by mike | Aug 14, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
When I wrote about the late John Heard last week I mentioned that one of his earliest screen roles was in the 1984 horror movie, C.H.U.D. I would’ve eventually written about this weird film, given that it is one of my Guilty Pleasures—so why not now? HOME SWEET—SEWER?...
by mike | Aug 7, 2017 | Death, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
Actor John Heard passed away a couple of weeks ago at the age of seventy-one (exactly one day younger than me). It saddened me to learn of this, given that I’ve always enjoyed his work, in particular three films that are among my (Guilty Pleasure) favorites: horror...
by mike | Aug 3, 2017 | Books, Editing, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Today’s post, which is essentially my credo, appeared on this blog in 2013. I feel no differently. Through the centuries decades I’ve been asked a thousand times, “Mike, why do you write?” Being of eastern European descent I always answer that question with other...
by mike | Jul 24, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The science fiction and horror movies of the 1950s more than sufficed to scare the crap out of an impressionable kid like me. Foremost among them was the Gill-Man from the 1954 Universal-International classic, Creature from the Black Lagoon, even though most of us...
by mike | Jul 10, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Yes, there is an actual monster in the gripping 2016 horror film, The Monster, the kind you once thought hid under your bed, or in your closet. But there is also a metaphorical monster in the person of Kathy, a Mother From Hell to ten-year-old Lizzy, who can’t wait to...
by mike | Jun 22, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I love movies with anything large and deadly that crawls, flies, slithers, shuffles, swims, etc.—a thought that I shared in this 2013 post. My dear bride is not into my kind of bad movies, so I usually watch them when she’s out. When she’s home, we watch mutually...
