of Horror
- 64: The Most Dangerous Roundtable
- 65: Room For One More
- 66: Were-WHAT?
- 67: The China Anniversary Syndrome
- 68: The China Anniversary Syndrome: Part 2
- 69: The China Anniversary Syndrome: Part 3
- 70: The China Anniversary Syndrome: Part 4
- The Links We Love
#1 by The Rev. on September 21, 2011 - 1:29 pm
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Gotta love the white faces and tan necks, arms and legs.
Or, in that one case on the far right, slightly less white gut.
#2 by El Santo on September 21, 2011 - 2:12 pm
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It’s amazing to me how infrequently it occurs to the makeup people on these micro-budget productions that they need to put makeup on every part of the body that the camera’s going to see.
#3 by Naomi on September 21, 2011 - 2:22 pm
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It’s cute how you think they have dedicated makeup people.
#4 by RogerBW on September 21, 2011 - 6:18 pm
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I assume that it goes something like “Ew, I can’t put the makeup on my neck, it’ll get on my shirt”.
I promise that if I ever get cast as a zombie I will turn up wearing old clothes.
Speaking as an occasionally-professional photographer, I’d just like to say that on-axis flash is evil. The only time I use it is if I’m doing something strictly for record-keeping, and even then it has to be something with little or no relief.
#5 by Cullen on September 21, 2011 - 9:42 pm
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Why is it that I look at that image and think anything snarky I say about it is akin to me punting puppies into a sarlacc pit? Have I grown that soft?
#6 by Mr. Rational on September 21, 2011 - 10:41 pm
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Punting puppies into a sarlacc pit. What beautiful imagery. 🙂
#7 by Mr. Rational on September 21, 2011 - 10:42 pm
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Hey, Nathan, why for I haven’t seen any activity over at Cold Fusion in a while?
#8 by Nathan Shumate on September 22, 2011 - 5:33 am
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Frankly, because of busyness and burnout. I had a number of other literary pursuits on deck, both reading and writing, and trying to fit the reviews in around them made B-movies seem like work. Like, real “Grumble, grumble, gotta do it” work.
I planned to just step back and only do one review a month for a while, but that’s been several months, and well… I discovered there was no vacuum in my life. (In fact, I don’t know that I’ve ever been more tired.)
Just last night I changed the front page to showcase contributions by the Cold Fusioneers so the site wouldn’t appear completely comatose.
#9 by Mr. Rational on September 22, 2011 - 8:37 am
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Hmm. Pity. Oh well…you’ve done some great work, all your old reviews will still be online for me to profit by, and at least this way I might have another novel of yours to read! So, that glass is definitely more than half full.