by mike | Feb 14, 2022 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The long wait is almost over! (Drum roll here.) Jurassic World Dominion is scheduled to open in theaters on June 10th. I haven’t seen a film inside a movie theater in years, but I will make an exception for this one. I mean, it’s dinosaurs, right? Even better: it...
by mike | Jan 10, 2022 | Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
“Your girlfriend lives in the corner penthouse of spook central.” Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) delivers that line to fellow Ghostbuster Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) in the 1984 comedy/horror classic, one of my all-time favorite films. The building Ray is referencing...
by mike | Jan 3, 2022 | Blowing Shit Up, Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
The sci-fi/horror film, Predator (1987), made a ton of money, got great reviews, and spawned a franchise that continues right up until today, with one or two more sequels apparently in the works. It didn’t hurt that its cast included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse...
by mike | Dec 6, 2021 | Disaster Movies, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I was on the fence about presenting the 2000 survival thriller, Vertical Limit, as a Guilty Pleasure. No problem with the box office, and it did have some decent reviews, including one from Roger Ebert. But other reviewers were brutal, including one who called it...
by mike | Nov 22, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Uncategorized |
Gather ’round the campfire, kiddies, and let’s see if we can gross one another out with some juicy lines from a few creepy movies. The first three sets are from films that feature cannibals. Yum! “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava...
by mike | Oct 25, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I mentioned before that as an old guy living in a gated 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door, since no one does trick-or-treating. These days I spend Halloween enjoying a horror movie marathon…at least three or four shockers....
