But that's for the future. For now, it's October, which means Halloween, and therefore the one time I have most consistently been focused on new material for this blog.
"...First Goddamn week of Halloween season."
In recent years, I haven't had the time I used to to dedicate to the full 31-movie slate I did for years there. In turn, over the past couple of years, the focus has been more tight on a particular franchise or series.
This year is no exception. To celebrate the rule of threes with this particular approach, three trilogies were chosen to dive into. Votes were cast, and the winner is John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy.
Yes, yes, TECHNICALLY this one isn't a franchise as much as a conceptual trilogy. With the shared theme of world-ending threats to link the three movies, we'll be going from the remote Outpost 31 of 1982's The Thing to the besieged monastery of 1987's Prince of Darkness, and finally the sinister town of Hobb's End in 1994's In the Mouth of Madness, each movie taking humanity that little bit closer to the brink.
For those who want to be hung up on the fact this is conceptual rather than having a shared continuity, there will be something for you too here. Last year's delve into the Omen novels have given me a taste for the idea of expanding the perimeters on 'franchise'. In this case, that will mean following up on The Thing with two of the follow-ups that had been mean for it. Yes, one of these will be the 2011 prequel – hey, it's part of the same continuity – but the other...that's one a little less well known these days.
Come on...what's the worst that can happen?
So there's that to look forward to.
The official coverage will begin later this week with the writeup for The Thing and its bonus content to follow the week after.
Till then.
THE END IS NIGH.
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