Horror Series: Misery

Misery takes an everyday situation in the life of an author (possibly Steven King himself) and turns it to an author’s worst nightmare: Being victimized by “Your biggest fan.”  This book and movie are a must read/see. Kathy Bates is perfect as Annie Wilkes who finds James Caan , novelist Paul Sheldon,  the author of …

Horror Series: The Shining

The Shining &  The Shining (Made for TV) Stephen King is a master of horror, he takes the everyday, twists it and makes it scary.   The Shining in its two versions, tells the tale from two different perspectives.  In Kubrick’s original, the focus is on the Hotel being evil and makes jack kill his family.  …

Horror Series: Pet Semetery

“Sometimes Dead is Better.” Pet Semetary remains one of my favorite horror movies of all time.  The book and the film are pretty scary not only because of what happens in the story but the fact that it takes everyday occurances and makes them horrifying.  Pet Semetery comes is based on real life happenings in …

Will30

A friend of mine recently started doing a podcast.  His podcast examines the world through arts and entertainment. “Will30 will look at our world through arts and entertainment. I have always been of the persuasion that cultures are not best defined and understood by their politics, economics, and sociology; but rather by the art and …