Bonnie Bramlett was deliberate in her watchfulness of him, this incarnation of the latest thing, this critics darling, as he swaggered to their table. Once there, he went straight to the bottle. Her faced beamed like a flop-house blub, I am not impressed, not that he knew who she was (he most likely didn’t) and […]
Month / September 2021
The Creep Horror Franchise, (2014, 2017) directed by Patrick Brice; Psychological/Found-footage Horror
So, director Patrick Brice’s Creep franchise isn’t really horror–at least not in the pedestrian sense. It’s not slasher, though from the title and the title cards you might expect it to be. That or exploitation. See what I mean? And in my opinion, that’s a mistake. Not that I have anything against slasher or exploitation, […]
Memories of Naps, Cotton’s Dream…And Mrs. Hughes
When I was a kid I had to take an afternoon nap. And though I’ve always required more sleep than most, I hated it. My mother was very strict about naps. (Apparently, if I didn’t get enough rest I would turn into a near demon, the transformation reeking havoc with my respiratory system.) She, or […]