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 | 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 | 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,...
by mike | Dec 3, 2018 | Books, Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
So what did horror-meister Stephen King think about the Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House, a revisionist version of the 1959 classic ghost story by Shirley Jackson? He tweeted that it was great, practically a work of genius. And remember, he is no fan of...
by mike | Nov 12, 2018 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
A magazine called Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fact and Fiction, was highly influential in bringing the sci-fi genre into the mainstream many decades past. One of its editors, John W. Campbell, also wrote for the magazine, and in 1938 he...
by mike | Oct 22, 2018 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
Arnold Schwarzenegger in a horror movie? Yes, he starred in the 1999 clunker, End of Days. Wait, did I say clunker? Well, the reviews were uniformly bad, but since I’m easily entertained, that never bothered me. I get a kick out of this film, and in truth it is an...
