VladdyTrout's Groovy Used Books And Records

Please note that the obvious choices, such as Jar Jar, young Anakin, and Jabba the Hutt, are excluded from the list of choices.

Come on, get happy! Vintage books off the day: Partridge Family books. They’re perfect gifts for the 1970s TV/pop culture fan in your life.

Come on, get happy!

Who doesn’t love the Partridge Family? I mean, they had that psychedelic bus, and playing music all the time, plus wearing those groovy crushed velvet outfits? Good times.

Who doesn’t love 1970s horror movies? Who doesn’t love environmental horror movies? Add the two together and you get the 1979 eco-horror film, Prophecy, starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, and of course, Armand Assante!

This is the novelization of the movie. The book was written by David Seltzer, the screenwriter of said film. He also wrote the screenplay of The Omen (both the original and the Liev Schreiber remake).

Now, when most people hear “eco-horror film” they automatically assume you’re talking about Steven Seagal’s On Deadly Ground. Oh, On Deadly Ground is bad for the environment…the cinematic environment, for sure. But long before Seagal’s ponytail saved the Alaskan wilderness, there was Robert Foxworth’s beard battling genetically mutated monsters…

The plot of Prophecy is so very groovy, man. On the one hand, there are freaky monsters being born due to genetic mutations brought on by “The Man” polluting the waters. On the other hand, the Native Americans are pissed. They are the same type of noble Native American that was popular during 1970s cinema, you know: the mystical, one-with-nature Billy Jack hippie crossed with that Crying Indian from that TV commercial.

Come to think of it, Seagal’s movie also had Natives pissed off by what “The Man” was doing to their environment.

The real horror? Robert Foxworth’s beard!

Anyway…

The one image stuck in my head is when the bear/monster attacks one of the people who’s in a sleeping bag. The bear/monster swings and swings the full sleeping bag against a tree, killing that poor, unfortunate camper.

Prophecy is great fun to watch with friends whilst drunk. Hell, make a double feature: this movie followed by Mystery Science Theater 3000’s version of Boggy Creek II: The Legend Continues…

I watched this movie as a kid. It was one of only four movies HBO used to show back in the day.

Book: B-

Movie: Four out of Five Slices of Cheese!

If your a fan of the great William Shatner (herein known as ‘The Shat’) then you must add this vintage paperback bio to your collection of Shatnerphelia.

Shatner: Where No Man…

If you stumble across a copy of this rare book, buy it. You won’t regret your purchase.

“Shatner: Where No Man…” delves into the mind and body of The Shat. The book is so very 1970s. The Shat discusses his virality, his manliness, his ahtletic abilities, his thoughts on UFOs, and so much more.

Book includes a great photo section.

Live long and Prosper, baby! Rocket Man!!!!!!!!

Book Review: A+