Wednesday, October 16, 2024
MEA Weekend is finally here! Conferences after school yesterday which made for a 13-hour day. Everything went well but it was exhausting. More conferences today during the workday but no classes for kids.
Finished my cigar shortly after Dale returned home from work. We headed to Lunds to pick up dinner.
We're doing a soberi-sh October to limit our alcohol intake but decided to reasonably indulge tonight. I had an Old Fashioned and Dale had wine.
Watched the film White Zombie on TCM.
Although poorly received critically in its day the film was moderately successful especially for being a low budget independent film. Despite the poor acting quality the film recieved accolades for its stylistic and atmospheric cinematography. Bela Lugosi as the zombie master, "Murder" Legrande, and Joseph Cawthorn as the minister received better reviews than the other actors. White Zombie is considered the first full length Zombie movie. Despite its faults I found the movie to be fun and highly watchable. Notably the film utilized sets from other horror movies of the era including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frankenstein, and The Cat and the Canary.
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