Steveawiggins

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• Ending the Cycle

  

  Curious to finish out the “Poe Cycle” of American International Pictures, I looked up The Oblong Box. The only thing similar to Poe’s tale is the title, as... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shocking Story

  

  Much of life, it seems, we got right in childhood.  We “grow up” only to learn that others are always right about any multitude of things.  Then you reach an ag... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Next Phase

  

  Sometimes I get things backwards. You have to understand that in the pre-internet era finding information was somewhat dicey. Those of us from small towns had... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Those Who Know

  

  I felt a little bit odd being asked.  A local school invited me to be consulted on classroom decoration.  I took a total of one class in interior design as an... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Escape Room

  

  I didn’t go out looking for horror films in 1979. I knew about Alien, of course. Everyone did. Even in a small town. I didn’t see the movie until many years... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mind the Gap

  

  One of the general rules for writers is not to engage in too many platforms on social media.  There are a few reasons for this advice, the largest one being... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• After Daytime

  

  When you’re looking for freebies to watch, it helps to get some advice of what to see. Particularly if it’s older (and more likely to be available). Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gray Matter

  

  It seems to me that I was living in Boston the last time I read Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. That was long enough ago to have forgotten almost... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thankful Time

  

  Thanksgiving’s late this year, for which I’m thankful.  I must be nearing retirement age because I really could use a little more time off. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hungry Eyes

  

  They’re watching.  All the time.  I may be a quasi-paranoid neo-Luddite, but I have proof!  Who’s the “they”?  Technology nameless here forevermore.  So my... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Plan 9

  

  Dementia 13 is a strange little movie. It’s Francis Ford Coppola’s directorial debut, and it was produced by Roger Corman and released by American... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Being Somebody

  

  I am deeply honored, and a little puzzled, to have been recently selected to appear in Marquis Who’s Who. It came out of nowhere. (Actually, LinkedIn.) As far a... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Alice’s

  

  Sometimes I forget that movies are entertainment. I mean, they’re big business and make some people obscene amounts of money. In that respect they’re serious. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Re-Unborn

  

  Some months ago I wrote a post about the possession movie The Unborn. I don’t watch movies to pass the time. I watch them to learn something. And many horror... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Suitable Genre

  

  As I muse over genres, it seems that “low-budget Lovecraftian horror” might be an—ahem—suitable one. This is perhaps because Lovecraft has trouble being taken... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eating Conscience

  

  Elections notwithstanding, people—at least many of them—are becoming more accepting of those of us who are different.  Or so it seems on the ground, in some... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Life Plant

  

  If your backyard is like mine, you’ll find The Ruins scary. It’s pretty scary even if your plant-control skills are better than mine. There’ll probably be some... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dark Academia

  

  is the new gothic.  It’s all the rage on the internet, as I found out by releasing a YouTube video on the topic that quickly became my most popular. Still, I wa... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Still Sleepy

  

  One thing I quickly learned when beginning work on Sleepy Hollow as American Myth was that the story hadn’t really been studied too much by those with academic... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sowing Seeds

  

  The Bad Seed is one of the scariest movies Stephen King lists from about 1950 to 1980. Like many movies from before my time, I was unaware of it. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY