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• The Queen

  

  It’s a confused mess of a movie. I have a fondness for ghost stories, and when I saw Haunting of the Queen Mary on a streaming service I use, I figured why... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Free Parking

  

  Okay, so I don’t live on my phone.  I use it rarely.  I don’t text.  I don’t watch videos on my phone.  I don’t use it for listening to music.  One place,... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seasonal Horror

  

  It was a rare combination: Friday the 13th, Saturday Valentine’s Day, and Monday some federal holiday. One of our first friends as a couple called unexpectedly... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Virtues of Fiction

  

  So, my first royalty statement for Sleepy Hollow as American Myth arrived. It is my poorest selling book ever, not even notching up to Nightmares with the Bible... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spells

  

  I suspect the reason Incantation was recommended to me is that it is an intimate blend of religion and horror. A Taiwanese horror film, the highest grossing eve... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• AI Death

  

  I was scrolling, which is rare for me, through a social media platform where someone had posted a heartfelt comment after the death of actor Catherine O’Hara. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• With Thorns

  

  I’ve seen T. Kingfisher’s books on the tables of various bookstores and I’ve noted them. I wasn’t sure if they were horror since the tables have always had... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Retro Fear

  

  Maybe I shouldn’t have started. This was, however, a recommendation from a friend, so I watched Fear Street 1994. I say maybe I shouldn’t have watched it becaus... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Dismal Science

  

  I kind of resent it.  I was was having a conversation with a friend about retirement.  He knows our circumstances (my middling and muddling career) and suggeste... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Loss and Beauty

  

  Losing someone close to you is never easy. We of our species are closely interconnected, but family is where we feel the safest and, hopefully, most accepted. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Murder in Oxford

  

  The Oxford Murders isn’t a bad effort as a thriller, but where it works is as dark academia. This 2008 movie didn’t have significant box office take, so it may... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whose Smile?

  

  Amazon’s smile logo is a mask.  I use Amazon when I need something specific and I don’t have time to run around to six or seven stores to see if I can find it (... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Don’t Tank It

  

  The Tank is a reasonably well done monster movie. It isn’t great, but monsters are monsters and they can be appreciated in their own right. The main problem of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Laughing Matter?

  

  I sincerely hope AI is a bubble that will burst.  Some of its ridiculousness has been peeking out from under its skirts from the beginning, but an email I had... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• That House

  

  In this season of deportations, thinking about what it means to be a refugee couldn’t be more important. The horror film His House makes you do just that. Bol... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hinge Years

  

  I recently read about “hinge years.”  Some historians use this as a kind of shorthand for a particularly tumultuous year in the history of the world, or of a... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Uncomfortable Truths

  

  Horror makes us confront uncomfortable truths. I suspect Birth/Rebirth might be the kind of movie to contain triggers for some folks. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Unsolved

  

  Strange as it may seem, the world of academic religious studies can have high drama. On May 21, 1991, Ioan Petru Culianu, a professor of religion at the... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Again!

  

  The only reason I heard of Repossessed is because my wife read about it in a local newspaper. This is true although I’d written a book about the Bible in... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Optimistic Moves

  

  I’ve been thinking about moving lately.  No, not planning to move, but just thinking about the process.  A family member recently moved, and we have new... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY