by mike | Jan 11, 2018 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Yes indeed, we all go bonkers at one time or another. 🙂 I first presented this post in 2014. I love memorable lines from the silver screen, especially if they’re from movie favorites that I watch numerous times. A couple years ago I wrote a post titled, “She...
by mike | Jan 8, 2018 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Big things often begin as something much smaller. Case in point: the 2013 supernatural thriller, Oculus, a critically acclaimed—and profitable—movie that started out as a short film (28 minutes) with the lengthy title of Oculus: Chapter Three—The Man with the Plan....
by mike | Jan 4, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Museums, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
An evil doll that preceded Chucky? Indeed—and this one was real. This post first ran in 2014. Few folks know that Chucky had a real-life role model called Robert the Doll. Chucky, of course, is the murdering Good Guy doll—possessed via voodoo by the spirit of serial...
by mike | Dec 31, 2017 | Aging, Books, Life, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I first ran this New Year’s Eve post a few years ago. Given how relevant it remains, I present it today. Happy New Year! As the year 2017 comes to an end, I got to thinking: how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did it pass so quickly?! I guess when a year is 1/71st of...
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 24, 2017 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Nightmares, Romance, Uncategorized |
As a Jewish kid growing up in The Bronx—in a neighborhood of mostly other Jews—I had little exposure to Christmas, other than learning it wasn’t “our” holiday. Even so, I enjoyed many of the Christmas movies that played all through December on our 12-inch, black &...
