Month: May 2021

Light, a flicker and flash, as the screen came to life. Outside his den some hyenas laughed as if making fun of him. He growled at the sound. Let them come closer, if they wanted to tease him. Let them come into his den. He would teach them respect. The laptop hummed. It worked. The…

I caught an episode of the television series TERROR IN THE WOODS the other day that really stood out to me. Paired with yet another story of a frightening Bigfoot encounter (which is what most of the stories featured on this program involve) was a segment entitled “It Came from Hell” and described an encounter…

Courtesy of The Playlist, here’s an interesting passage from screenwriter Eric Heisserer regarding the failed Universal Dark Universe and the reasons *why* it failed. It’s nothing we didn’t already know, but it’s funny, so I’ll share it here. Says Heisserer: “It was a very strange experience [working on the Dark Universe]. There was certainly a…

My favorite television show has returned to the airwaves! (I just finished up THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, which was ah-may-zing, but it doesn’t qualify as a TV show by my definition. No livestreaming show qualifies. And even if they did, I can’t. Livestream, that is. I had to watch the program on a…

I had never heard the term “airport fiction” before. It means, according to this linked article, “Hollywood adaptations of mass paperback novels”. Or maybe it’s just referring to “mass paperback novels”. That would make more sense. But the designation sure is broad. Almost anything that sells could be considered airport fiction going by this definition.…

Why was it good news for theater-owners and cinephiles that the Oscars this past week scored their lowest ratings ev-ah? Because 2020, the year of Covid, the year when nobody (except a few brave or foolhardy souls like me) went to the theaters (nor should they have, unless they could do so safely), surely meant…

If you don’t have UNIVERSAL STUDIOS MONSTERS: A LEGACY OF HORROR already in your library, fret not. The title is being rereleased this September! The spiel: “The year 2021 is a milestone anniversary year for horror’s most iconic films—Universal Studios’ Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man. Those landmark movies—as well as Universal’s new releases—are celebrated…