The Real House Of Usher

Been watching a lot of old classic horror movies this Christmas and was lucky enough to finally see the 1950's adaptation of 'The Fall Of The House Of Usher' this week. A film I've been wanting to see for a while now as it was filmed 75-years ago in my hometown.

I have to say, I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, and even prefer it to the much more famous Roger Corman version and really hope someone puts out a copy on physical media someday, so I can own it.

It's always very cool to hear of horror movies that have been filmed locally and I'd love to visit some of the locations in 2026 (Then I can say I've REALLY been to the House Of Usher). According to imdb, the interior shots were done in a Hotel which is about a 20-minute walk from my house.

Something For Santa.

I fear my 'Old Man Cactus' might be currently having a 'Senior Citizen Moment' as it's the middle of December and for some reason he's decided to grow a single flower.

Vampnado.

I do worry with a name like 'Bram' there's a chance this new oncoming UK storm is gonna be like Sharknado but with Vampires.

DRAC-IN-THE-BOX.

The Count at rest in his Coffin after a long night of debauchery and terror.

Speaking of all things Vampiric... I picked up some Dracula\Vampire films this Black Friday, and I'm hoping to have a blood sucking binge over Xmas this year.

A Flying Drac Attack!

A diddy doodle of Dracula in flight accompanied by his Bat friend.

AI Christmas Cards.

I was very dishearten to see while shopping for Christmas Cards on Etsy this week, how many were now just flat out AI generated this year instead of featuring real Artwork. It's kind of hard to buy and support independent Artists online these days when sites are now flooded with them and you have to hack your way through so much 'AI jank' that's just choking up the market place and making finding good Art by real Artists so much harder to do.

It also doesn't help that whenever I sign into Amazon these days now, too, my feed is just full of Colouring Books that clearly have AI generated Artwork in them they keep recommending to me.

Christmas Vibes.

Like living in a giant Snow Globe.

A little snowy moment outside caught on camera today.

Is it too early for Christmas Vibes yet?