Christmas and Halloween reign supreme in terms of holiday-themed horror to the point that every other holiday pales in comparison when it comes to horror offerings. Easter does have a few selections to offer, but many of them don’t lean into any familiar holiday motifs. Then there are the horror films that get lumped in […]
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For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit Showtime’s “Masters of Horror,” which was created by Mick Garris and aired for two seasons between 2005 and 2007. It seemed like a horror fan’s wet dream: a horror anthology series with some of the greatest horror filmmakers of all time lensing short format horror films […]
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The story of Hocus Pocus is a wild one, as the 1993 film wasn’t a critical or financial success at the time of its release. Now considered a Halloween classic, so much so that it just spawned a hugely successful straight-to-streaming sequel last year (Hocus Pocus 2), the film was originally released in the summer […]
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Don’t believe anything you read. Hocus Pocus is a damn good movie. From its opening frame, the 1993 film contains all the magic and wonder you could want from a gateway horror movie – earning its place next to other ‘90s essentials like Halloweentown. It’s got a talking black cat, spooky spellcasting, a zombie, and […]
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While 1987’s Werewolf beat it to the punch by a few years, She-Wolf of London is still an important pioneer in lycan storytelling on television. This 1990 series was also ahead of the pack of other supernatural dramas that blended horror, humor, and romance. Created by Universal Television and MCA Television Entertainment as part of […]
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In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be tackling Mick Garris and Stephen King’s unfairly maligned Sleepwalkers! For every successful Stephen King adaptation, there are usually a handful of lesser projects lurking in its shadow. From Dreamcatcher to Lawnmower Man, the King of Horror actually has quite a few box-office bombs under his belt, […]
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Not all Stephen King adaptations are created equal, but the author usually keeps his criticisms to himself. The one exception is The Shining; King has been famously vocal, to varying extents over the years, about his issues with Stanley Kubrick’s take on his 1977 novel. King’s constant readers also grapple with the disconnect between the […]
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In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be discussing Mick Garris’ lesser-known Stephen King adaptation, Riding the Bullet. As of 2022, I think it’s safe to say that Stephen King is still the undisputed monarch of horror adaptations. However, while everyone has heard of Carrie and Misery, most of his massive cinematic catalog is comprised […]
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Founded by Saturn and Rondo Award-winning writer/producer Mark Alan Miller (Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut, BOOM! Studios’ Hellraiser comics), Encyclopocalypse Publications is set to publish the award-winning novels Our Lady of the Inferno and Headcheese, along with Mick Garris’ These Evil Things We Do, the sci-fi horror epic The Megarothke, and Michael J. Seidlinger’s My Pet […]
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They hide in plain sight and escape detection; they exemplify irrational evil. And the second they show their true colors, it may already be too late to fight back. Murder is their business, and wearing down prey is their game. The glut of killers in pop culture today does not erase the fact that these […]
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Almost every horror anthology, be it a movie or a TV series, has a gimmick. Some are attached to certain authors for their source material (Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, The Ray Bradbury Theater) while others are holiday-themed (Trick ‘r Treat, Into the Dark). The motifs are numerous. An anthology concept that stands out to […]
In addition to hosting the popular Post Mortem podcast, Mick Garris is also a Master of Horror, an icon of a filmmaker behind tons of horror goodies from Critters 2 to Sleepwalkers, Quicksilver Highway, and the more recent anthology Nightmare Cinema. Before the Stephen King craze, Garris would also direct several series from “The Stand” […]
Featuring horror movies from John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Dario Argento, Joe Dante, Takashi Miike, Stuart Gordon and more, Showtime’s horror anthology “Masters of Horror” was a show we may have taken for granted at the time but should have a much greater appreciation for today. Several of the top masters who created new terror tales […]
Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand, creatures crawl in search of blood, to terrorize y’alls neighborhood. But here’s the greatest trick of all, the song we’ll sing you won’t recall. It isn’t “Thriller” as you’ll see, but different tunes with HIStory… In 1996, Michael Jackson returned to the spooky […]
Perhaps it was penance that brought Pierce Brosnan back to Stephen King’s Dominion. After leading 1992’s The Lawnmower Man, an “adaptation” whose producers King sued in a bid to get his name removed, the actor signed onto director Mick Garris’ Bag of Bones, a 2011 A&E miniseries that’s nothing if not faithful to its source […]