by mike | Aug 5, 2021 | Movies, Nightmares, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This post, which first ran in 2017, is about Invaders from Mars, one of the first influential science-fiction films of the 1950s. 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...
by mike | May 20, 2021 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Did Al Capone stash the corpses of his enemies in this haunted cemetery? I first presented this post in 2017. 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...
by mike | Mar 4, 2021 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
A hotel room from Hell? I first presented this post in 2017. 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...
by mike | Oct 26, 2020 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
To tell the truth, I don’t think any horror movie, past or present, could be much scarier than Year 2020. Am I right? (Well, maybe The Conjuring or The Babadook come close.) And since Halloween falls on a Saturday, otherwise known as College Football Day around our...
by mike | Oct 5, 2020 | Death, Horror, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
When Wes Craven, the late film director, needed source material for his 1977 horror classic, The Hills Have Eyes, he turned to a story that combined truth and possibly fiction. An easy choice: he referenced the legend of Sawney Bean. For those who are not aficionados...
by mike | Aug 6, 2020 | Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Mass hysteria may have accounted for these bizarre incidents back in the day. This post first ran in 2016. This is one weird story…and I do mean weird. It occurred a long time ago, and to this day the “explanations” are no more than guesswork and speculation. Some...
