Horror Roundtable - Week Forty-Four
Name the one horror-related item you couldn’t bear to part with.
Sean T. Collins - Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat
It’s a tie between my big gigantic Complete Books of Blood hardcover, containing each and every one of Clive Barker’s BoB short stories, which is out of print and awesome, and my advance readers’ edition of Barker’s Coldheart Canyon, which is autographed and contains an original Barker sketch AND a bunch of real-life character names that had to be altered to avoid litigation upon the book’s actual publication. Sweet stuff both.
Billy
CHAINSAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have one of the rare sculpted “Re-Animator” head in a tray paperweight-chachkis given out by Vestron Video when it was first released on home video. It was only given out to stores that ordered a certain minimum quantity of the original VHS version. I still have it and won’t part with it even though Brian Yuzna himself wanted it and tried to buy it off of me! So far… it’s NOT for sale!
It would have to be either my Beyond Limited Edition Tin or my Ingrid Pitt signed DVD’s. In fact all my Anchor Bay Tins are very precious to me!
Jeff O’Brien
Wow… I don’t go for memorabilia but I have an old dog eared copy of Danse Macabre by Stephen King that I read and reread time and again for enjoyment and inspiration.
My Brain….
Dave - Rue Morgue’s The Abbatoir
That’s an easy one. I’ve got a dusty plastic Frankenstein model that sits on my desk at work. It’s all black except for the head and hands, which glow. One of the earliest memories I have is putting it together with my dad. It fascinated me as a kid and led to Frankenstein toys, pictures and T-shirt that I wore ’til it fell apart. Probably sparked my love of horror.
Uuuhhh . . . my collection? Seriously, how can any horror enthusiast narrow it down to a single item?!? I’ll be interested to see how others respond, because I’m totally at a loss. If you put it in terms of saving stuff if a fire broke out, I’d probably start with the top milk-crate of paperbacks I haven’t read yet.
David Z. - Tomb It May Concern
I have a big list of things I’m quite attached too, but the number 1 thing I would not part with is my lobbycard of The Frankenstein Monster signed by not only Jess Franco but two of his “co-conspirators.” Quite an amusing autograph to say the least and a great image from a fun movie! Jess Franco…he isn’t just one guy with a pen in his hand!
Damn you and your “one item”! I mean, which movie do I choose? Which book? Which autographed picture? This is too difficult.
I¹ll just go with my beloved Freddy Krueger candle. I think it’s probably irreplaceable, unlike mostly everything else.
Or should I say my blog? Does that count? Maybe I’ll say my blog. That’s sweet and non-materialistic.
But I love my Freddy Krueger candle! That’s it…I’ll just take my blog and my Freddy Krueger candle.
And my Polaroid picture of me and Marilyn Burns.
And my copy of Shark Attack III: Megalodon.
And my autographed photo of Christopher Lee as Dracula.
But that’s it!
Oh, and my autographed photo of Claire Bloom in The Haunting. And my copy of Black Christmas signed by Margot Kidder. But I swear, that’s it! No, really, before I turn into The Jerk, that’s really it.
The corpse of Mr. Belvedere that I keep in the spare bedroom.
And my autographed by Lucio Fulci ZOMBIE 2 one-sheet.
That’s a tough question, but I’ll have to say my Frankenstein monster doll collection. The monster from Frankenstein has always been my favorite “creature” and I love my collection of monster dolls.
A hearty thanks to all of this week’s incredibly materialistic participants. Make sure you check out their respective blogs for even more filthy capitalism. And come back next week when I ask everyone for their address and the security code to access their building.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Damn it, I’m with Stacie. There’s just no way that I could possibly narrow it down to just ONE single thing. So, if we’re using the old “if a fire broke out …” scenario, I’d probably be royally screwed as I stood frozen in panic while everything burned around me!
Overcome by smoke, they’d then likely find my unrecognizable, charred corpse clutching the ashes of my complete collection of FANGORIA … Probably mixed with those of the vintage issues of CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN that I’ve spent the past six months accumulating … Or the melted remains of my precious DVDs … Or the liquified remnants of all my action figures …
May 1st, 2007 at 9:30 pm
I just recently came to Ottawa from Yellowknife in order to close up shop. By that I mean, sell my little condo, and divest myself of most of my accumulated wealth, be it furniture or books… so many books, before I moved back up for the longer term. I got rid of so much stuff, but couldn’t figure out what to do with my two Living Dead Dolls. I didn’t think the Sally Ann would take them, nor would any of my friends hang on to them indefinitely, so I’ve shipped ‘em up for the time being. What the hell am I going to do in Yellowknife with a couple of Living Dead Dolls? I suppose if I threw them off a cliff I’d see them lying next to my pillow by the time I got back home, and then we’d exchange knowing looks and my fate would be sealed. Maybe it’s just as well.
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
John,
Some of those dolls are worth some bucks. You might want to step back from that cliff and give eBay a check.
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Curt, Stacie and Bluerosekiller. Wimps.
Congratulaions on escaping Ottawa, John! I just made my escape as well and am now back in the Golden Horseshoe. How is Yellowknife treating you? It’s too bad I’m not still in Ottawa, I might take a doll or two off your hands. Which ones are they?