The Independent Blog

Posted by The Independent on April 17th, 2008 in Blogs, Features

I kinda love how creepily misleading the title of The Independent’s latest blogger’s blog is. “Scenes from the Morgue” is aptly titled in so many ways.

First: it’s creepy and vaguely disturbing in a morbid kind of way. You read that title and think, “Oh man. I’m not clicking on that.” Images of dissected bodies, aniseptic smells, creepy little doctors in their blood-spattered whites dance through your head.

Second: Unless you’re in the newspaper biz, you might not realize that most newspapers refer to their archive as “The Morgue.” It’s where every copy of the paper ever printed is kept, and these archives usually end up in the basement.

Third: The blog is actually about old B-Movie adverts that appeared in The Independent back in the days when movie ads were fun and interesting (and creepy!).

Chad Plambeck, a B-Movie buff and afficionado of all things horror has taken the time to scan and showcase these gems and give his expert opinion on the movies themselves. This blog is well-worth a visit!

UPDATE: Scenes from the Morgue has also been featured on popular pop culture blog Neatorama!