LOTT D: Two wrongs do not make a right. But they can make for some fine bloggin'.

While the nation settles into its lazy post-school weekend schedule, the proud men and women of the League of Tana Tea Drinkers are tirelessly at work, diagnosing the modern horror film industry and safe-guarding the health of our collective nightmares!

The results of this painstaking diligence and ceaseless vigilance can be found in the second part of the LOTT D roundtable on "Modern horror, why must you suck?"

Let's salute these selfless bloggers who form the thin virtual line between the unsuspecting viewing public and cinematic disaster. Part the second features commentary Jeff Allard, of Dinner with Max Jenke, Unkle Lancifer, everybody's favorite creepy uncle from Kindertrauma, and, of course, ANTSS fave and America's Internet sweetheart: Absinthe from Gloomy Sunday. And let's not forget to pay solemn tribute to Iloz Zoc, Zombo's faithful man Friday and the cat responsible for this whole shindig.

Read up, Mr. and Mrs. Internet and all the ships at sea.

LOTT D: What's Wrong with Modern Horror Films?

I've got your Thursday efficiency black hole right here! The members of that fine and thoughtful body of fright fanciers, the League of Tana Tea Drinkers, have posted a new round table. This time the topic is "WTF is up with modern horror films, seriously?"

And there must be quite a bit wrong with them as this is just the first of two posts on the topic!

Contributors to Part the First include Theofantastique, Slasher Speak, and Horror's Not Dead.

I'm not in this two-act commentravaganza, but you should really spread your horror reading around more anyway. Neither man nor woman can live off CRwM alone; it doesn't have enough vowels for that. Besides, I didn't really have much to say for this one as I don't think anything is wrong with today's horror films. See? That wouldn't have been much of a post.

Speaking of League members, the overachieving mad-genius behind Sweet Skulls has a second blog running: Monster Memories. Read it. Because when Fred's mad plans to completely dominate the world come to fruition, do not think the master will forget who stood by him and who did not. You've been warned. Here's some shameless self-promotion from Fred:

LOTT D: This is why I'm hot (and evil).

The League of Tana Tea Drinkers has banged together another group post. The topic this time around was suggested by League member and ANTSS fave Absinthe, of the Gloomy Sunday Absinthes (see sidebar).

From the executive summary introduction provided Iloz Zoc (the League's heart and soul):

Why are we attracted to and mesmerized by evil people in horror cinema and novels? Gloomy Sunday's Gothic-romantic, Absinthe, kicks off this round of commentary from the League of Tana Tea Drinkers to explore this question. From Bela Lugosi to Freddy Kruger, the league pokes and prods as only it can do, to unearth the answers, the assumptions, and the contradictions.

Contributors include Absinthe, Chad Helder from Unspeakable Horror, Curt from Groovy Age of Horror, John Kenneth Muir from Reflections on TV/Film, and a little something something from your own favorite blogger.

"Wow, Cory Doctorow posted something?"

No, dammit! I meant me. Sheesh. I'm in there too.

Anywho, pop on over and check it out.

BONUS EVIL HOTNESS, because ANTSS is the blog that freakin' delivers, with a capital DEEE: Check out Top Horror Movies Club, hosted by the lovely and talented Rachel (see their new listing on the sidebar). Rachel and her various co-conspirators dig on horror big time and you owe it to yourself to swing by their blog and see how they do do that voodoo that they do so well.