One of the great traditions of Christmas past came after all the presents had been unwrapped. It was then that you called all your pals and discussed what you received. It was almost like opening your gifts many times over, as you knew that your friends’ presents were in some way also yours to borrow and use. It is in the spirit of this long-dormant tradition that I call upon my fellow House of Irony colleagues to give us a rundown of the Christmas splendor they found under the tree this year.
I had a bit of a head start this holiday season. Since I was leaving for Vancouver a week before Christmas, I was entitled to crack open my gifts from Jada. To my delight, I received 10 horror DVDs, and in a surprise twist 8 of them were of Italian origin. Those early-70s to mid-80s Italian horror flicks delight me more then an eyeball impalement.
Easily the most thoughtful gift I received from Jada was a one-sheet poster for the North American release of Evil Eye by Mario Bava. This film is considered by many to be the first cinematic representation of the Giallo, a kind of film I’ve mentioned earlier. And it stars John Saxon. Is there any horror movie that wouldn’t benefit from more Saxon?
The gifts received from my family were equally impressive. My brothers Gary and Bob got me an animated Batman box set so I can finally start chucking my VHS copies. They also gave me the From Russia With Love video game, which I’ve been lusting over since I first heard that Sean Connery was contributing to the voice acting. It’s easy to pick up, tons of fun, and even if it wasn’t, they had me at 60’s era jetpack. And as if that weren’t enough, my brother Gary cobbled together the Skrull Kill Krew t-shirt pictured above. Long live Nobbler!
And finally, Santa Mom delivered the goods, including the prerequisite clothes. At this point in my life if I didn’t receive a bag of socks every year I would become emotionally crippled. In addition to these and other wonderfully practical gifts, she also bestowed upon me another four Italian horror movies. Oh, I am surrounded by Love.
That top photo almost made me shit my pants. I thought the rest of the post was going to be a detailed plan of my demise. Glad to see it was just a breakdown of your gifts.
Still, maybe I should make a t-shirt that says “Kill the Puritan” and take a picture sporting a gun from LazerTag. ;-)
holy shit.. I can’t believe you got a Skrull Kill Krew shirt.
In my loot this year, I got no fewer than 3 blaxploitation movies. 2 from dougie hayz and 1 from Iggy. Iggy also got me a DVD of Eddie Murphy Raw. Borys also got me a wrestling DVD about the Ultimate Warrior, and Chris got me a copy of How To Draw The Marvel Way. Deeners got me a shirt that says “I smoke so fuck off” and a pack of DuMaur. He knows how to treat me right.
The movies I got are Cotton Comes to Harlem, Hammer, and Tales from the Hood. Classics.
Skrull Kill Krew t-shirt, I love you.
I…love you…Mikester….
Sadly, because my sister is in florida right now, I recieved a big fat nothing for xmas. She’s coming to visit for a couple of days before being wisked away to the ultimate Nagy dream house, aka THE mansion. Once she’s down, I may get something though :P
It’s my ultimate dream house, too, but only because Hef has a fantastic comic collection.
billy,
i feel your pain…those apparently wise men brought my invaluable3 metals…what’s a guy to do with frankenscence and myrr?
the digruntled baby jesus