by mike | Oct 30, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Last year I mentioned that as an old guy living in a gated 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door, since no one does trick-or-treating. In addition to eating the last two Reese’s peanut butter cups, I get all the ones that come...
by mike | Oct 23, 2017 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
With Halloween nearly upon us, I’d like to share a creepy scene from The Burning Ground, one of my four horror novels. This is the final scene in chapter one, which takes place in 1849. (The balance of the story is contemporary.) The setup: gold has been discovered in...
by mike | Oct 2, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
The dialogue in horror movies can range from outrageously humorous to super creepy. Here are just a few, all of the films prior to 1990. “They’re coming to get you, Barbra.” The jerk who said this to his sister in the 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead, would come to...
by mike | Sep 10, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Museums, Uncategorized |
This 1997 horror film is based on the best-selling book, Relic, by popular authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Fans of these two know that this novel marks the initial appearance of the enigmatic FBI Agent Pendergast, who is totally absent from the movie. A box...
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...
