Behind the Couch

Aaron over at The Death Rattle was kind/drunk enough to present me with the iDig Your Blog Award. As such it is my duty to gratefully accept and spread on the accolades to a few other blogs I dig… 5 Blogs I dig… SADFAY Belfast-based musician/producer Martin Byrne has been composing, producing and recording a song every day this year. A daunting task indeed, but Martin’s commitment to the project is nothing short of inspiring. Each visit to his blog results in an album’s worth of listening material. Great stuff. Plus, his latest track, The Slasher , appears to be an homage to John Carpenter and synthy slasher goodness from the 80s... It All Happens In The Dark A lover of slasher flicks, damsels in distress and feisty final girls, Cody’s breezy reviews and reflections on horror films old and new boast an infectious sense of humour and an ever fresh perspective. Currently on hiatus, here’s hoping Cody rejoins us soon for the sequel! Unflinching Eye A visit to Ayl...

A couple of fellow bloggers have said nice things about Behind the Couch and even chucked me a couple of awards, too. I’m not really one for speeches or anything, so I’ll just say thanks very much to Christine at Fascination with Fear , Carl at I Like Horror Movies and Matthew at Movietone News for their kind words. Basically I’m just going to take the awards and run. But before I do, I wanted to mention a few blogs I enjoy frequenting... Radiation Cinema A wonderful site dedicated to Atomic-era B-movies and monster movie classics from the 50s. Each film is painstakingly dissected and eloquently discussed by Mykal, who has actually just received a nomination from Total Film for Best Newcomer Blog – drop by and vote for him. http://www.totalfilm.com/features/2010-blog-awards-best-newcomer-blog/ Anchorwoman in Peril Calm librarian by day, frenzied fan of gory slasher movies by night, Ross’s fantastic trawls through TV-movie thrillers, stalk ’n’ slash films, women in peril mo...

Congratulations to Mykal over at Radiation Cinema! whose blog was recently presented with a Great Read Award from I Like Horror Movies . Mykal mentioned a few other blogs that he reads and loves, one of which was Behind the Couch . His kind words are much appreciated. It’s great to see Radiation Cinema receive some well deserved recognition for all Mykal's undeniable enthusiasm and expertise. I plan to crack open a bottle of something red and drink to his good health. Cheers.