by mike | Jan 30, 2023 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Don’t stress, I’m not talking about the merchandising-fueled holiday on October 31st. This is about the thirteen-film slasher series, now spanning over four decades, and more specifically, last year’s entry, Halloween Ends. But does it end? I’ll have some thoughts on...
by mike | Dec 5, 2022 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Whether you’re a casual or serious fan of horror/sci-fi films (I’m the latter), you probably associate The Blob with the classic B-movie from 1958. After all, it was Steve McQueen’s first starring role. In subsequent years it produced a few sequels, but the first...
by mike | Jun 13, 2022 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
A magazine called Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fact and Fiction, was highly influential in bringing the sci-fi genre into the mainstream many decades past. One of its editors, John W. Campbell, also wrote for the magazine, and in 1938 he...
by mike | May 2, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Back in 2019 I wrote about the seven films (at the time) that comprised what is called The Conjuring Universe. This is a multi-billion (with a “b”) franchise of horror movies “based on the true stories” of hauntings and demonic possession cases involving Lorraine and...
by mike | Apr 11, 2022 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The story contained within the remarkable 2018 horror film, A Quiet Place, began on “Day 89” and went forward from there. So when A Quiet Place: Part II (2020) opens on “Day 1” we are assured of finding out how it all started. But it is not entirely a prequel to the...
by mike | Feb 28, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The 2016 version of Ghostbusters (Answer the Call), a remake of the original, featured an all-female starring cast. Many folks had an issue with that. I didn’t…I just enjoyed it for what it was. Get a life! Or an afterlife. The 2021 version, Ghostbusters: Afterlife,...