The whole extended El Santo family got breakthrough COVID infections for Christmas this year, so this update is both a week or so late and a couple reviews short. I’ll rectify the second half of that next time. For now, though:
The Lost Empire (1983), in which pretty girls with big boobs take on the mysterious final holdover of an ancient, pre-human civilization…
The Phantom Empire (1988), in which the mysterious, final holdover of an ancient, pre-human civilization is a pretty girl with big boobs…
The Stalls of Barchester (1971), in which a fusspot scholar finds the cathedral library that he’s supposed to be cataloguing a total bore until he gets to the personal papers of an extremely naughty archdeacon…
and…
A Warning to the Curious (1972), in which the aforementioned fusspot scholar has an altogether more direct encounter with supernatural peril.
El Santo rules the wasteland-- and also 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting.
#1 by Brian on January 1, 2022 - 6:21 pm
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Damn, sorry to hear about the COVID outbreak. Hope you and your family are all healthy and back to normal soon. Thanks as always for the reviews; 2022 is already off to a great start with your update!
#2 by Ken on January 3, 2022 - 3:29 pm
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Seconding the wish that you and yours make a full recovery.
#3 by goddessoftransitory on January 4, 2022 - 12:56 am
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Ugh, breakthroughs! I hope you feel better soon.
I watched all of the GSFC on Amazon Prime and loved them–I think if you doubled them up and did two per review, you could write them up fine. Especially the John Hurt version of Oh Whistle…its take on the haunting is amazing.
#4 by dawn on January 4, 2022 - 6:05 pm
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Thanks for the 2 M. R. James reviews. After I read the reviews, I found on one of my bookshelves the book “Collected Ghost Stories” by him. I suppose it didn’t just appear, but I don’t remember buying it.
However it got there, I’m getting lots of chills reading the stories. I may sleep with my lights on tonight.
#5 by Craig York on February 24, 2022 - 3:37 pm
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Been awhile since I looked in, just wanted to say I hope you and yours are past the Covid by now. Just found The Phantom Empire on Tubi – looks like fun. Thanks for years of good advice.
#6 by Kurt on April 15, 2022 - 9:44 am
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Thank you for putting the M. R. James adaptations on my radar. I would be the last to complain if you bent your website rules and talked about more of them.