by mike | Jul 10, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Yes, there is an actual monster in the gripping 2016 horror film, The Monster, the kind you once thought hid under your bed, or in your closet. But there is also a metaphorical monster in the person of Kathy, a Mother From Hell to ten-year-old Lizzy, who can’t wait to...
by mike | Jun 22, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I love movies with anything large and deadly that crawls, flies, slithers, shuffles, swims, etc.—a thought that I shared in this 2013 post. My dear bride is not into my kind of bad movies, so I usually watch them when she’s out. When she’s home, we watch mutually...
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 18, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
I cannot believe this fun film is approaching four decades in the rearview mirror! This post first ran in 2013. Pardon the adverbs, but this 1981 film could be considered “humorously gross” or “grossly humorous.” Either way, An American Werewolf In London has more...
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 | Apr 24, 2017 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Jamie Lee Curtis once called Virus, a 1999 sci-fi/horror flick, a “piece of shit.” Why is that significant? Because the renowned scream queen was one of its stars—along with Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin. The film, despite a lot of hype—even a line of action...
