by mike | Jun 5, 2017 | Blowing Shit Up, Books, California, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Renowned director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) has had his share of hits and misses during a long career. Among the latter is Ghosts of Mars, a 2001 sci-fi/horror flick that bombed big-time, both critically and at the box office. A true Guilty Pleasure,...
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,...
by mike | Mar 2, 2017 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
This is one of the dumbest movies ever…and I love it! I first wrote about Deadly Blessing in 2013. When I decided to write about my favorite dumb/bad/cheesy horror movies last year, the one that leaped to the top of the heap was Wes Craven’s 1981 gem, Deadly Blessing....
by mike | Jan 26, 2017 | Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
You don’t want your kids encountering THIS tooth fairy. I first wrote about this film in 2013. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. YOUR LIFE FOR A TOOTH. That’s one of the taglines for the 2003 horror flick, Darkness Falls—a double entendre title if ever there was one. In this case,...
by mike | Jan 2, 2017 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Ghosts, Historical Novels, Horror, Humor, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
As the new—and uncertain—year of 2017 begins, I’ve had a chance to look back at what I’ve accomplished in recent years. The last seven years, to be more specific, ever since the eye-opening experience of a brush with my own mortality. After surviving quadruple bypass...
by mike | Dec 8, 2016 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This post is about one of the most haunted places in the country. I first presented it back in 2012, courtesy of the Save Our Heritage Organisation. “There are some human beings who are dimly aware of their own deaths, yet have chosen to stay on in what used to be...
