This week’s round of comic book cover art!
My top 5 must buys for the Vinegar Syndrome Sale!
Vinegar Syndrome is having an awesome half way to black Friday Sale! It started yesterday on May 25,2018 and will last until May 28 at 11:59 pm (EST).
The link is below to check the sale out:
I was definitely on my computer Friday morning to check out there sale and to purchase some titles lusting for awhile. They have an interesting assortment of titles to choose from that range from horror to exploitation to erotic! I decided to make my top 5 musts for this sale. Some titles will include what I got and some I did not but I feel like its a must to get anyways!
NOW IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!
Ice Cream Man (1995) directed by Paul Norman and starring Clint Howard.
Clint Howard stars as Gregory a newly released patient from a sanatorium. He has an ambitious goal of wanting to make kids happy. So he restarts his life as an ice cream man in hopes of bring that joy he so desperately wanted to share. However not everyone is appreciative of the joy he is spreading so he starts using people as his ingredients in the ice cream.
Demon Wind (1990) Directed by Charles Philip Moore and starring Eric Larson
Cory (Eric Larson) wants to know what happened to his grandparents sixty years ago. So he assembles a group of his friends to go to his grandparents farms to unraveled the mystery.
The Bees (1978) directed by Alredo Zacarias and starring John Saxon and Angela Tompkins.
When a swarm of bees from South America come to American unannounced they start to multiply and attacked people for no reason!
Snapshot (aka “One more Minute” and “The Day after Halloween” 1979) directed by Simon Wincer and starring Sigrid Thornton. 
Angela (Sigrid Thornton) gets coaxes into modeling by the insistent of another model. Angela’s new dream job and life quickly becomes a nightmare when she realizes that she is being stalked by a stranger, her boyfriend becomes super intense for her and evil dark things start to unfold in her life.
Disconnected (1984) directed by Gorman Bechard and starring Frances Raines. 
There is a crazy person on the loose and they prank calls their victims before he attacks and kills! Alicia thinks she is starting to get these prank calls but she also feels like she is experiencing a bit of paranoia too and feeling like she made up getting these calls. Not sure if these are part of her imagination or she is getting these calls she has no time to waste in figuring out what her fate will be!
Happy Shopping everyone!
Until next time!
Late night thoughts
I rather store my memories in my heart rather than my head. My heart is filled with warmth kindness, and love. They will be cherished and love there better.
Relatable “Stop The Planet of the Apes. I want to get off!”
It stars Troy McClure what could be more relatable then that this week??
The era of the 1-900 numbers!
Some time ago I posted on my Instagram feed a giphy of a 1-900-9099-CRY commercial and everyone kept asking me if it was real or not.
Well it is a real commercial and at one point a workable number! Back in the 80’s 1-900 numbers were massively popular. I remember that there was a number for almost anything that was popular! You could call Bill and Ted and talk about their excellent adventures or He-Man about the land of Enternia even Freddy Krueger had a 1-900 number! 
Yes the 1-900-9099-CRY commercial is a bit different and out of place for a regular infomercial. Mainly because the opening of the commercial you see a woman clutching to the phone bailing her eyes out with no explanation or reason until you hear a very monotone voice over was posing a question as to “why do people across America cry like this?” 
Then the 1-900 number flashes on the screen while the voice over to “find out for yourself.”With the addition caveats of additional costs and exclusions.
Here is the full commercial below. Although watching there will be a two dollar charge for each additional viewing!
Has anyone called it? If so what did you hear? Sad stories or things that would potential make sob as much as that lady over the sink in the opening shot?
Until next time!
Book of the Month: Valley of the Dolls
This month I would like to introduce you all to one of my favorite books EVER: 
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann!
It was first published in 1966 and it quickly became a best selling hit of that year. 
In the same accord of Peyton’s Place (also a favorite book of mine!) this book was steamy! Jacqueline Susann had a humble beginning as an actress but she was not the best actress. However was the the best as hearing the Hollywood behind the scenes gossip. She turned and based most of her character in Valley of the dolls on real life actress of that decade.
Even though critics bashed harshly on the novel the world seemed to love the book. Even to this day this novel is one of the top best selling books in history. Valley of the Dolls celebrated it’s 50th anniversary and surpassed sales of 31 million and have been translated in more then 20 languages. 
I found out about this book thanks to going into Urban Outfitters and looking at their clearance home section about a decade ago. This was the copy I found: 
It was wedge between a shoe box and a George Washington bust in candle form! The cover looked interesting and at the sale price of $3.99 I decided to try it out! Then I brought home and put the book down in my room only to forget about it!
Then about a month later my sister asked me if I wouldn’t mind coming over to her house and babysitting in about 30 minutes from when she called. I said yes and grabbed a few things and saw something pink from the place I was grabbing my things from. It was the book and I thought I could read it when my niece sleeps. Which was almost as soon as I got there. I cracked open the book and was a couple of pages in when I became completely absorbed in it! So much so that when I got back home I read the book straight thru!
I enjoyed it so much that after I finished it I started reading it again a week later! I enjoyed reading it a second time that I started researching more about the book and learned there was a film version of it made in 1967. It stared Sharon Tate, Patty Duke and Barbara Perkins. Omg I was totally obsessed with the movie as well! I have watched it at least 20 times! ( I will probably do a separate write up on the movie at a later time)
After reading the book twice I decided to start reading more of Jacqueline Susann’s books and apart from Valley of the Dolls my second favorite book of hers is 
Jacquline Susann will forever be one of my favorite authors mostly because she write about glamour, fame and love all has a price to pay.
Valley of the Dolls has forever changed my reading habits because now my go to reads are in the clearance sections. Because you never now where you new book crush will be!
UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!
toys! toys!: A 4ever wishlist.
I haven’t updated this since 2017 and most of the toys I had on the previously list I was lucky enough to track down most of them.
SO HERE IS THE LIST FOR 2018!
-My Pet Monster- In 1986 American Greetings introduced a stuffed plush that was blue, have fangs and orange cuffs. What could a kid ask for more?
-Castle Grayskull- who wouldn’t want a castle from Eternia? And the green facade with a skull face drawbridge is an extra plus! This structure is part of the Masters of the Universe toy line from Mattel. However I wish it was still the price listed below!
Battlecat- (Mattel 1984) this was originally a mold from a previous toy line from Mattel. They just basically slapped on a cool forest neon green color and gave him yellow stripes. Although is arms and legs are movable he does come with a saddle and helmet when HE-Man needs to ride into battle! 
Dream Glow Barbie (1985) Also by Mattel this barbie had a dress with a star print THAT GLOWS IN THE DARK!!! I remember one of my friends had this barbie and I would always go to her house to play with that barbie! She was one of toy wish list wants for years. She was so cool even her umbrella matched her gown and of course it also glowed in the dark! The commercial below would send any little girl to there parents demanding for this dolls for their birthday. I know I did!
INHUMANOIDS METLAR- these massively cool 14 inch figures has some of there parts that also glow in the dark. I have Tendril but I still want to track down the rest of the pack. Also Metlar is the leader of this bad guy group and who wouldn’t want to get the leader of the pack? Back when they were first released in 1986 kids were too scare to buy these toys however when they grew up they must of release how awesome they are because finding one in the box will cost you! 
Until next time!
Comic book cover art
This week’s round of comic book cover art 
Clarissa: One lady two IG’s
It came to my attention that a couple of weeks ago of a message I received inquiring if I had more than two IG accounts.
I do not.
My personal one is @lady.cult
And my non personal one is @retro.cult:
Why do I have two accounts?
That is a great question~!
I started the retro cult page as vintagehorrorads
It was a page solely dedicated to old newspaper ads of Horror movie ads. However about a year into having the page I decided “Man I love all things retro, exciting, cool and kitsch! Why am I going to contain it in just my personal one?! Life should not be limiting why should my media platform be the same?!”
So I made the decision to turned that into that page that it is today and I haven’t looked back!
But I decided that two accounts was my personal limit and I have been consistent in the decision for the last couple of years.
There might be similar accounts as mine but there will never be a similar person like me.
Thank you for hearing me out! I appreciate the constant kindness and friendships I have made on this social media platform! 
Until next time!
Relatable Mr. Burns
Mr. Burns we are being EXCELLENT by being relatable this week!
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