I'm saddened by the passing of Wes Craven, though I don't think I ever followed his career assiduously enough to be considered a fan. Like any other horror buff my age, Scream was a big deal for me when it hit theatres, even though prior to it I'm not actually positive I had seen more than maybe one or two Wes Craven films. Of course, I grew up ( Read more... )

Once again, Halloween has come and gone, and we've got a whole year to wait until it comes around again. Normally, this time of year leaves me feeling melancholy, but this year has been remarkably good. We've had an open house over the weekend, which has kept me busy and extended the feeling of the holiday through the beginning of November. Also, a ( Read more... )

Last night, I sat in a full theatre and watched Bride of Frankenstein on the big screen. This morning, I woke up to gray, rainy weather. The day before my birthday, and two days before Halloween, and it finally really feels like October.

There's nothing left to be said about Bride of Frankenstein, and if there were, I probably wouldn't be the guy ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween, one and all! I've been at work all day, and I'm going to a party this evening, so I'll keep this short, but it wouldn't be right to let Halloween go by and not say something. So I'll give you some seasonally appropriate links.

For starters, however you feel about Trick 'r Treat, there's really no more seasonally appropriate movie ( Read more... )

One of my earliest memories involves Monster Squad. I couldn't have been less than six years old, because the movie didn't come out until 1987, but I also couldn't have been in third grade yet, because the memory takes place in Sedan, Kansas, and I moved away from there in my third grade year. For those of you who aren't familiar with Sedan (I'm ( Read more... )

The latest issue of the Lovecraft eZine is a tribute to Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October, and it features my story "The Blackbird Whistling, or Just After."


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Today is the first day of the best 31 days of the whole, entire year. And if I'm not quite ready for it, that doesn't mean that I'm any less excited to see it arrive. My October plans are currently in a state of some flux. I had originally intended to hit some awesome screenings at the relatively new local Alamo Drafthouse, but they're closed for ( Read more... )

I said earlier that I had originally hoped to post a book recommendation a day for the entire month of October. Part of the impetus for this was to have something to do for the Countdown to Halloween, but part of it was also Neil Gaiman's All Hallow's Read. The gist of All Hallow's Read is to start a new tradition where you give people scary books ( Read more... )

So, it's been October for four days now. Like last year, I'm participating in the Countdown to Halloween, and I had originally planned to post a book suggestion a day for the entire month. Obviously, that's not going to happen. I've been busier than anticipated, and it doesn't really look like that's going to change in the immediate future. So, ( Read more... )

Once again, Halloween has come and gone. Now we begin the 364 day wait until its return ( Read more... )