Field Trip!

Most of you are probably well versed in the ways of Stacie Ponder, founder of Final Girl (aka the Citizen Kane of horror bloggery). Aside from being a kickass writer and stick figure cartoonist, she's also done mountains for the blogging community itself, the latest being the Bloggenaire series of 'interviews' (or random questions that make a decent amount of sense) with other Internet film geeks.


And today, yup yup, you can learn my thoughts on Adrienne Barbeau, snuggies, French people, lye, and what my funeral will hopefully be like (obviously, expect karaoke). Head here for a read, and stay for the cupcakes of not-actual-cupcake goodness located elsewhere on Final Girl, like The Scare-ening Radio Show with Stacie and Pretty/Scary 's Heidi Martinuzzi (Wednesdays 11PM Eastern time, complete with a chat room that makes you feel totally Strangeland!). Also, the official Film Club's next due date rolls around Monday with Spider Baby, and I urge anyone with a blog to join because a) it's always a good time to see your fellow fans' take on the same film and b) I'll bet you 12 Cadbury Creme Eggs that Spider Baby is better than anything else you're planning on watching this year and c) if you haven't seen Jack Hill's black comedyish schlocker, you're simply a bad person responsible for why there's so much suffering in the world.

Get on it.

Origin Story

Every wonder how and when the Doll's House was born? See, when a writer really loves--wait. I forgot. You'll need to take this permission slip home first and obtain a parent or guardian signature. In the meantime, the esteemed Iloz Zoc (code name John Cozzoli) has chosen to profile lil ol' me over at his ridiculously fine (and well-punctuated) blog, Zombos' Closet of Horror. This is part of a weekly series that spotlights horror bloggers, and I'm honored to be a part of it, and not just because I'm a raging narcissist pent on spreading my history throughout the Interwebs.

Now you're probably thinking, I've read about Emily's childhood fears already, so what more do you need? Well let's face it: I've always been something of a mystery.

I've been meaning to get that thing removed

Or not at all, but I still go into a little more detail this week about exactly why I started blogging, what inspired me not just to watch more of the movies I'd been enjoying my whole life, but to actually do something productive other than barrage bored friends with zombie survival scenarios. Head here to learn a few more fun facts and as a measure of good faith that that's exactly what you're going to do, here's a more suggestive photo of me and some oregano.

It totally made sense at the time.

Hubbub, Potpourri, Stuff 'N' Such, Thingamajigs & More!

As many of you know, the goddesses of the blogosphere have dubbed February Women In Horror Month. I've been lazy in celebrating both this theme and the more nationally recognized Black History Month in part because these 28 days would already be stuffed with such activities as the celebration of me being born, Olympic figure skating that I can't not watch, a sudden pileup of projects at work, and surviving rampages of the infected as they sprint like trainees for the 2012 summer games in London.

Also I hate women. 

And black history.

Anyway, glad I got that off my chest! Onto today's business, wherein I direct you to one woman doing her part to celebrate the ladies of horror with a daily spotlight of bloggers, writers, filmmakers and the like, all talented and all with vaginas. Rhonny Reaper of Dollar Bin Horror (a fine blog with a fantastically genius basis that focuses on bargain films) is running the Cyber Scream Queen of the Day series and on this chilly Wednesday, tis I who graces her page. You can head here to see a suggestive photo of what Kane Hodder inspired my thumb to do and read a little ol' intro/recap of myself and this here blog.

Best of all is the fact that I get to keep this:

Super because a) who doesn't love Jamie Lee? b) every gal deserves a tiara and c) it references one of the most misleading movie posters of all time. I swear I watched Prom Night purely in the hopes to see a disco dancin' Jamie Lee axe some classmates. Pah. At least it boasts this silver fox:

Sigh. Remember to follow Rhonny Reaper and check out some of the other horror hoes highlighted this month. Also, for those itching for thematics, explore some of the Blogdacious Blogs on my sidebar. Quite a few are doing their share to cover black history (notably Chuck Norris Ate My Baby and The Horror Digest) while a few more are getting all estrogeny with a feminine perspective (Fascination With Fear, Monsterland ) and some are going all-out equal opportunity and doing BLACK WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH (From Midnight With Love ). There's some great work all around, plus a lot more I probably overlooked cause I'm a terrible person.


And for those wondering when the Doll's House will get in the act, stay tuned for March. It may be a looooooooong month, but that doesn't mean it's tall. Hint hint. Hint hint.