New cult DVD releases this week....

Hey there b-movie fans! The B-Movie Film Vault DVD Shop has just been updated with this week's current DVD releases. Here's some of the stuff you can look forward to buying for yourself (or others as the holiday season is fast approaching):

Alien Nation / Enemy Mine (Double Feature)
Beyond Dream's Door
Black Christmas (Special Edition)
Bleak Future
Bloodletting, The
Blood-Stained Bride, The
Cannibal
Cheezy Exploitation Trailers
Cheezy Fantasy Trailers
Cheezy Horror Trailers Volumes 1 and 2
Cheezy Sci-Fi Trailers Volumes 1 and 2
Cocoon / Coccon : The Return (Double Feature)
Demons Triple Feature
Dinosaur Valley Girls (Mammoth Edition)
Fearless Avenger, The
Hellsing Ultimate: Volume 1
Mad Cowgirl (Special Edition)
Micronauts: Revolution
Naruto Uncut Boxed Set: Volume 2
Night of Bloody Horror
Night of the Ghoul
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Single Disc and 2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Planet of the Apes / Quest for Fire (Double Feature)
Pulse (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
The Quick and the Undead
Red Planet Mars
Silent Scream
Solar Attack
The Terminator: Hunters and Killers

So hop on over to my lil' Amazon DVD shop and buy some flicks! Every purchase helps this poor cult movie critic out! ;-) If you don't see anything you like this week (which I highly doubt), then check out these Upcoming Cult DVD Releases!

Update concerning the IT CAME FROM THE VAULT Forums!

After a half-hour of reading through various faqs and tweaking a few things here and there, I've finally gotten my forums set up so that ANYONE can post, wether you are a member of the forum, or just a Guest! Hopefully this will get the forums to more action as they've been very quiet thus far! Anyway, now that anyone can join in on the fun, please visit the IT CAME FROM THE VAULT FORUMS today!

Also, a little more site news, G-Fan Central (my pretty much defunct Godzilla site) will also be making the move over to my new server. The new address for G-Fan Central is: http://gfancentral.bmoviefilmvault.com Nothing is done on that particular site just yet, but I'm sure I'll manage to build it up quickly once the Vault is all finished up!

Well gotta get to work, tonight's shift at the video store promises to be a quiet one methinks.
Blog ya later b-movie fans!

New review showing up soon at Rogue Cinema!

I turned in a late review for the December issue of Rogue Cinema tonight for an indie double feature I received in the mail a short while ago. Keep an eye out for the review for "Night of the Vampires" and "Bad Review!" (Both films were made by those cool mofos over at Ramsteer Films!)

G'night!

Hot Mulled Cider and Other Winter Warming Drinks

In my Fall/Winter newsletter, I included a simple recipe for hot, mulled, that is, spiced, apple cider.

One local Hoopestonite almost refused to take the newsletter, after stopping in my shop because she wasn't sure if it weren't "witchcraft." I told her, read it and make up your mind.

She came back later that afternoon to ask me some herbal questions.

Now, the following link is about hot alcoholic drinks with spices. Personally, I find hot apple cider WITHOUT rum to be quite nice.

BTW, we do sell mulling spices.

Hot Holiday Drinks

Minor updates at the Vault.

I've changed things up for the month of December on the main pages of the Vault. Now there's fewer dead links, some new b-movie news ("The Host" hits theaters in March! YAY!), and a new MOVIE OF THE MONTH! (1983's "The Deadly Spawn"). Last but not least, I uploaded my retooled review for The Alligator People (1957)! There's more stuff on the way, so keep visiting the Vault!

First Snow of Winter on December 1st

Winter has shown its face here in Central Illinois. Last night lots of wind and rain blew through our area and continued into the morning, with temperatures dropping enough for us to get a small amount of snow, not even enough to cover the lawns as of 11 a.m.

Made me glad I had taken advantage of Fall's last hurrah on the weekend. Got my daffodils in the ground and some other needed work done around the house.

Now that we will probably be indoors for the duration, it is a good time to think about ways to promote health while trying to keep warm.

Especially if you have a well insulated house, it's important to make sure there is enough fresh air coming in. Check furnaces, water heaters, vent pipes, to make sure everything is working properly. Installing a carbon monoxide moniter could literally be a lifesaver.

I find diffusing "Clear Air," a blend of several essential oils, including eucalyptus, oregano and lemon, to not only freshen the indoor air, but help as a preventative for catching and transmitting colds, flu and other air bourne illnesses.

While you're trying to keep warm, remember, you don't have to blast the heat. It's cozy to curl up on a couch or in a chair with a throw blanket around you, a cup of hot tea and a good book.

December 2006 Issue of Rogue Cinema is online!

The new issue of RC is online with five interviews, nine articles, and twenty-five movie reviews to browse through! Here are my contributions to this issue:

Interview with Kipp "Poe" Speicher

Rogue Cinema Genre Watch - December 2006

Review: Anamnesis (2006)

Review: Dark Wind Woods & My Dying Bride (2006)

Review: Night of the Vampires & Bad Review (2003)

Review: Purgatory (2006)

Plus there are two more reviews on their way. (They're gonna be a day or two late.) So head on over to www.roguecinema.com and check out all our new stuff today! Yeehaw!
Now I can get some sleep!