CRUMBS
CRUMBS by Serena Edwards It couldn’t be her? How could it? Today was meant to be happy. Scarlett and her family had loved my idea of having a daytime engagement party. John, Scarlet’s dad, had kicked out the barbeque, and…
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150 Words About . . . HOUNDS OF LOVE (2016)
By James Newman Hounds of Love is a thriller from down unda’ that’s loosely based on the real-life crimes perpetrated in 1986 by Australian psychos David and Catherine Birnie. A young lady (NOS4A2’s Ashleigh Cummings) is abducted by a couple…
GIVE CHASE
GIVE CHASE by Brady Golden The first time, he doesn’t think much of it. He’s new to the building, after all, and unused to its various sounds. It could have been someone else’s door he heard, or maybe not even…
150 Words About . . .SHUTTER (2004)
by James Newman This wonderfully eerie film from Thailand takes that “long-haired ghost girl” trope so prevalent in Asian horror films of the early ‘00s – films like Ringu, Ju-On, etc. — and makes it scary again. Really scary. In fact, this…
THE BLOOD GROVE
THE BLOOD GROVEby Tom Gordon Horseshoe, Montana, 1870. The slashing and whipping blizzard-wind of the Montana mountains blustered with a ferocity akin to that of a starving scavenger, nipping and biting at any and all exposed flesh, with each rupturing…
150 Words About . . .THE MIST (2007)
By James Newman Directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), The Mist might be the best Stephen King adaptation ever made. A group of people are trapped in a supermarket after a storm hits town . .…
STORM SURGE
STORM SURGEby Guy Riessen Howling wind blasted the old man’s yellow slicker as bruised, bloated clouds churned overhead. Rain slashed, and Sam Baylee cut the video as Sarah Jennings, “Channel 7 News,” jabbed her mic under her arm. Head down,…
150 Words About . . .NEAR DARK (1987)
By James Newman It’s a horror flick. It’s also a Western, kinda. And it was the directorial debut of future Academy Award-winner Kathyrn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker). No wonder it’s so good. When cowboy Caleb meets Mae, it’s love at…
GEARSHIFT
GEARSHIFT by Patrick R. Wilson The older gas-powered Lincoln rolled up smoothly, making no splash in the curbside puddle. Driver’s face (human, of course, the Others could operate few Earth machines) stared impassively behind the wipers clicking in the drizzle.…
150 Words About . . .SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
By James Newman No way you haven’t seen this, right? Sigh. There’s one in every crowd . . . Speaking of slackers, Shaun’s a thirtysomething pothead who trudges through life with zero aspirations beyond playing videogames, which makes him lose…
BOOMER TRAP
BOOMER TRAP by Dale L. Sproule Jacket weather finally settled in after our long, sputtering summer. My wife, Wendy, used to come on these walks with me until her wonky knees turned me into a lone wolf on my weekly…
150 Words About . . .INSIDE (2007)
By James Newman An exercise in pure tension straight outta the nation that gave America the Statue of Liberty, Inside demands something in return. It’ll have you gnawing at your fingernails even if you’ve never been a slave to that…
