They say you learn something new everyday, and I believe it’s true. I also believe that people can’t let something just exist without categorizing it. Case in point: about a year ago, I was in my local Barnes & Noble wandering aimlessly. […]
I read often, the upside of which is that I experience great storytelling, and the downside of which is that sometimes I can predict how a story is going to end. That’s the worst, isn’t it? Being drawn into a story, turning […]
The movie I’m about to review is gorier and funnier than a Sam Raimi movie. I kid you not. And it was directed by the man who headed the unbelievably involved “Lord of the Rings Trilogy“. That’s right people – Peter Jackson […]
Yesterday I happened on “Burnt Offerings” on my Netflix and decided to watch it. For some reason, lately I’ve been leaning towards watching older horror movies (ie Poltergeist, Legend of Hell House). My dad came in while I was watching it and […]
Being a somewhat rabid Stephen King fan, I was immediately interested when I found out that Richard Matheson was his horror hero. I vowed then and there to find out what had caused the hype. When I found out that the film […]
Ok – so apparently this is what I do at night when I need to go to sleep before work but can’t – I blog. Anyhow, about “Trilogy of Terror“. I first saw the second movie on TV when I was a […]
Usually I am not thrilled about movies based on books. The 1973 version of “The Legend of Hell House” was an exception. It is based on the book “Hell House” by Richard Matheson, and I wanted to see it primarily out of […]
Recently I started getting interested in haunted house stories, which represents a break in my usual zombie-filled reading list. I read “I Am Legend” and absolutely loved it, and I wanted to see what Matheson could do given a haunted house theme. […]
I really enjoyed The Dead That Walk because the stories felt very fresh and new. I was accustomed to reading zombie literature and feeling terror and revulsion, but not really any sorrow or sympathy before. The stories were also very unpredictable – […]
I really enjoyed The Dead That Walk because the stories felt very fresh and new. I was accustomed to reading zombie literature and feeling terror and revulsion, but not really any sorrow or sympathy before. The stories were also very unpredictable – […]