by mike | Oct 28, 2024 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
As an old(er) 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 here. In addition to eating the last two Reese’s peanut butter cups, I get all the ones that come before them! Pretty...
by mike | Sep 16, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
The 1988 “supernatural slasher” film, Child’s Play, introduced the world to Chucky, the Good Guy doll possessed by the spirit of a deranged serial killer. I’ve watched it a number of times over the past 36 years and had always thought of it as one of my (many) guilty...
by mike | Aug 19, 2024 | Action/Adventure, Disaster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed the 2024 disaster movie, Twisters, with its numerous tornadoes dealing death and destruction all over Oklahoma. But its 1996 predecessor, Twister, holds a lofty place on my list of all-time favorite movies. Much of that has to do with its...
by mike | Aug 5, 2024 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monsters, Movies, Uncategorized |
Oh yeah, this is a golden oldie, to be sure. The 1985 horror flick, Silver Bullet, is based on a 1983 novella by Stephen King titled, Cycle of the Werewolf. King wrote the screenplay for the film, which did not resonate with most critics. Who cares? I’ve always...
by mike | Jul 22, 2024 | Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
The 2008 “survival/horror” film, The Ruins, is based on the 2006 novel of the same name. Its author, Scott Smith, also wrote the screenplay, so he must’ve known what mattered in paring down the nearly 400-page tome into 90 minutes of screen time. Even so, the...
by mike | Jul 8, 2024 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week I wrote about my favorite Donald Sutherland film, the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I thought it might be fun to highlight some quotes from this terrifying story. Health Department worker Matthew Bennell (Sutherland) on the phone to the...
