by mike | Nov 28, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Who knows, maybe there were a few extra full moons in 1981. Whatever the case, Hollywood appeared to wax lycanthropic with three wolf-themed films, including today’s subject, The Howling. The other two, which I’ve already written about, were Wolfen (see my post,...
by mike | Nov 24, 2016 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I actually presented this post for the first time on Thanksgiving in 2012. What better day to talk about a turkey? This being Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to write about a turkey of a movie. I’m talking about Mimic 2, the 2001 sequel to one of my favorite horror...
by mike | Nov 3, 2016 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences |
This odd coincidence took place at a writer’s conference. I first wrote about it back in 2012. I spent part of last weekend giving workshops at the La Jolla Writer’s Conference in San Diego. One of my presentations addressed the art of scaring the crap out of people...
by mike | Oct 31, 2016 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
As an old(er) guy living in a 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door. Not that I minded doing it back in the day, except that I usually wound up eating at least half of what I (over)bought. And, as the author of four horror...
by mike | Oct 6, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Artificial Intelligence gone amok: a common theme for a long time, but maybe not so much in 1986, when Deadly Friend hit the silver screen. I first presented this post in 2012. Actually, I’d wanted to write a post on one of my all-time favorite dumb guilty pleasures,...
by mike | Oct 3, 2016 | Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The bestselling author in question here is none other than Stephen King. His directorial effort, singular, is the 1986 “science fiction action horror comedy” film, Maximum Overdrive, based (loosely) on his short story, Trucks. The movie was a disaster both critically...
