Speaking of The Monkey’s Paw, This Book Machine Makes You Read More!

Biblio-mat 
While I was poking around looking for a movie poster for that The Monkey’s Paw remake, I came across this wonderful image from the blog Beach Bungalow Eight. Apparently, there’s a bookstore in Toronto, Canada called The Monkey’s Paw that has a supremely cool custom made book vending machine called the Biblio-Mat. Drop in two bucks Canadian, get a random book. Brilliant idea and yeah, we NEED these in EVERY library across America if only to keep people reading REAL books (and RANDOM ones at that!). Oh, Canada! Why do you get all the coolest things sometimes? And, no… Poutine isn’t on that list of “cool” things because it makes my heart stop in its tracks and want to look at it for too long (and I don’t get to breathe for a wee bit too long after that)…

The Monkey’s Paw Trailer: Wash Yourself of That Hand!

Yeesh, how OLD is this story? Let’s see now, W.W. Jacobs wrote it in 1902, according to Wikipedia (and they’re NEVER wrong, right? Heh.) and it’s been mangled into other stories, films, TV shows and comics ever since. Warner Bros. and Chiller Films are bringing it back in this new flick that doesn’t look all that “scary” to me, but hey – you may be shaking in your shoes right about now. Not sure if this is in theaters in October or straight to video, as I’ve only found one poster link and it doesn’t have any rating info on it at all. Well, it’s not as if I’ll go see this… but YOU might want to. More details to follow at some point. I love a good mystery… but only to a point.