by mike | May 26, 2025 | Creature Features, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
At this stage of my life it’s nice to discover a new Guilty Pleasure, and the 2009 comedy/horror movie, Infestation, fits the bill. My usual parameters—box office and reviews—don’t actually apply here, because I’m not even sure it had a box office, and the only...
by mike | May 19, 2025 | Holocaust, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Women |
The late actress, Ingrid Pitt, gained a great deal of notoriety while starring in a number of 1970s horror films from Britain’s Hammer Film Productions and other studios. But no fictional movie could match the unthinkable, real-life horror she experienced as a child....
by mike | May 1, 2025 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This sci-fi thriller amazed readers nearly ninety years ago. I first presented this post in 2022. A magazine called Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fact and Fiction, was highly influential in bringing the sci-fi genre into the mainstream many...
by mike | Apr 14, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If you’re an aficionado of old movies and TV shows, you’ll likely recognize most or all of the following names. Jack Palance; Martin Landau; Cameron Mitchell; Neville Brand; Sue Ann Langdon; Ralph Meeker; Larry Storch; David Caruso. What is the link? All eight of them...
by mike | Mar 27, 2025 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Since I first presented this post in 2022, The Conjuring Universe has expanded to include The Nun II in 2023. It will further grow later this year with The Conjuring: Last Rites. Back in 2019 I wrote about the seven films (at the time) that comprised what is called...
by mike | Mar 24, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Women |
If you watch old movies, especially from the 1940s and ’50s, you see things that, while uncomfortable by today’s standards, were typical of the era. For one thing: smoking. So many characters puffing their brains out, be it on an airplane, in a restaurant, or even in...