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A number of months ago the Movie MILF told you about Evil Dead: The Musical, which was going to be a theater adaptation of Sam Raimi's cult horror flick.  At the time, many scoffed in amazement and pure disbelief.

Variety has a review, and they say that despite all odds, it actually works... that the show is "a ridiculous amount of fun."

Take, for example, this passage from the review:

Adapting the tale of a noble teenager who must butcher his friends after they're possessed by demons, it's clear that producers and creatives want to manufacture a cult hit of their own. There are weekend perfs at 11 p.m., and the theater's first three rows are designated as a "splatter zone" where fake blood will hit the audience. While protective plastic ponchos are supplied, many splatter-zoners are deliberately wearing clothes that will show off the carnage.

Blatantly inviting such audience rituals instead of letting them occur organically is disingenuous. However, the production redeems itself by pushing its gimmicks so far they become surprising. There's just so much blood getting sprayed across the crowd -- gushing out of arm stumps, chest wounds and well-placed holes in the wall -- that the giddy excess charms.

While the reviewer goes on to say that the show, with book and lyrics by George Reinblatt, could use some minor editing from an experience dramaturg (this is Reinblatt's first show), the production values are top-notch, including a fantastic set and an evil beaver puppet.

Any self-respecting "geek" should get their tickets right now... if only for the fact that it's probably the only musical you'll ever see with an evil beaver puppet.

Click here for the full review.

And now a word from the MPAA ...

Hungarian-born Mickey Hargitay, former bodybuilder, ex-husband of 50s blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield, and father of Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay, died this past Thursday, according to a statement released by his publicist yesterday.

Born in 1926, Hargitay came to the United States after World War II and became interested in bodybuilding after seeing actor Steve Reeves on the cover of a magazine, Reeves being the actor in various Hercules films.  Hargitay then went on to be named Mr. Olympia, Mr. America, and Mr. Universe, and also starred alongside his wife in The Loves of Hercules.

The two met while he was performing as a muscleman in Mae West's stage revue at The Latin Quarter in New York.  The famous story goes that when Mansfield's dinner companion asker her "what will you have?" she answered "I'll have a steak and the man on the left."  The two married in 1958 and had three children together, including Mariska, born in 1964.  The couple divorced later that year.

After Mansfield was killed in an auto accident in 1967, Hargitay sued her estate for $275,000 in child support, which she agreed to be responsible for in their divorce settlement.

Although the father and daughter starred together in a 2003 episode of Law & Order: SVU, Hargitay had been ailing in recent years, with Mariska paying tributes to her father at last year's Golden Globes awards, and last month's Emmy awards ceremony, where she tearfully thanked him, adding that "he is the reason I am standing here today."  She cancelled an appearance on the Tonight Show in August in order to be with him as his condition worsened.

Hargitay and Mansfield will always be remembered as that classic Hollywood couple, living in the "Pink Palace," famous for its pink walls, pink lights, pink furs, and pink heart-shaped swimming pool (built by Hargitay, a former plumber and carpenter).  The end of their marriage also marked the end of an era long gone in Hollywood.

It didn't seem that long ago that we learned Anna Nicole Smith was pregnant.  Just days ago, Smith gave birth to a healthy, 6 lb., 9 oz. baby girl in the Bahamas

Now comes the news that Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Smith, who had been visiting Anna Nicole in the Bahamas to be with her during the birth, has been found dead in his bed, according to CNN.  A statement on Smith's website says her son died suddenly.

"We have yet to learn the cause of death but do not believe that drugs or alcohol were a factor," the statement said. "Anna Nicole is absolutely devastated by the loss of her son. He was her pride and joy and an amazing human being."

The statement continued: "Please do not make any press inquiries at this time so that Anna Nicole can grieve in peace."

Instead of just boring webmaster messages, I figured I'd post this video that I saw referenced on the Instructables.  The video is widely believed to be the first animated cartoon and it was done 100 years ago by J. Stuart Blackton at Vitagraph Studios.  Maybe the AFI big wigs should take time from giving us lists of the 100 greatest sneezes captured on film and give us a three hour tribute on the centennial of the cartoon?

We've had to turn off unmoderated anonymous comments because the spam bots were killing us.  You can still post anonymously, but now we've got to promote them by hand so we can keep things sane.  However, it only takes 30 seconds to sign up for your own Flixens account that allows you to post your bio and upload your own avatar.

Okay everyone... I think we may have ourselves a challenger to Scarlett Johansson's "Golden Globes" award.

Imagine my surprise (and my son's absolute joy) while watching the Teen Choice awards and a very pregnant Brittany Spears comes out in a low-cut cleavage-bearing maternity shirt to announce that the award show has been good to her in the past, and she hopes that it will be good for her hubby, and then Kevin Federline comes out to do some crazy urban jungle song and dance number.

I couldn't even tell you if he was any good or not... I was still too busy thinking about those youthful days of mine and how great your boobs look when you're pregnant.  Damn, those were the days.  Enjoy them while they last, Honey.  Gravity kills.