by mike | Jan 28, 2021 | Death, Disaster Movies, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Wow, has it really been four years since one of my favorite actors passed away?! Time just seems to whiz by… A fine actor—and, from all I’ve ever heard about him, and even better person—Bill Paxton passed away a little over a month ago at the all-too-young age of...
by mike | Oct 29, 2020 | Books, Films About Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
With Halloween nearly upon us—though a bit subdued in this insane year—here is a post about one of the scariest movies EVER. It first ran in 2017. When William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, proclaims, “I’ve never seen a more terrifying film,” you have to take...
by mike | Oct 26, 2020 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
To tell the truth, I don’t think any horror movie, past or present, could be much scarier than Year 2020. Am I right? (Well, maybe The Conjuring or The Babadook come close.) And since Halloween falls on a Saturday, otherwise known as College Football Day around our...
by mike | Sep 7, 2020 | Creature Features, Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2019 creature feature/disaster flick, Crawl, is an anomaly. It did well at the box office, which is not that odd for the genre. But it also garnered its share of excellent reviews, compiling 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, and that doesn’t usually happen for creature...
by mike | Aug 20, 2020 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Hollywood films tend to run in cycles…yes, even lunar cycles. 😊 This post first ran in 2016. Who knows, maybe there were a few extra full moons in 1981. Whatever the case, Hollywood appeared to wax lycanthropic with three wolf-themed films, including today’s subject,...
by mike | Jul 30, 2020 | Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Actors write books, athletes get into acting, and on it goes. This post first ran in 2016. The bestselling author in question here is none other than Stephen King. His directorial effort, singular, is the 1986 “science fiction action horror comedy” film, Maximum...
