Back in 2001, I attended the I.C.O.N. convention here on Long Island. I was going from panel to panel when I walked into a room where the creators and actors of the original Battlestar Galactica series were petitioning to get an all new Battlestar series going on the...
With Battle Royale, director Kinji Fukasaku created a metaphor for the trials of life, a satire upon government, a critique of interpersonal bonds, a parody of reality television, a study of social Darwinism, and a scathing piece of black humor. Imagine Lord of the...
About a month ago I attended a mass signing of horror writers to kick off the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards. Needless to say, I was excited. Many of my favorite horror writers were in attendance. The turnout was nothing great, however, upon going to the event, I read the...
With the year 2012 looming over us and false prophets claiming the end of the world is coming any day now, many of us fail to recognize the possible invasion of an alien species as a world ending experience. Hollywood sure thinks it is a possibility and has done so...
Years ago, when I first started discovering mid-list horror writers and their work, there was a book that always interested me, written by J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams, entitled Clickers. I really didn’t know much about the book other than it was about an invasion...