Tropes: “You’re Crazy Kolchak!”

(Originally posted on March 14, 2018) The “You’re Crazy Kolchak!” Trope is a trope exclusive to science fiction, fantasy and horror.  It’s a very annoying one.  It started out all right, but has been repeated so many times past its expiration date, that it does vex me so. What am I talking about?  Okay, for […]

Society: A Weird Lovecraftian Movie

(Originally posted on July 26, 2017) Society is a bizarre movie.  Some might quibble with me labeling it “Lovecraftian”, but there are definitely elements that fit. I saw this thing while stationed in Germany in the early 90s.  A lieutenant and I would regularly swap weird movies with one another to try to ‘out-weird’ the […]

Island of Terror: A Nifty Horror Movie

(Originally posted on April 12, 2017) Island of Terror scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.  In fact, I only made it through a few scenes before running to the other side of the house and hiding.  I didn’t remember the name for years.  Only with the advent of the internet […]