A Far Out Fantastic Site

You're probably wondering why I haven't been posting in the last three weeks. First of all, I was recovering from minor surgery. It was an in-and-out thing, but the recovery at home took a couple of weeks. I resumed my regular writing routine only last Monday. That Saturday before, I was well enough to get around on my own but was still trying to take it easy and didn't want to put too much demand on my writing. So, that’s the other reason I haven’t posted until now. I took that Saturday off, a day when I normally prepare that following Monday’s blog post, and saw "Godzilla x Kong" which I have a mini review of for you. I also have updates on my latest book projects: my upcoming short story collection, “Bad Apps”, and a one-short story book.  Credit: Pixabay Mini Movie Review: 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' The problem with many of today's popcorn movies, or movies that are made simply for fun entertainment, is that they often get very edgy. What I ...

It has no skin! Or does it? This sculpture of an alien is said to be from the H.R. Giger Museum. Photo Credit: Pixabay.com I finally saw A Quiet Place yesterday evening. It was really good in almost all aspects. T he story to this film was not made to be merely an audience pleaser. This was an intelligently made movie with well-developed characters and a well-written storyline. But the monsters were designed terribly. So as not to create any spoilers I won’t go into too many details, but at many points in the film the monsters looked like they were cut open in parts of their bodies. I know that’s been a major characteristic in the creatures of horror films ever since Alien in the late ‘70s, but it’s been over done too many times. I’m not against the design of the Alien movies’ exoskeleton creatures that’s muscle tissues seem to be exposed. In fact, the first movie has been one of my favourites among sci fi horror. But those monsters were Ridley Scott and H.R. Gige...

Credit: Pixabay.com The most current horror story I’m writing is a haunted house one but the challenge is in coming up with unique monsters. So far I’ve steered clear of the vampires and zombies (unless you count attacking skeletons, which I don’t because they don’t have enough flesh to be considered a corpse). I don’t want to create any spoilers, but the monsters that are cliché in this story are more so in high fantasy than in straight horror. For the past decade, vampires and zombies have dominated the horror/sci fi scene. As with many types of monsters, their popularity is a phase. Vampires have been fading out in the last year or so. Although the two will be in the popular imagination for years to come, like everything else they are fads and fads eventually fade out. Aliens were a fad in the ‘90s and early 2001s; pirates were a fad in the late 2001s through the early half of the present decade. As much as I love zombies, their popularity will probably be used ...