by mike | Apr 29, 2019 | Creature Features, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 1986 comedy/horror flick, House, not only fits the bill as a film in which the main character is a writer, but more specifically, a horror writer. I’ve written about a bunch of movies in my “Films About Writers” series, and a number of them focus on those of us...
by mike | Apr 25, 2019 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Paranormal, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Is “Romantic Horror” oil and water? Or bacon and eggs? This post last ran in 2015. My ghost story/horror novel, The Burning Ground, contains enough juicy, gory, creepy scenes to satisfy the horror purist. But the story is also about relationships—in particular the...
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 4, 2019 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Historical Novels, Horror, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve said before that good writing never goes out of style. Nor do good writing tips. This post last ran in 2015. Did you expect to see the word “profit” in that title? Not likely. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve experienced over the past gazillion years and...
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...
