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December 31, 2006: Valerie Drive-By
After a two-week holiday hiatus, it felt like home to watch the first glorious blood splats, and that eerie piano in the Masters of Horror opening sequence. It isn't often that horror fiends get their "own" TV series, so I really feel like I'm going through withdrawals when MoH is over, or even on break for a couple of weeks. Now that Dexter has become a favorite series among the horror crowd, it looks like Showtime's really got the goods for my most beloved genre. I've gotta say, once Masters of Horror is over this year, it's going to be a hellish wait for Showtime's horror audience, or at least, for this horror fan. First of all, I haven't heard whether or not a third season is on the books for MoH, and it's probably going to take a good year for season two of Dexter. At least I'll have Battlestar Galatica, Heroes and Lost in the new year, but they can't take things nearly as far as Dex and "The Masters." Ah well. I'll just have to break out the Buffy DVDs for the 200th time (how is it that that show never gets old?) and go see Pan's Labyrinth in the theater about every week for a while. 
I hate to do this today, but I'm going to have to write a "drive by post" for Valerie on the Stairs, because I have a New Year's Eve party to dash off to soon, and it's an out-of-town trip. So today, I'll post my initial thoughts, then "next year," I'll come back and elaborate a bit more.
And now I present to you, a Valerie on the Stairs blog, abridged:
1. Beautifully photographed, great dark mood throughout.
2. Clive Barker stories make me froth at the mouth (and I mean that in a good way).
3. I love "beauty and the beast" stories, and this one seemed to be pretty cool, although, I would have liked to know more about "their" relationship. I'm not sure if Barker covers that in the actual short story, or not. Judging from the movie Nightbreed, I'm inclined to think that yes, he probably does. (I just may need to get my hands on this short story to find out).
4. Christopher Lloyd is a scene stealer, which of course, we all already knew.
5. Tony Todd a great Candyman also made a kickazz demon, which of course, we all already knew.
6. The whole setting of the story and the way in which it was filmed reminded me very much of last year's Dreams in the Witch-House, except, Stuart Gordon did a far better job at adapting Lovecraft's demonic "there's a portal in the walls" story.
Overall, I enjoyed a lot of this episode, but also felt there was something missing, and I'm still trying to put my finger on what. If you all have any suggestions, I'd love to read 'em!
Have a very happy and safe New Year's, everyone! I will come back and write more about this episode. 
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Dec 31, 2006 4:37 PM
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