by mike | May 18, 2023 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The Conjuring Universe marched on through 2019 with a couple of creepy new entries. This post first ran in…well of course, 2019! The most recent films in the Conjuring Universe both hit the silver screen in 2019. Film number six, The Curse of La Llorona, fits into the...
by mike | May 11, 2023 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This “universe” contains a ton of scares per “galaxy.” I first presented this post in 2019. With the financial success of the first two films in the Conjuring Universe, sequels were inevitable. This time around the filmmakers doubled down on the links that they...
by mike | May 8, 2023 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
I suppose you could say that any movie, including the 2011 supernatural horror film, The Rite, will benefit from having the great Anthony Hopkins as its star. While the critics praised his performance as a dedicated exorcist, they hated just about everything else...
by mike | May 4, 2023 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
May the Fourth be with you! For those who enjoy having the crap scared out of them, this “universe” is for you. I first presented this post in 2019. Having viewed over 17 million horror movies since the invention of celluloid, I’m pretty jaded when it comes to being...
by mike | Apr 27, 2023 | Books, California, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
Sometimes I cringe when I read some of the bloody scenes that I wrote in The Modoc Well, my second horror novel. I first presented this post in 2019. By way of self-evaluation, The Modoc Well (originally published as The Well by Bantam Books) is the goriest of my four...
by mike | Apr 17, 2023 | Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
“Those who survive the ghost ship are better off dead.” Such is the tagline for the 1980 nautical horror film—and cult classic—Death Ship. I have to admit to teetering on the fence about calling it a guilty pleasure or a guilty displeasure. But ultimately its many...
