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OPEN POST: The Sunday Roast featuring The House That Dripped Blood

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  Amicus Productions We're arbitrarily extending the spooky season to November 1, and by special request we're presenting The House That Dripped Blood, as a followup to Carnival of Souls from the other day.  This 1971 classic was produced by Amicus Films, a studio which specialized in horror anthologies like this one, each featuring 4 stories linked by a framing device. In this case, it's the house itself, and the sad and horrific histories of its ill-fated tenants.   As with many Amicus films, this one has a fabulous cast including Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Ingrid Pitt, the gorgeous Polish actress who escaped from the Nazis to make a new life in England. Each story is unique in tone, with the last having been intended as a comedy. When the money men watched the rough cut, they apparently flipped out and demanded it be re-cut as a drama, which sadly doesn't quite work. At least they kept the cute little jab he took at Lee in the dialogue (they were pals of...

Birthday Hors

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Toni Collette – Australian actress and producer - 54 Alex Wolff - American actor and musician - 29 Daniela Melchior – Portuguese actress - 30 Pabllo Vittar – Brazilian drag queen and singer - 33 Anthony Ramos – American actor and singer - 35 Penn Badgley – American actor and producer - 40 Ileana D’Cruz - Indian-Portuguese actress - 40 Natalia Tena – British actress and musician - 42 Matt Jones – American actor - 45 LaTavia Roberson – American singer - 45 Logan Marshall-Green – American actor and filmmaker - 50 Bo Bice – American singer and musician - 51 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Indian actress - 53 Jenny McCarthy – American actress, model and tv personality - 54 Tina Arena – Australian singer-songwriter, musician - 59 Sophie B. Hawkins – American singer-songwriter, musician and painter - 62 Daran Norris – American actor - 62 Rick Allen – English drummer, member of Def Leppard - 63 Magne Furuholmen - Norwegian musician and visual artist, A-ha keyboardist - 64 Anthony Kiedis – A...

OPEN POST: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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  Happy Happy Halloween, Peckers! How will you be celebrating? Lots of treats? Maybe a few tricks thrown in? Let us know!

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John Candy – Canadian actor and comedian - (1950-1994) Willow Smith – American singer and actress - 26 Danielle Rose Russell - American actress and former model - 27 Marcus Rashford - English professional soccer player - 29 Holly Taylor – Canadian and American actress and dancer - 29 Letitia Wright – Guyanese-British actress - 33 Vanessa Marano – American actress - 34 Lil’ JJ – American actor and stand-up comedian - 36 Justin Chatwin – Canadian actor - 44 Frank Iero – American musician, member of My Chemical Romance - 45 Samaire Armstrong – American actress - 46 Eddie Kaye Thomas – American actor - 46 Erica Cerra - Canadian actress - 47 Piper Perabo – American actress - 50 Linn Berggren – Swedish former singer-songwriter member of Ace of Base - 56 Nolan North - American actor- 56 Vanilla Ice – American rapper, actor, tv host - 59 Irina Pantaeva – Russian model and actress - 59 Ad-Rock – American rapper, guitarist and actor - 60 Annabella Lwin – English-Burmese singer-songw...

OPEN POST: Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc, 1879 Jules Bastien-Lepage

Birthday Hors

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Timothy B. Schmit - American singer-songwriter - 79 Marcus Mariota - American football player - 33 Danell Leyva – Cuban-American former gymnast - 35 Claudia Jessie - British actress - 37 Nastia Liukin – American former artistic gymnast - 37 Vanessa White - English singer - 37 Janel Parrish – American actress and singer - 38 Ashley Graham – American model - 39 Eva Marcille – American actress, model and tv presenter - 42 Clémence Poésy – French actress and model - 44 Christopher Backus – American actor, director and screenwriter - 45 Fiona Dourif - American actress and film producer - 45 Matthew Morrison – American actor, dancer and singer - 48 Gretchen Rossi – American actress - 48 Steve Kazee – American actor and singer - 51 Adam “Edge” Copeland – Canadian professional wrestler and actor - 53 Ben Bailey – American comedian - 56 Nia Long – American actress - 56 Mark Polish - American actor - 56 Michael Polish – American director and writer - 56 Gavin Rossdale – English musician ...

OPEN POST: Carnival of Souls

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Harcourt Productions   This is Halloween! This is maybe the best movie to watch on Halloween, and it's an indie director's labour of love that originally tanked but ultimately became a huge cult hit.  This is Carnival of Souls.  Yes, the whole thing. A young woman, none too bright a bulb at that, is caught in a car accident. Upending her life, she moves to a new town and attempts to begin again, but the townspeople are strange and unfriendly. She's drawn to a weird carnival, where a bizarre man stalks her, but she cannot stay away.  Yeah, not too bright. On paper or pixels, it doesn't read like much, but trust...it's a classic for a reason.    Harcourt Productions

Birthday Hors

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Bob Ross – American painter, art instructor and tv host - (1942-1995) India Eisley – American actress - 33 Fleur East – English singer-songwriter, rapper and presenter - 39 Tove Lo – Swedish singer-songwriter - 39 Italia Ricci – Canadian-American actress - 40 Derek Theler – American actor and model - 40 Janet Montgomery - English actress - 41 Amanda Beard – American swimmer - 45 Ben Foster – American actor - 46 Brendan Fehr – Canadian actor - 49 Milena Govich – American actress, director, singer, dancer and musician - 50 Gabrielle Union – American actress - 54 Tracee Ellis Ross – American actress - 54 Winona Ryder – American actress - 55 Grayson McCouch - American actor - 58 Rufus Sewell – English actor - 59 Joely Fisher – American actress and singer - 59 Yasmin Le Bon – English model - 62 Randy Jackson – American musician, singer-songwriter and dancer - 65 Finola Hughes – British actress - 67 Dan Castellaneta – American actor, comedian and writer - 69 Roger O'Donnell – E...

OPEN POST: "Laugh, Laugh," It's Open Post!

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As best I can figure this is a '65 Mustang, and it probably costs more than I make in a year. Lots of great shows on TV in 1965, including "Batman." Lots of great songs, too. I listen to the oldies a lot of the time when I'm driving, and I love this one by the Beau Brummels because of the abrupt time/tempo changes--it's serious but goofy at the same time. So laugh, laugh, or chat, chat about whatever you want to, or even act a damn fool, ya' fool, or whatever you like--after all, it's Open Post, darlings! Photo Credit: AK

Birthday Hors

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Julia Roberts – American actress - 59 Nolan Gould – American actor - 28 Kodie Shane – American rapper and singer - 28 Sierra McCormick – American actress - 29 Devon Murray – Irish actor - 38 Frank Ocean – American singer-songwriter - 39 Troian Bellisario – American actress and filmmaker - 41 Finn Wittrock – American actor - 42 Matt Smith – English actor - 44 Madison Hildebrand – American media personality and realtor - 46 Gwendoline Christie – English actress - 48 Justin Guarini – American singer-songwriter and actor - 48 Joaquin Phoenix – American actor - 52 Dayanara Torres – Puerto Rican actress, singer, model - 52 Trista Sutter – American tv personality - 54 Brad Paisley – American singer-songwriter and guitarist - 54 Ben Harper – American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - 57 Chris Bauer - American actor - 60 Andy Richter – American actor, comedian, writer and talk show announcer - 60 Jami Gertz – American actress and businesswoman - 61 Lauren Holly – America...

OPEN POST: Kum's Kutouts

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  For some unknown reason,  All's Fair has been renewed for a second season. The show, which is produced by Ryan Murphy, stars Kum K as a leading lawyer in an LA law firm. Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts and (of course) Sarah Paulson also star in the show. They joined Kim at the Rome Photocall event yesterday.  Butt of course Kim had to remind us that she paid good money for her ass and we had better get a good look at it! ClAssy. What do you all think of this look, Peckers? Credit: allsfaironhulu/instagram

Birthday Hors

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Vanessa Mae – British violinist - 48 Samantha Logan – American actress - 30 Troy Gentile – American actor - 33 Bryan Craig - American actor - 35 Xenia Deli – Moldovan-American model - 37 Casanova – American rapper - 40 Christine Evangelista - American actress - 40 Alba Flores - Spanish actress - 40 Kelly Osbourne – English tv personality - 42 Patrick Fugit – American actor - 44 Stephanie Abrams – American tv meteorologist - 48 David Walton - American actor - 48 Aron Ralston - American mountaineer - 51 Matt Drudge – American journalist - 60 Marla Maples – American actress, tv personality, model, singer - 63 Joanna Scanlan - British actress - 65 Manu Katché - French drummer and songwriter - 68 Simon Le Bon – English singer and musician, Duran Duran’s lead singer - 68 Peter Firth - English actor - 73 Robert Picardo – American actor - 73 Roberto Benigni – Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director - 74 Bill Bottrell - American record producer and songwriter - 74 Hazell Dean -...

OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With The Sassy Sophie Tucker!

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Greetings music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. It's almost Halloween, which means it's time for all good puddytats to watch out, because they could be snatched by dastardly foes. This does not include witches, as they were once known, or gayelles, as they're known at present, since then and now, they feed, brush and generally spoil those puddys they grab before finding them a good home. Surprisingly, DJ Li'l Scratch has managed to evade capture all these years, from friend or foe, even though he's on his 6th life and spans the ages.  Speaking of spanning the ages - how's that for a segue! - the one and only Sophie Tucker bridged the eras from the 1800's to the 1900's, and like DJ Li'l Scratch, there's no reason she can't continue streaking toward infinity and beyond. When you listen to her sing, Sophie will take you back to vaudeville's and burlesque's earliest days, a time she lived through, when the g...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 10/26/2026!

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Birthday Hors

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Maggie Roche - American-Irish singer-songwriter and musician - (1951-2017) Allie DeBerry - American actress and model - 32 Morgan Saylor – American actress - 32 Amala Paul - Indian actress - 35 Sasha Cohen – American retired figure skater - 42 Folake Olowofoyeku – Nigerian actress and musician - 43 Toya Wright – American tv personality - 43 CM Punk - American professional wrestler and actor - 48 Jon Heder – American actor - 49 Florence Kasumba – Ugandan-German actress - 50 Lennon Parham - American actress - 51 Seth MacFarlane – American actor, animator, comedian, filmmaker, singer - 53 Phaedra Parks – American tv personality and attorney - 53 Rosemarie DeWitt – American actress - 55 Anthony Rapp – American actor and singer - 55 Keith Urban – Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist - 59 Steve Valentine – Scottish actor and magician - 60 Tom Cavanagh – Canadian actor - 63 Natalie Merchant – American singer-songwriter - 63 Cary Elwes – English actor - 64 Dylan McDermott ...