Bob Burns (1935-2025): The sci-fi kid, prop-maker, archivist and showman who (thankfully) never fully grew up…

Most readers below a certain age or from other countries might never have heard of Bob Burns III, who was, on the surface, a nice guy living with his wife in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank who put on a cool neighborhood Halloween show every year. That short description is not wrong, but it’s…

Retro-Musings: “The Thing With Two Heads” (1972) is a silly exploitation flick with something on its mind(s)…

*****TWO-FACED SPOILERS!****** 1972’s blaxploitation horror-comedy “The Thing With Two Heads” followed the release of earlier double-headed transplant/monster movies, including 1959’s “The Manster,” and 1971’s “The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant.” “Thing…” was created at the 1970s height of the blaxploitation-horror subgenre, which yielded such cult classics as the “Blacula” movies (1972/1973), 1973’s “Blackenstein,” and 1974’s “Abby” (a knockoff…