by mike | Jun 27, 2024 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
You want SCARY? That’s exactly what you’ll get with The Changeling, an absolute gem of a film. This post first ran in 2021. The 1980 Canadian-produced psychological horror film, The Changeling, offers little violence. And forget about buckets of blood—there is maybe a...
by mike | Jun 24, 2024 | Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2010 “supernatural psychological horror” film, The Ward, is significant for being John Carpenter’s directorial finale. Did his decision have anything to do with the film, or was he just burned out of directing? Actually, the prolific Carpenter—director of cult...
by mike | Jun 17, 2024 | Death, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
If I can use one word to describe the 2012 horror flick, Sinister, it is this: disturbing. But it did receive some decent reviews (a few “jump scares” and horror tropes notwithstanding), and it made a ton of money over its production budget. And, most important for...
by mike | Jun 6, 2024 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Uncategorized |
No CGI in the classic horror movies of yore, but they could still scare the crap out of you. Here are some memorable lines from a few of them. This post first ran in 2021. “My, what a big bat!” Yes, quite large. John Harker (David Manners) uttered this line in the...
by mike | May 13, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Uncategorized |
The source material for the 2023 horror film, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, is a chapter titled “The Captain’s Log” from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. That should be enough to keep you from boarding the vessel. I mean, who would want Transylvania’s most famous...
by mike | Apr 25, 2024 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
“Oh, you’re a writer, but what do you do for a living?” Well, if you are a writer, you’ve probably heard that question in one form or another. I sure did, even more so than the one directed at my four horror novels. Unfortunately, in my case it was a valid question...
