since 2009 Mike has written about independent horror, science fiction, cult and thrillers through his own blog All Things Horror along with various other spots on the web. Film Thrills marks his attempt to take things up a notch, expand his viewing and writing horizons and to entertain and engage his audience while doing so.
When Mike's not writing or watching movies, you can find him reading to his little girl, or doing science experiments with her, or trying to convince her that the term "chicken butt" comes from people putting chicken nuggets down their underwear. at age five, she's too smart to believe most of what he says.
since 2009 Mike has written about independent horror, science fiction, cult and thrillers through his own blog All Things Horror along with various other spots on the web. Film Thrills marks his attempt to take things up a notch, expand his viewing and writing horizons and to entertain and engage his audience while doing so.
When Mike's not writing or watching movies, you can find him reading to his little girl, or doing science experiments with her, or trying to convince her that the term "chicken butt" comes from people putting chicken nuggets down their underwear. at age five, she's too smart to believe most of what he says.
Netflix pulled off a pretty neat gimmick last night by dropping the trailer for The Cloverfield Paradox and then nonchalantly telling viewers, “Oh by the way, the movie goes live after the game, TONIGHT.” No teaser trailers months ahead of time, no extended viral marketing campaign, no press junkets or...
*Yes, I know I’m two days behind everyone else posting about this trailer. Time is a flat circle, blah blah blah. Start your own damn site. Hot damn, HEREDITARY looks like the real deal. A24 looks to continue its streak of putting out snazzy genre fare and if...
To be a parent is to, at some point in your life, find yourself overcome with the urge to blissfully murder your children. It may occur around the ten thousandth sacrifice one makes on their child’s behalf. It could be the millionth exasperated eye roll while their oh-so-breakable...
*Says Mike, who, to be fair, missed a lot of stuff this year. It only makes sense that my list is two weeks two late. 2017 was an incredible year for cinema as a whole, and a standout year for horror films specifically, and I feel like I...
One of the most exciting, if controversial, choices Rian Johnson made in The Last Jedi is the way he chose to resolve the “mystery box” surrounding Rey and who her parents are. Johnson made a brave, smart choice that potentially bursts open the Star Wars universe and what...
Man reviewing THE LAST JEDI is going to be a damn tough task. In the interest of letting readers go in as fresh as possible, I’ll keep the plot description to a minimum, though there’s mild spoilers ahead. In the interest of not coming off like a drooling...
If the latest nugget of news from John Carpenter is to be taken at face value, we’re entering the age of the Halloween multi-verse. Interest in the latest installment of the franchise, number eleven in the series, reached a fever pitch not too long ago with the announcement...
In 2014, a little horror film infused some fresh blood into the found footage subgenre and became regarded in some circles as a critical watch for fans during Halloween Season. The Houses That October Built was centered around a novel and fun concept: a group of friends travelled...
All I can say is…HOLY FUCK BALLS. Allow me to insert the standard disclaimer that this fall marks the fifth year I’m serving as one of the cohosts of the Telluride Horror Show, and my second as an associate programmer, but good good almighty, no matter what, this...
With just under three months to go before the 2017 Telluride Horror Show launches, the event had the kind of problem most programmers would kill for. Three day passes had been snatched at such a high rate, there were less than ten remaining for sale despite not only...