We Stayed In Almost All Day,

watching DVDs,

having said that we called into the local 7-11 to try to buy some evaporated milk that Diana wanted for some food she was cooking, also to pay our electric bill, next Tesco for some garlic as the market was not open, Mark also called round for a cup of tea and a chat, but on to the DVDs, the first was Hellboy II: The Golden Army, we had watched it before but as this was on a BluRay disc we watched it again, much clearer images although the original DVD was pretty clear to start with, in case you have not seen it, a mechanical army is woken, but the team have to stop it before it takes over the world,

next a true life killer, Ed Gein, who was the inspiration for Buffalo Bill, Psycho and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, like Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs) Ed wore the flayed skin of his victims, the writer of Psycho, Robert Bloch took the love Ed had for his mother as the bases for the book and later film, again in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre the villain, Leather Face, wore the skin of his victims, Ed Gein only admitted two murders, the half skulls that he used in his home as bowls he claimed he had taken from new graves, not a nice chap at all, he died in prison from cancer and was buried next to his mother, his tombstone has not been replaced after it was stolen and is now in the sheriffs office,


 

just as we started watching Sailor Mark called around, so we watched three episodes, great original viewing, a real fly on the wall look at life on board H.M.S. Ark Royal, warts and all,

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother had its moments, but there have been better Sherlock Holmes spoofs,

then the highlight of the evening The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, if you like Terry Gilliam's work this is a must for you, the basic premise is that a travelling show in London allows people to walk through a magic mirror into Doctor Parnassus's mind, the Imaginarium, it is pretty confusing in there, well he is 1,000 years old! then the adventures begin, great surreal effects, costumes and players, a busy day tomorrow as Mahendra and friends are arriving from the UK, with that we were then off to bed.