by mike | Jul 11, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In 1977, when Stephen King hit the bestseller lists in hardcover for the first time with his classic, The Shining, it became evident that he was on his way. Still, he wasn’t about to call all the shots when his story was optioned for film by the renowned director,...
by mike | Jul 4, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In last week’s post I talked about Stephen King’s 1977 novel, The Shining. I have to believe that it initially thrilled the author to learn the film rights had been acquired by renowned director Stanley Kubrick. But ultimately, he did not like the end result. CAN...
by mike | Jun 27, 2016 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
A couple of months ago I wrote a post titled, “A Jack Nicholson Snow Globe?” Inside the globe Jack’s dead eyes stare out through the snow in a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic, The Shining, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King. It occurred to...
by mike | Jun 20, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This psychological thriller had movie critics at one another’s throats and close to figurative blows. But why? The Village was written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, fresh off a run of critical and box office successes that included Signs, Unbreakable, and his...
by mike | May 30, 2016 | Death, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Okay, I’ll stay on my Edgar Allan Poe kick for one more week. The 2012 film, The Raven, is not about Poe’s classic poem, but about Poe himself—more specifically, about Poe’s last days of life in 1849 Baltimore. Despite much speculation the actual cause of Poe’s death...
by mike | May 9, 2016 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
There are gifts, and then there are GIFTS. You know the kind: where the Giver is totally in tune with the Givee and knows what would be perfect. I received just such a gift a few years back from Lindsay Teunis, my oldest daughter. Don’t know where she found it, but...
