Tag Archives: Poltergeist

It’s Official! You Suck! The Cheap Life Cheapens Death Edition

        The older I get, the more I’ve come to appreciate life.  At 41, I’ve likely lived about half of mine already, and I love every day I spend breathing and living.  This really crystallized for me … Continue reading

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CONVENTION REPORT: Chiller Theatre October 2012

        The More Things Change… (the more the Cliché Stays the Same)   Chiller Theatre, Parsippany, NJ   October 26-28 at the Parsippany Sheraton     When I’d heard months before the October Chiller that the show was changing … Continue reading

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Who Exactly Is Sharing These Scary Ghost Stories?

        Ed. note- George Wyle, the man behind the lyrics I discuss below, also wrote the words for “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island,” which became a standard in the minds of classic TV sitcoms.  It also explains … Continue reading

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A Gifted Man (TV)

          Ghosts on the brain and a love of Patrick Wilson led Phil a bit beyond fright as he reviews CBS’s too quickly cancelled A Gifted Man.  It’s not likely to suit all horror fans, but it’s … Continue reading

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Hell of Fame Inductee: Zelda Rubinstein

    Zelda Rubinstein   as  channeled by Nicole Fiss             I am forever a child of the 80′s.  I grew up in a world filled with Jason, Michael and Freddy.  We had Leatherface, Pinhead, … Continue reading

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5 Women Worthy of the Hell of Fame

        In the wake of Jamie Lee Curtis’ change of heart about appearing at a horror con, I’ve been thinking a lot about just how important, and just how underappreciated, women in horror are.  The lion’s share … Continue reading

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The Creases Make It Reel

          My dad used to tell me when I was a kid that he was born in the wrong time, and he should’ve been an officer in Hitler’s army.  He’d regale me with stories about Panzer … Continue reading

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