Omenbarmaladook Follows

I recently watched The First Omen which kicked off a run of watching other horror films. While many were just the other films in The Omen series, the rest were horror movies from the last 10 years that had been on my list since they were released. I’d probably call out The First Omen, The Omen, and Barbarian as the highlights. I realized that Sam Neil was in The Omen III and Possession in the same year, 1981. While The Omen III is flawed, I was impressed to learn those intense performances were the same year. It Follows and The Babadook were close to being great, but both left too many questions. Malignant has some great WTF moments, but it’s incredibly poorly acted. I was glad to see others calling it the horror equivalent of The Room. The Omen IV would be skippable, but are you not going to watch the whole series?

Late Night with the Devil

Last night I watched Late Night with the Devil, a horror film set in the world of ’70s late-night television. Overall I thought it was a great concept, but I had minor squabbles with the execution. Low budget or not, some of the effects, makeup, and technical aspects took me out of the film. Performances, set design, and (again) the concept, were great. Interestingly, there are several other films in a similar vein that I need to check out.

Star Trek: The Cheers (and Frasier) Generation III

This is my last one of these, I swear! I finished Frasier and my TNG rewatch, but I had to include these. Stephen Root is a favorite actor and Penny Johnson Jerald is a biggie. She managed to appear on TNG and in major roles in DS9 and The Orville. And Daniel Davis as Moriarty is obviously a TNG favorite.

Stephen Root

Penny Johnson Jerald

Daniel Davis

Star Trek: The Cheers (and Frasier) Generation II

As I’ve watched Frasier, I’ve found even more people than I listed in my last post about actors appearing on Cheers, Frasier, and Star Trek. I only have about a season left, but can there really be more?!

For the first two, we get a M*A*S*H / Star Trek / Frasier overlap!

Rene Auberjonois

David Ogden Stiers

Anthony Montgomery

Saul Rubinek

Nana Visitor

Robert Picardo

Frasier visits a sci-fi convention!

Star Trek: The Cheers Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is pretty much my favorite TV show. I have it, and many of the movies with the original cast, on repeat at most times. I recently decided to take a little break from Trek and gave Cheers a whirl. Little did I know, many actors who appeared on/in Star Trek were also on Cheers and Frasier. Here are some examples of the crossovers!

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher McDonald

Carol Kane 

Georgia Brown

Jeff McCarthy

Bonus

Ted Danson on The Orville

Halloween VII

I’m severely behind in my Halloween movie and TV watching.

  • Midnight Meat Train
  • Candyman
  • Fall of the House of Usher (three episodes)
  • Coraline

What else should I watch? Check out my past posts about horror movies and Halloween.