by mike | Nov 21, 2016 | Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
If you’re reading this on its posting date, Monday the 21st, then I’m on my way back from Iowa after a visit with my bride’s family. So what better film to choose for my first quote? “Officially, my major was English, but really it was the ’60s. I marched, I smoked...
by mike | Nov 3, 2016 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences |
This odd coincidence took place at a writer’s conference. I first wrote about it back in 2012. I spent part of last weekend giving workshops at the La Jolla Writer’s Conference in San Diego. One of my presentations addressed the art of scaring the crap out of people...
by mike | Oct 31, 2016 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
As an old(er) guy living in a 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door. Not that I minded doing it back in the day, except that I usually wound up eating at least half of what I (over)bought. And, as the author of four horror...
by mike | Oct 6, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Artificial Intelligence gone amok: a common theme for a long time, but maybe not so much in 1986, when Deadly Friend hit the silver screen. I first presented this post in 2012. Actually, I’d wanted to write a post on one of my all-time favorite dumb guilty pleasures,...
by mike | Oct 3, 2016 | Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The bestselling author in question here is none other than Stephen King. His directorial effort, singular, is the 1986 “science fiction action horror comedy” film, Maximum Overdrive, based (loosely) on his short story, Trucks. The movie was a disaster both critically...
by mike | Sep 26, 2016 | Books, Bookstores, Editing, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
It is pretty well accepted that reading books can influence people in many ways, both positively and negatively. But can they drive readers to madness and murder? In the Mouth of Madness, the bizarre 1995 film—its title is an homage to H.P. Lovecraft’s At the...
