by mike | Jan 16, 2020 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
This film can generate a bad case of the willies. I first wrote about it in a 2016 post. In the 2015 Gothic thriller, Crimson Peak, director Guillermo del Toro has crafted an atmospheric period piece designed to scare the living crap out of viewers. Young, aspiring...
by mike | Dec 23, 2019 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Nightmares, Romance, Uncategorized |
I first presented this Christmas post in December two years ago, and since then it has been viewed numerous times—in April, August, and just about every other month of the year. Here it is again, at the “right” time of year. 😊 As a Jewish kid growing up in The...
by mike | Nov 4, 2019 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The most recent films in the Conjuring Universe both hit the silver screen in 2019 and are already available in DVD/Blu-Ray. Film number six, The Curse of La Llorona, fits into the franchise primarily by virtue of it being created by the same studios. Its only link to...
by mike | Oct 28, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
With the financial success of the first two films in the Conjuring Universe, sequels were inevitable. This time around the filmmakers doubled down on the links that they inserted in The Conjuring 2, a clear indication that this franchise had a lot more to offer in the...
by mike | Oct 21, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Having viewed over 17 million horror movies since the invention of celluloid, I’m pretty jaded when it comes to being scared by any of them. But I just about had to change my shorts after watching the 2013 thriller, The Conjuring. If it isn’t the scariest movie I ever...
by mike | Oct 17, 2019 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Paranormal, Uncategorized, Writing |
Today’s blast from the past is about “Romantic Horror.” I initially published this post just before another significant holiday in 2012. Enjoy! This Tuesday, February 14th—Valentine’s Day—is the publication date for my new ghost story/horror novel, The Burning Ground....
