by mike | Dec 28, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I wonder if these awesome spirits were around when I was a kid in The Bronx. This post first ran in 2014. I grew up in The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, before leaving it for good in 1967 after graduating college. For the first fourteen years I lived in...
by mike | Dec 14, 2017 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This is one of the strangest true stories ever…and it remains a mystery over a century later. This post first ran in 2013. In June of 1912, barely two months after the sinking of the Titanic, an unspeakable tragedy in the most unlikely of places took over the...
by mike | Dec 4, 2017 | Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 1993 horror film, The Dark Half, is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1989 novel of the same name. His main character, Thad Beaumont, is a bestselling novelist—what else? Writers love to write about other writers, and King leads the league in that category. I should...
by mike | Nov 27, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2014 supernatural horror movie, Deliver Us from Evil, is “inspired by” the actual experiences of a New York City cop named Ralph Sarchie. I like to think that “inspired by” gives the filmmakers even more creative license than “based on a true story,” and I’m sure...
by mike | Nov 23, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
Oh, how I love this dumb movie! I first presented this post in 2013. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Lest anyone think that this 1999 horror/comedy flick takes itself too seriously, they need only consider one of my favorite lines about halfway through. The hilarious Betty White...
by mike | Nov 20, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
The Hawkeye state, birthplace of my bride, isn’t usually in the forefront when it comes to horror movies. But in The Crazies (2010), a remake of George Romero’s 1973 film, Iowa is where we find ourselves, and yeah, the maniacs are all over the cornfields. FEAR THY...
