Haunted House In Space. Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece “ALIEN” took a simple, 1950s ‘monster on a spaceship’ B-movie story and wrapped it in glossy, A-movie production design and quality. Its status among fans has since become legendary, on a par with horror films such as “The Exorcist” and “Psycho” as well as sci-fi…
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Requiem for a nightmare; James Cameron’s “The Terminator” (1984)…
“What day is it? The date! What year?” October 26th, 1984. I still remember my sister coming home raving about a movie she saw with her then-boyfriend in the fall of 1984. It was a new Arnold Schwarzenegger movie and the next day she was telling me all about how truly good and scary it…
Comic Con Revolution, Ontario, California 2018; the little convention that grew…
In its second year now, Comic Con Revolution at Ontario, California (not the Canadian province, just to be clear) has seen its attendance numbers grow in leaps and bounds over last year. In 2017, my wife and I tried this local convention (only 20-odd minutes away by freeway) in its inaugural year. It was charming….
Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek 