by mike | Jan 23, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal |
AN EYE FOR AN EYE. YOUR LIFE FOR A TOOTH. That’s one of the taglines for the 2003 horror flick, Darkness Falls—a double entendre title if ever there was one. In this case, Darkness Falls is the name of a small New England town. Here, the storied and seemingly innocent...
by mike | Jan 18, 2013 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans |
Like Indiana Jones, I too have asked that question many times of late. I finally decided to stop trying to figure it out and accept the fact that—to use one of my least favorite clichés—it is what it is. (At the end of the day, of course.) Okay, the backstory: last...
by mike | Nov 8, 2012 | California, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
I spent part of last weekend giving workshops at the 12th Annual La Jolla Writer’s Conference down in San Diego. This excellent conference was launched in October of 2001—it almost got canceled because of 9/11—and I served on its founding faculty, as well as on every...
by mike | Oct 15, 2012 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares |
Actually, I’d wanted to write a post on one of my all-time favorite dumb guilty pleasures, Deadly Blessing. But my old VHS tape had long since gone the way of Goodwill, and DVD versions were no longer available. (Good news: they’re reissuing it in DVD and Blu-Ray next...
by mike | Oct 3, 2012 | Books, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Writing |
No, this post is not about a cop show in Hawaii, and it’s definitely not about me approaching a significant birthday. OH, I WISH! I passed that particular milestone a long, long time ago and just kept on truckin’. So what is this all about? Well, I started this blog,...
by mike | Sep 25, 2012 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction |
The last post addressed two cross-genre, sci-fi/horror classics, Alien and Aliens. Trust me, the praise will not be as effusive for Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection. Still, they’re part of the quadrilogy and deserve some thoughts, so here goes. Keep in mind that the...
