Today you'll find paranormal, sci-fi, slasher, and post-apocalyptic films, but there's nary a ghost in the bunch! (As far as I could tell, at least.) As always, the brief synopses are from imdb.com. The Ritual (2017) -- Rated: TV-MA A group of college friends reunite...
In this post I hope to inspire you to watch some ghost films that flew under the radar during the past couple of years. I've come to appreciate lower-budget/independent ghostly films because there's much less reliance on expensive special effects and, in many cases,...
Today I launch the 2018 Spooky Film Blog Series with four mainstream favorites released in 2018. Since you've probably already heard of them, I won't write lengthy reviews. I will include helpful links, however, and with my Geeked on Gothic post in mind, I'll rate...
It's mid-September and each day we draw closer to the season of ghosts, ghouls, and witches (not to mention sugar hangovers). I must confess, however, that I wrote this post not just to celebrate the season. I'm also hoping for a particular sort of redemption. Over...
Welcome to my new Wordpress blog! My Blogger blog is now an archive, but you will find all my old posts dating back to 2010 here as well as there. As a reader, I find Wordpress blog posts so much easier to read and comment upon -- I hope you enjoy this new interface....
Charlotte Bronte's 200th birthday last year inspired me to re-read Jane Eyre, and I decided to make this part of my Read Harder Challenge by watching two film adaptations for comparison to the original text. I'd been meaning to re-watch the 2006 BBC version with Toby...
My friend Kim Harrington brought something very interesting to my attention: a Victorian haunted house movie directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska! Check out the trailer:(Obviously the film stars many famous/amazing people in...
