After
months of planning, Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews and I have reached the
end of The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon. Once again, I’m floored by the volume
of outstanding contributions, ranging across a variety of films and subjects. As
much as we love Hammer and Amicus horror, we encouraged our participants to
look beyond the obvious, exploring the different genres the production
companies had to offer, and you rose to the challenge. Of course, many of the old
horror favorites received representation as well. I’m still catching up on all
the posts, and plan to include comments for all.
Thanks
to the blogging juggernaut/dynamo that is Gill Jacob for her support and helping
organize this event. Her enthusiasm for blogathons is truly contagious. I would
also like to take this opportunity to extend a debt of gratitude to our
blogathon guest star Judy Matheson for her kind words of encouragement for our
little endeavor.
On
with the news: For about 12 seconds, I pondered taking a break from
Hammer-Amicus for next year, but after careful consideration and deliberation (perhaps
another 5 seconds), Gill I decided to go ahead with a third edition next year!
But wait, that’s not all you get, because we will be co-hosting yet an
additional blogathon, featuring _______ _____. Well, we can’t disclose this
just yet, but believe me, it’s going to be big! We hope all of you will join us
for both blogathons in 2020, and extend the invitation far and wide, to anyone else
who might enjoy participating. So, tell your friends, acquaintances and
adversaries…
Be sure to visit the recaps from the three-day
run of the blogathon:
…And before the crypt door closes, please check
out these last-minute contributions below:
Gabriela
from Pale Writer brings us double the trouble with Twins of Evil (1971)
Rick
from Classic TV Film Café discusses the continuing adventures of Professor
Quatermass with Quatermass II (aka: Enemy from Space) (1957)
Amber
(aka Tango in Eden) proves you can run, but you can’t “Hyde” from The Two
Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Paul
from Silver Screen Classics invites us to ride along with Captain Kronos:
Vampire Hunter (1974)
Hakuna
Mocata from Sythetic Cinema treats us to a double dose of Hammer horror with The
Gorgon (1964) and The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Saddle
up for my review of the groovy space western, Moon Zero Two (1969)
Eric
Binford from Diary of a Movie Maniac provides answers to the question, What
Became of Jack and Jill? (1971)
Amber
(aka Tango in Eden) administers a second dose of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with I,
Monster (1971)
Looking forward to next years shenanigans with you, already got an idea for my choice of reviews thanks to our fabulous entrants. Been so lovely to have Judy as our guest star too.But credit really needs to go to you for deciding on these inspiring topics!
ReplyDeleteAwww... Thanks, Gill! It's been a blast doing these blogathons! :)
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