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Countdown to Christmas - Once Upon a Silent Scrooge, Part Two

“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!” With three film adaptations of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol by 1910, early film was already beginning to advance. Slightly longer production times were becoming more common and many eyes in Hollywood were focused on adapting stage productions for the silver screen. This was also common in the UK, as many stage

Countdown to Christmas - Once Upon a Silent Scrooge, Part One

“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.” The immortal opening paragraph of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol sets the stage by establishing the death of Jacob Marley, who is, ultimately, a very key character in

Mihmiverse - All the World's a Scrooge

This month on episode 38 of the Mihmiverse Monthly Audiocast, the Monster Movie Kid opens the Kansas City Crypt to talk about all things Scrooge. More specifically, personal favorites and recommendations for this classic holiday ghost tale! Tune in and let them know that Monster Movie Kid sent ya!

Boom Howdy - The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

The holiday season has arrived and old man Scrooge is ready to be redeemed once again. However, what is the back story to how Charles Dickens wrote the classic tale of A Christmas Carol? Check out my review on the new film, The Man Who Invented Christmas, over at Boom Howdy to find out my thoughts on the new film.