Recent Posts Tagged With 'reflections on horror'

• Most Regrettable Horror Movies Of 2009

  Posted on Wednesday December 30th, 2009 at 13:09 in reflections on horror, most regrettable horror movies 2009

  While others pound their chests proclaiming the top ten best movies of 2009, I thought I would take a different approach. Frankly, top ten lists are a dime a dozen. And why only ten? Who do we blame for limiting the best to only ten a year? I love re...

• Yahoo! Mail Plus! Gets a Minus

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 09:04 in reflections on horror

  I had one annoying day last week. We all have annoying days now and then. But when it involves a critical service like email not working when you need it to, it tends to stick in your craw, scratch around awhile, and leave a bitter aftertaste; ...

• Horror Movie History Timeline

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 09:07 in reflections on horror, horror movie timeline

  " All you ever wanted to know about horror movies but were afraid to watch them...here's an illustrated timeline tracing horror movies back to the beginning and up to the present day" from Mark H. Harris at Mark's Horror and Suspense Blog. He also wr...

• In My Defense: Popcorn Movies Are Good

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 16:04 in horror, reflections on horror, popcorn movie, zombos closet blog

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• Egyptian Theatre Tribute to Forrest Ackerman

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 01:32 in blog, ackerman, egyptian theatre, reflections on horror, uncle forry

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• And the Snow Begins My Reading List

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 07:00 in blog, movie, book, reflections on horror

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• An Interesting Email

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 14:21 in reflections on horror

  At around two this morning I read a most entertaining and interesting email. Detesting my lack of understanding, as shown in my review for The Sick House, the writer went on to identify me as an expletive, expletive, expletive fag. First, I am actual...

• Know How to Ruin a Horror Movie So You Don't

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 10:55 in movie, horror, reflections on horror

  Horror directors, pay attention. Sure, it's easy these days to whip out the old digital camera and start filming your magnum opus of gore, but actually creating a memorable story and characters, sensible action, and terror worth its weight in mangled...

• Personal Nightmares and Darker Landscapes

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 08:00 in reflections on horror

  It is an odd thing, but in times of stress I dream about zombies. Not pleasant "hey, let's dress up like zombies and stagger around the mall" on Saturday dreams, but night-sweats, run like hell, sorts of dreams. Perhaps it is not so odd, being a horr...

• People As Cogs In The Machine

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 15:04 in reflections on horror

  Perusing the Wall Street Journal I came across this disturbing trend in the retail sales industry. There is something oddly similar here to the perfunctory roles victims in horror films play, where, more often than not, character-driven actions are r...