by mike | Jul 14, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first presented this post in 2012. Be forewarned: the scene I chose to share is heartbreaking. Those of us who write novels have a great platform for saying pretty much anything we want. The characters we create often reflect our likes, our dislikes, our politics,...
by mike | Jul 11, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In 1977, when Stephen King hit the bestseller lists in hardcover for the first time with his classic, The Shining, it became evident that he was on his way. Still, he wasn’t about to call all the shots when his story was optioned for film by the renowned director,...
by mike | Jul 7, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
New York City attacked by a monster? What, again? Yes, by an ancient Aztec god in this campy film, which I wrote about in 2012. On the Weird Scale, this 1982 flick ranks pretty high. A word of warning: you might not want to eat anything while you’re watching Q, The...
by mike | Jul 4, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In last week’s post I talked about Stephen King’s 1977 novel, The Shining. I have to believe that it initially thrilled the author to learn the film rights had been acquired by renowned director Stanley Kubrick. But ultimately, he did not like the end result. CAN...
by mike | Jun 27, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
A couple of months ago I wrote a post titled, “A Jack Nicholson Snow Globe?” Inside the globe Jack’s dead eyes stare out through the snow in a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic, The Shining, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King. It occurred to...
by mike | Jun 20, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This psychological thriller had movie critics at one another’s throats and close to figurative blows. But why? The Village was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, fresh off a run of critical and box office successes that included Signs, Unbreakable, and his...
