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...
by mike | Dec 18, 2017 | Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
An unincorporated community called Stull, located a short distance from larger Kansas cities Topeka and Lawrence, has the dubious distinction of being the Devil’s playground. That is, of course, if you believe the urban legends about the Stull Cemetery. AN...
by mike | Nov 13, 2017 | Movies, Nightmares, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Growing up in the 1950s I got to experience first-hand the new wave of science fiction movies that defined the era. One of my absolute favorites, Invaders from Mars (1953), had the distinction of being the first film to present aliens and their spacecraft in color...
by mike | Oct 26, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
This is a really strange story, one that still doesn’t appear to have an ending. I first presented this post in 2013. A long-ago childhood nightmare rose up unbidden from my subconscious recently to cause a few sleepless nights. That nightmare had a name: Cropsey. My...
by mike | Jul 31, 2017 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
One of the most haunted places in the U.S. is located in suburban Chicago, of all places. The Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, abandoned over four decades ago, is surrounded by the Midlothian Forest, which sounds more apropos to Middle Earth rather than Middle America. As...
by mike | May 14, 2017 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Writers love to write about other writers, and Stephen King arguably leads the league in that category. Just to name a few: The Dark Half, Misery, ’Salem’s Lot, Bag of Bones, and Secret Window, Secret Garden. And his short story, 1408, from his collection,...
