by mike | Jan 11, 2021 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Thrillers, Writing |
“Oh, you’re a writer, but what do you do for a living?” Well, if you are a writer, you’ve probably heard that question in one form or another. I sure did, even more so than the one directed at my four horror novels. Unfortunately, in my case it was a valid question...
by mike | Jan 4, 2021 | Books, California, Editing, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
The above quote, with a few variations, was something I heard numerous times after the first of my four horror novels hit the shelves thirty years ago. People knew me as a rather quiet, passive guy (ha!), not particularly prone to any sort of violent or dastardly...
by mike | Oct 26, 2020 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
To tell the truth, I don’t think any horror movie, past or present, could be much scarier than Year 2020. Am I right? (Well, maybe The Conjuring or The Babadook come close.) And since Halloween falls on a Saturday, otherwise known as College Football Day around our...
by mike | Oct 19, 2020 | Horror, Humor, Monsters, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Would a horror movie with a title like that make you want to sign up with another streaming service so you can watch it? No, I didn’t think so. But just such a creature emerged from the ocean off Clearwater, Florida over seventy years ago—or did it? WE SEE WHAT WE...
by mike | Oct 5, 2020 | Death, Horror, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
When Wes Craven, the late film director, needed source material for his 1977 horror classic, The Hills Have Eyes, he turned to a story that combined truth and possibly fiction. An easy choice: he referenced the legend of Sawney Bean. For those who are not aficionados...
by mike | Sep 7, 2020 | Creature Features, Disaster Movies, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 2019 creature feature/disaster flick, Crawl, is an anomaly. It did well at the box office, which is not that odd for the genre. But it also garnered its share of excellent reviews, compiling 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, and that doesn’t usually happen for creature...
