“You rewriting the whole thing, or just the parts that suit your needs?” Children of the Corn must have one of the longest ratios of original word count to franchise running time in history. This is a 29-page short story that went on to spawn …
Killtoberfest 4 – #14: The Dead Zone
“If you could go back in time to Germany, before Hitler came to power, knowing what you know now, would you kill him?” Political horror tends toward the satirical–politicians who literally make deals with the devil, or absurd corporate conspiracies, ala The Stuff. The Dead Zone is …
Killtoberfest 4 – #12: Cujo
Vic: “There are no real monsters.” Tad: “Except for the one in my closet.” Horror stories can be divided into two camps: those about inside evil and those about outside evil. Inside evil is the kind we’re all familiar with: Inside evil is human weakness and human hate; …
Killtoberfest 4 – #11: Christine (1983)
I broke a thousand hearts Before I met you I’ll break a thousand more, baby Before I am through I wanna be yours pretty baby Yours and yours alone I’m here to tell ya honey That I’m bad to the bone –lyrics, “Bad to the Bone” (George …
Killtoberfest 4 – #9: Creepshow
“I told you before I didn’t want you to read this crap. I never saw such rotten crap in my life.” Is Creepshow bad, or is Creepshow not for me? I wonder if this is how the people who didn’t like Grindhouse felt. Both are movies where two talented artists …