I hate to admit this, but I have yet to see "Cloverfield." I will, and hopefully in the next few days. But I've been a little busy.

The nation's No. 1 film has been described as "The Blair Witch Project" meets "Godzilla," and our own Barbara Vancheri pretty much confirms it. In her review last Friday, she praised the film as "a monster movie for our time" en route to awarding it three stars.

So, I would have been in the theater had I not been ensconced in Stephen King's new novel, "Duma Key." But, for you other King lovers, it was time well spent.

I don't want to scoop by own review, which will run Sunday in the Post-Gazette's books section, but let's just say the horrormeister is in top form. It has all the elements -- spooky dolls, spooky monsters, spooky houses and, of course, spooky people,

Read it.

The 600 pages will send you -- and maybe your blood pressure -- soaring.

And if you wait for the movie ... well, you know the risks. King's track record of translating from page to screen is shaky at best

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DVD NOTES: If you like bats, you'll be pleased to know "Bats: Human Harvest" will fly into DVD outlets on March 11. Sequel to "Bats," this one features bats that are bio-engineered killing machines, bred for maximum flesh ripping. How lovely!

And a couple of weeks later, on March 24, watch for the release of "April Fool's Day," the story of fabulously wealthy young Desiree Cartier, who hosts parties in her southern mansion that are ... well, to-die-for.

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SHOCK THE VOTE: Call me delusional, but I tend to get as many shivers looking at the political landscape as I do horror movies.

And this is not to take a poke at Hillary, but are you as terrified of American "dynasties" as I am? Think about it: Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush ... Clinton?

It's like living under a 20-year bipolar dictatorship. That's a full generation -- or more -- of not two-party but rather two-family government.

I'm not telling you how to vote; I'm just telling you that's scary.