THE QUEEN OF MY HIGHWAY, MY MOTORCYCLE MAMA

Good morning, sinners.

It’s Monday morning, and you want to start the week off right. For this, I prescribe Ann-Margret.

Riding a chopper.

Dressed as Wonder Woman.



VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

[Via the NSFW Percy Trout]

No need to thank me.

Context here.

Easy rider,

This is dF

HORROR ON A SHOESTRING

My all-time favorite holiday of the year is coming up, so you’ll be seeing a few related posts, starting with some nifty trivia from Neatorama on three classic horror films: Night Of The Living Dead, Halloween, and The Exorcist.

I love all three films: you’ve got zombies, you’ve got John Carpenter and you’ve got Max von Sydow fighting Pazuzu. But here’s the thing I wanted to call to yr attention:

• Night Of The Living Dead budget: $114,000
• Halloween budget: $325,000

Adjusted for inflation, that works out to roughly $672k and $1 million, respectively.

Compare that to, say, Michael Bay’s Transformers ($150 million) or Pirates Of The Caribbean At World’s End ($300 million, which is also reportedly the budget for the Transformers sequel). Yr opinions of those films may vary, and granted, both ended up making a profit. But that’s not the point.

The point is: you can make an enduring classic film for chump change. Just ask Robert Rodriguez if you don’t believe me. For what Hollywood spends on movies these days, we could have established a Mars colony by now. Or at at least covered the cost of the AIG bailout.

But then I love B movies, so I would say that, wouldn’t I?

FUN FACT: The Exorcist (budget: $12 million) is, for my money, the scariest movie ever made. Expect a list soon.

Cheap thrills,

This is dF