by mike | Jun 8, 2015 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I guess the 2004 monster/horror film, Van Helsing, qualifies as a Guilty Pleasure because not a whole lot of folks liked it—especially the reviewers. (Fie on them!) It grossed over $300 million, so no problem there. This fun flick is an homage by director Stephen...
by mike | Apr 27, 2015 | Books, Bookstores, Films About Books, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Thus begins a new series on my blog. Just to clarify, there are countless films “adapted from” or “based on” one book or another. That is not what I’m doing here. As the title says, these movies are “about” a book or books. For example, on my to-do list are The...
by mike | Mar 2, 2015 | Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
As a mere slip of a lad in the 1950s, I totally enjoyed (and had the crap scared out of me by) the numerous science fiction and horror movies spawned during that decade. Paranoia ruled in the ’50s, folks being worried about—in no particular order—the threat of...
by mike | Feb 16, 2015 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In case you don’t know, that line comes from the 2006 horror/thriller flick, The Wicker Man, a remake of a 1973 British film of the same name. I could have just as easily gone with the title, “Oh no, not this movie!” and been spot-on. Both critically and at the box...
by mike | Jan 12, 2015 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
Old joke: Igor says to Count Dracula, “Master, the Invisible Man is here!” and the Count replies, “Tell him I can’t see him.” (Like I said, old, and also bad.) Of late I’ve had the great pleasure of revisiting classic books and movies in my favorite genres. In some...
by mike | Oct 27, 2014 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Fun time again with some memorable movie lines that span quite a few decades. Enjoy! “You still wake up sometimes, don’t you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.” Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) has many notable lines in the 1991 Academy...
