by mike | Jul 18, 2019 | Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Another strange role for the guy who played Captain Jack Sparrow and Tonto, among others. This post first ran in 2015. “You stole my story!” That is arguably the most memorable line from the 2004 psychological thriller, Secret Window. Based on a short story by Stephen...
by mike | Jun 10, 2019 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, when I wrote about the horror/comedy/thriller/creature feature, Snakes on a Plane, I mentioned that there are enough outrageous quotes in this film to warrant its own post. Time to justify that comment. I also said that the film’s most iconic line comes...
by mike | Jun 3, 2019 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
When Samuel L. Jackson was asked to star in the 2006 horror/thriller/comedy film, Snakes on a Plane, he readily accepted. As filming began, the producers thought that a better title would be Pacific Air Flight 121. Jackson told them that the main reason he took the...
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...
