Movies Happy 52nd Anniversary, Terror of the Tongs draconicverses, September 29, 2013 Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the release of Anthony Bushell’s THE TERROR OF THE TONGS (1961) from the legendary Hammer Films. Interesting fact – this is the date of the British release, which is of course Hammer’s home country, yet it was released in the USA 6 months earlier… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Sirki’s Summons – July 25: Creator of the Oxygen Destroyer draconicverses, July 25, 2013 Greetings from beyond The Veil, O Worthy Friends! Today marks the passing of a Japanese actor, famous in his homeland for multitudes of films and roles, but best known here in the West for his roles in Japanese Monster & Science-Fiction films. Perhaps his most famous role is that of… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Birthday, Hedora! draconicverses, July 24, 2013 It was 42 years ago today, that Japanese audiences were introduced to one of Godzilla’s weirdest foes – Hedora, aka The Smog Monster, in Yoshimitsu Banno’s GOJIRA TAI HEDORA (1971). American audiences would see this as GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER the following February. This featured the first in a… Continue Reading
The Dragon Remembers... Sirki’s Summons – June 20: A Witch’s Witch draconicverses, June 20, 2013 Greetings from beyond The Veil. Today marks the 29th anniversary of the passing of character actress Estelle Winwood, whom always seemed to be cast as a witch of one sort or another. Be it as Samantha’s Aunt Enchantra, on Bewitched, or as Sybil – foster mother of Gary Lockwood’s George… Continue Reading
The Dragon Remembers... Sirki’s Summons – June 5: The Chronicler of Mars & a Time Lord’s Companion draconicverses, June 5, 2013 Greetings from beyond the veil, O effendi. Upon this day, last year, Prince Sirki summoned legendary Scribe of Science-Fiction, Ray Bradbury. Here’s a link to the column I wrote that day. Prior to that, I tweeted, “The stars of heaven are now burning 451 degrees hotter & Mars has become… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – May 30: There Goes Mr. Jordan draconicverses, May 30, 2013 Greetings Effendi, from the mists beyond The Veil. Today’s post is interesting, as it’s for someone who played an avatar of Death, as Fredrick March played Prince Sirki, the namesake of this column. Although, where Sirki was the embodiment of Death itself, Mr. Jordan was the head Angel in Heaven,… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons: May 10 – Peter Gunn draconicverses, May 11, 2013 Greetings from beyond the veil, Effendi. Accompanied by one of the most popular TV themes ever (written by Henry Mancini, no less), Craig Stevens embodied coolness as sophisticated private detective PETER GUNN for three seasons (1958-1961). He also played the character in a feature film, Blake Edwards’ GUNN (1967). Edwards… Continue Reading
Movies Prince Sirki Summons the Master of Stop-Motion draconicverses, May 7, 2013 Greetings my friends. It is with a very heavy heart that I write today’s column. No doubt, many of you have heard by now of the passing of the wizard of stop-motion – or as he dubbed it, DYNAMATION – Ray Harryhausen. I had the privilege of briefly making his… Continue Reading
Dracomics Prince Sirki Summons an Architect of the DC Universe draconicverses, April 6, 2013 Greetings, friends. Yesterday afternoon (Thursday, April 5), legendary comic book artist George Peréz posted on his Facebook page, the sad news that comic book legend Carmine Infantino had passed away at the age of 87. Legend hardly describes the man. Icon is probably a better term, in that he was… Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Claims False Face draconicverses, March 16, 2013 Greetings from beyond the veil, Effendi. It was released a short time ago that on this past Wednesday, March 13, veteran character actor Malachi Throne passed away at the age of 84 after a long bout with cancer. A fixture on TV shows, usually as a heavy, he’ll probably be… Continue Reading