Yellowjackets director and producer Jamie Travis joins me to talk about the 1992 “lady thriller” The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Ernie Hudson, Matt McCoy, and Julianne Moore star in this wild, upsetting, and incredibly entertaining movie about a psychotic usurping nanny.
From the GHOSTBUSTERS movie franchise (looking forward to the new one!) to THE CROW to George P. Cosmatos’ LEVIATHAN to the TALES FROM THE CRYPT TV show and everything in between, Ernie Hudson deserves a spotlight in this #BlackHorrorMonth#BlackHistoryMonth
“The interview is the single most important part of the pageant. It counts for 30 percent of your total score.” “What’s the other 70 percent, cleavage?”
Decided to put together a poster because I enjoyed the movie so much. I laughed. I cried. I got chills. And I felt like a kid again. #GhostbustersAfterlife does not touch the magic of the original 1984 classic but man it comes real close in spots and the last thirty minutes? Just excellent. I can easily see this as being frequently used in conversation of how to properly revive a franchise in the future.
TITLE: Tobin’s Spirit Guide AUTHOR:John Horace Tobin ORIGIN:Ghostbusters (movie, 1984, directed by Ivan Reitman) EDITION:Ghostbusters, Volume 2, Issue 8 (comic book, 2013, published by IDW Publishing)
Considered the standard reference guide to known ghosts, goblins, spooks, specters, demons, and other supernatural entities. While the origins of the Guide are murky—Tobin was either an Oxford graduate who traveled extensively to research the supernatural, a Cambridge graduate who exposed fraudulent mediums, or the chronicler for a group of ageless beings from the beginning of time)—and it is unknown how Tobin managed to gain information on so many extremely dangerous creatures, it is generally agreed that it was researched in the early 1900s and first published in the 1920s, and its information is almost unfailingly accurate. Since then, despite its niche appeal it has been republished many times including leather-bound, hardcover, paperback, pocket, and very expensive electronic editions. The information it contains has occasionally been of use in saving the world.
I.Reference — Encyclopedias — The occult and supernatural II.Reference — Bestiaries — Spirits and demons III.Plot navigators — Tomes of exposition — So what are we dealing with here
While Tobin’s Spirit Guide is first mentioned in the original movie, it doesn’t actually show up on the big screen until Ghostbusters: Afterlife in 2021. It has, however, showed up in a variety of other material, starting with The Real Ghostbusters cartoon [1986-1991] and including several comics series, board games, video games, RPGs, and even an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. As I’m sure you can imagine the designs were rarely consistent, even those from a single source like the cartoon, but this one is fairly representative.
The Ghostbusters reacting to seeing a bug/spider in their house, more than likely:
Ray: knows the exact species and thinks it’s cool
Egon: straight up about to experiment on this innocent insect
Peter: screams like a little bitch and probably makes Dana kill it
Winston: puts it in a cup and takes it outside
BONUS
Janine: knows it kills flies, and she hates flies so she leaves it alone cause lord knows baby girl has bigger problems
Dana: waits for Peter to stop freaking out and lets the spider out a window
Walter Peck: also freaks out but manages to keep from screaming like a little girl, probably gets that neurotic look on his face like we saw in the mayor’s office
Night of the Creeps but in my version the Ghostbusters have to come stop the creeps from taking over people’s bodies and all four of these men are given flamethrowers which is a questionable decision but also the only solution, WATCH the chaos ensue
