Steveawiggins

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• A Footnote

  

  I was recently compelled to use footnotes.  I don’t mean the clever asides that capable writers sometimes utilize to spice up subjects by making points off... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Demonic Night

  

  I only discovered after watching Night of the Demons (2009) that it was a remake. Eventually curiosity got the best of me and I had a spare moment to watch the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Love Life

  

  Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on UnsplashI suppose that it’s good to keep Valentine’s Day mostly private, but there was some wisdom to how it... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scholarly Publishing

  

  So here’s the thing about innocuous names—they don’t work well with the internet.  Search engines throw a rod trying to find something so insipid that it might... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out of Season

  

  Culture fascinates me. And one of my favorite aspects of culture is holidays. I realize that’s a privileged thing to say but were we living among the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Bram

  

  I guess I wasn’t sure if Stoker was horror or not. It’s similar to Hitchcock in many ways, and some suggest it’s a “thriller” rather than horror proper. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Drac Ops

  

  Just don’t ask, okay? Like most things in my life, I discovered Dr. McNinja way past when it was popular. Who knows? Maybe it’s still popular. I’m not the best... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Using Brains

  

  I’m old enough to know better.  Here’s a thought.  I recently saw a headline that suggested human brains filter out things like ESP because brains evolved to... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seeing in Darko

  

  Having seen it I have to wonder why I waited so long. Part of it was timing, of course. I was still teaching at Nashotah House when Donnie Darko came out, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Another

  

  Like much of the other information that I’ve managed to pick up in these six decades of wandering the planet, my knowledge of horror is self-taught. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Strangers

  

  Okay, so I like to think that I’m a reasonably intelligent person.  I can drive a car.  I’ve read over two thousand books.  I have been blogging for nearly a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mind Echoes

  

  One of the things that must be frustrating about making movies is that so much competition exists. Even when you hit on a great idea, such as using a Richard... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not So E-Z

  

  Paying for someone else’s mistake.  That’s what technocracy brings.  We’ve used E-Z Pass for years.  We first got initiated in Pennsylvania although we lived... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heavy Machinery

  

  Funny how some things just stick in your mind. And then come back at odd times. Killdozer was a television movie from 1974. I must’ve watched it pretty close... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For the Music

  

  Believe me, I’ve tried.  I took a year of piano lessons but just couldn’t get it.  I married a musician.  I tried to learn guitar. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out There

  

  While Amazon Prime includes a few A-list horror movies, those that it does I’ve already watched. Since I can’t afford to pay for this habit, I watch what’s free... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Libraries

  

  It felt like a rare, and momentous moment in a young writer’s life.  While working at Routledge I happened to notice that the New York Public Library did not... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not All Vampires

  

  Early film research owes great debt to YouTube. Many historic and significant films cannot be purchased or watched anywhere else. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• First Stories

  

  I won’t say more than that her first name was Tina.  She lived next door to us in the earliest boyhood home I can remember.  She was a few years older than my... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nun Too Soon

  

  Following a horror franchise from the beginning is a rarity. At least it is for me. Now that I’ve seen The Nun II, I’m caught up on the Conjuring universe, for... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY