by mike | Jan 7, 2019 | Books, Death, Editing, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Romance, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 2006 mystery/ghost story, Half Light, starring Demi Moore, somehow got past me all these years. Well, better late than never. Here is a brief introduction, with absolutely no spoiler alert. I do not want to ruin this compelling film for anyone. WHEN THE DARKNESS...
by mike | Dec 20, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I don’t have a category headed, “Guilty Displeasure,” or this film would have qualified. I first presented this post in 2015. In case you don’t know, that line comes from the 2006 horror/thriller flick, The Wicker Man, a remake of a 1973 British film of the same name....
by mike | Dec 10, 2018 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, in a quiet suburb near San Diego, some moronic cretins thought it would be fun to paint a swastika on the home of a Jewish family. On the first night of Chanukah the family decorated the front of their house with a Star of David and dancing dreidels. Their...
by mike | Nov 22, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I actually presented this post for the first time on Thanksgiving in 2012. What better day to talk about a turkey? This being Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate to write about a turkey of a movie. I’m talking about Mimic 2, the 2001 sequel to one of my favorite horror...
by mike | Nov 15, 2018 | Epic Fantasy, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Romance, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Some more fun with memorable movie lines. Enjoy! This post first ran in 2015. “Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive… It’s alive, it’s moving, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!” A rather exuberant Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin...
by mike | Oct 29, 2018 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
It’s that time again. 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 the holiday enjoying a horror movie marathon…three or four shockers, and sometimes more. The...
