Movies Sirki’s Summons – October 11: The 50’s Monster Fighter draconicverses, October 11, 2011 It was on this date in 1998, that Prince Sirki collected a man who fought off monsters of all shapes and sizes in the 1950s. He fought THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN and THE BLACK SCORPION. He survived the DAY THE WORLD ENDED… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons: October 10 (Pt. II): A Wizard, a Lord and THE Lord draconicverses, October 10, 2011 Today’s second Summons is a respected British actor, who’s played a number of parts in Imagi-Movies, dating back to portraying a priest in 1933’s THE GHOUL, staring Boris Karloff. He is also known, in a more recent ‘vintage’ for playing the Grandfather of Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – October 10: Pictures ARE Worth 1,000 Words. draconicverses, October 10, 2011 Today’s tributes need no words, as the people are so iconic, the images speak for themselves. Continue Reading
Sirki’s Summons – October 3: The Scream Heard ‘Round the World & the REAL ‘King of the Apes’ draconicverses, October 3, 2011 Today marks the anniversaries of the passing of some very talented people. When Alfred Hitchcock released PSYCHO (1960), he said it was going to be unlike any movie ever seen. One way that it was indeed different was that out of nowhere, the STAR’s character in the film was KILLED… Continue Reading
Movies SIRKI’S SUMMONS – September 29: Houdini & The REAL #1 Bond Girl draconicverses, September 29, 2011 Apparently, Prince Sirli needed to dictate a few letters, and so he went and collected the best secretary a spy ever had: Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny – the personal secretary of James Bond’s boss, M – passed away on this day in 2007. Miss Moneypenny was constantly covering… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – September 27: Honorary Mentions draconicverses, September 27, 2011 Today’s Summons are more of a pair of ‘Honororable Mentions’, as the gentlemen named were not regularly associated with Genre Films, but were in some notable (and semi-notable) fantasy films. First off, on this day in 1981, Prince Sirki took Robert Montgomery, after Mr. Jordan messed it up the first… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – September 26: A Rose, Picked draconicverses, September 26, 2011 Only one year ago, Prince Sirki picked a Rose from the Titanic. Gloria Stuart, as the older incarnation of Kate Winslett’s Rose who so famously dropped the diamond necklace into the ocean at the film’s conclusion, passed away two months after her 100th birthday. Among her earliest works, in a… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – Sept 25: Sorry About That. draconicverses, September 25, 2011 Would you believe that on this day in 2005, Don Adams met his end battling 100 ninjas? Would you believe it, 100 ninjas! No? Would you believe 50? No? Would you believe he was taken down by a crazed basset hound? At any rate, Prince Sirki did what KAOS had… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – September 24: The Father (and Son) of Universal Horror draconicverses, September 24, 2011 Welcome to the first edition of Sirki’s Summons. It’s been said that the Undisputed Masters of the genre, Universal Pictures, produced two great eras of horror movies. The first came during the Silent Age, when Studio Boss (and co-founder) Carl Laemmle, served as Producer for The Hunchback of Notre Dame… Continue Reading
General Just Who IS This ‘Prince Sirki’ I Keep Invoking, anyway? draconicverses, September 24, 2011 Those who follow me on Twitter may notice that I often offer salutes to folks connected with Horror, Science-Fiction & Fantasy on the anniversary of their passing. In almost each instance, I open such posts with, “On this date, Prince Sirki visited…”, or something similar. If it seems familiar to… Continue Reading