by mike | Mar 3, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I suppose that, given its lurid title, the 1957 sci-fi/horror flick, Attack of the Crab Monsters, could have been presented as a “Guilty Pleasure.” But surprise, the film garnered some decent reviews, and it grossed a million bucks on a paltry $70,000 budget. (These...
by mike | Feb 17, 2025 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I don’t know, maybe it’s an “age” thing. Out of the blue last week I felt compelled to read (re-read, actually) Stephen King’s 1986 humongous horror classic, It. I had read the book 25-30 years ago, so why bother? Still, I put it on my Kindle and read all 1,174...
by mike | Feb 13, 2025 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The GHOSTBUSTERS franchise is a veritable cornucopia of great lines. This post first ran in 2022. The 2016 version of Ghostbusters (Answer the Call), a remake of the original, featured an all-female starring cast. Many folks had an issue with that. I didn’t…I just...
by mike | Feb 6, 2025 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
I never get tired of watching any GHOSTBUSTERS movie. This post first ran in 2022. Having just watched the fourth film in the forty-one-year-old franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, I decided to feature these movies in my next three posts. This week: lines from the...
by mike | Jan 27, 2025 | Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If the underachieving 1995 sci-fi/horror flick, Village of the Damned, is remembered for one thing, it is the final appearance in a theatrical film for its star, CHRISTOPHER REEVE. Later that year he would suffer the equestrian accident that would paralyze him and...
by mike | Jan 2, 2025 | Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
One of my “most-viewed” films, PREDATOR has spawned many a sequel. This post first ran in 2022. The sci-fi/horror film, Predator (1987), made a ton of money, got great reviews, and spawned a franchise that continues right up until today. It didn’t hurt that its cast...