Let's all go to the movies...

...just down the stairs.

A childhood dream fulfilled for Illinois man.

If I had the money, time and wherewithal, this would definitely be on my bucket list. Hell, I look up General Cinema bumpers during the pre-show rabble for current movies. It's kind of what I'd do if I were this guy. Imagine them projected on a movie screen again.

Bride of Chucky - Re-watching the film, I was struck by seeing a patch on John Ritter's sheriff's uniform reading 'Lockport, NY Police'. Damn, how did I not notice that before?

Robert J. Walsh (1947-2018)

Composer Robert J. Walsh recently passed away. He's not a familiar name to most people, at least until the following titles trip off the tongue: "G.I. Joe". "The Transformers". "Jem". "Dungeons and Dragons". "Muppet Babies". Together with Johnny Douglas, Walsh scored them all.

Much to my shame and regret, even among these credits that I had to IMDb, I know very little about his work. I caught Revenge of the Ninja some time ago and I wasn't intrigued by his score. Still, it's impressive when an orchestra is used for cartoon scoring and sad when a composer dies.

This cue I found on YouTube some years ago in an abridged version. It was later on that I found the full version. Very lovely stuff.

Frankenweenie, 2012: The sequence where Victor's classmates create their own revived animals. Not having seen it in six years (six years today, in fact), I had forgotten how bat-poop crazy that whole part was. How much you wanna bet that the makers of this and the makers of Brave just got blitzed one night and decided to play 'Crazy-ass Plot Twist Chicken'? (Both films were released by Disney, after all.) See, this is what happens when neither party blinks.

Don't Go to Sleep (Dominic Frontiere)

Recovering from an unfortunate incident, a family moves into a new home, little realizing that the ghosts of the past don't stay buried. Made-for-TV horror movies of the 70s and 80s are a funny thing. For every Dark Night of the Scarecrow that retains the power to enthrall its audience, you get four or five movies like This House Possessed (or the title in question) that flail about like a headless chicken. If you must bother with a 1982 movie about a family trying to survive a ghost attack, Poltergeist is right damn there! (And it also has Oliver Robins as one of the children.)

However, Dominic Frontiere provided a nicely creepy score, hinting at what the film should've been.

Don't Go to Sleep

composed & conducted

by

Dominic Frontiere

1. Main Title 1.40
2. Fake Spider 0.14
3. The Moving Van 0.43
4. View from the Window 0.29
5. Pictures/Fiery Flashback 1.46
6. Restless Night 1.33
7. Bed on Fire 0.54
8. Calming Mary 1.02
9. Late Call 1.09
10. Kevin Explores 0.49
11. "There's my girl." 0.32
12. "Go away!" 1.18
13. The Visitor 1.27
14. Dainty Garland 0.48
15. The Promise 2.09
16. Turning Mary 1.08
17. One for the Road 2.11
18. Scaly Visitor 2.13
19. Mourning Bernice 1.14
20. Jennifer Plots 0.52
21. "She's dead, Dr. Cole." 0.11
22. Another Peaceful Day 0.20
23. Taking the Fall 2.34
24. The Funeral 0.55
25. What Does Ed Eat? 0.45
26. Having it Out 2.41
27. Moving Plans 0.42
28. Mind Screw 1.56
29. Goodnight Kisses 0.52
30. Handling Things Better 0.25
31. Daddy, then Mommy 5.02
32. Hospital Stay 0.12
33. Released? 1.31
34. "Remember that night."/Finale 8.58
35. End Title 0.40

Here's a sample: