by mike | Apr 11, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Less bloodshed, more scares…that’s what make for a good horror movie these days. This post first ran in 2015. I, for one, am glad that in recent years, horror filmmakers have decided that scaring the crap out of people is more important than grossing them out by...
by mike | Apr 8, 2019 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
So why is an old guy like me so excited about the upcoming Godzilla movie? (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, release date May 31st. Next month!) Okay, I’m seventy-three (going on thirteen), and I’ve always loved monster movies, and I’ll still love ’em when I’m a...
by mike | Mar 28, 2019 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Here is an homage to the old horror films of years gone by. This post first ran in 2015. I guess the 2004 monster/horror film, Van Helsing, qualifies as a Guilty Pleasure because not a whole lot of folks liked it—especially the reviewers. (Fie on them!) It grossed...
by mike | Mar 18, 2019 | Books, Creature Features, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Research, Uncategorized |
Bestselling horror novelist Malcolm Page is on his way to Snake Island—which is also the title of this 2002 creature feature—to gather material for his next book. The other tourists and crew on this African river cruise are in awe of the guy; one crew member has...
by mike | Feb 28, 2019 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This was the first post in my long-running series, “Films About Books.” It first ran in 2015. BY THE DEVIL’S HAND Roman Polanski’s eerie 1999 thriller, The Ninth Gate, opens with an old guy named Andrew Telfer hanging himself in his library amid shelves crammed with...
by mike | Jan 28, 2019 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
The 2008 monster flick, Sea Beast, originally titled Troglodyte, is one of many films in the SyFy Channel’s “Maneater” series. With titles such as Grizzly Rage, Rise of the Gargoyles, Sand Serpents, Roadkill, and Blood Monkey, the series covers just about every myth,...
