Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4115 )

• Thinking Thinking

  

  Something that’s been on my mind (anticipatory pun) lately, has been thought.  More especially, the quality of thought.  We are conscious beings, although... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Learning to Write

  

  It’s a reciprocal relationship.  Ideally a symbiosis.  The publisher has a reach, and know-how, that an author lacks.  An author provides content the publisher... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lying Beneath

  

  If you wait long enough you can find successful films for free on Amazon Prime. What Lies Beneath had big-name star power and still retains a “horror”... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Easter Fools

  

  One of the most interesting aspects of Easter is its peripatetic nature.  It wanders around the calendar awaiting the first Sunday after the first full moon... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• What Would Ostara Say?

  

  Easter is an uneven holiday.  In Britain it leads to days off work.  In the US, which prides itself on being religious, it’s business as usual.  Nobody closes... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Movie Prophet

  

  Is there such a thing as a movie so bad that it can distort reality itself? If so, I nominate A Haunting in Salem. A little explanation. I am trying to develop... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tracing Writers

  

  Ratiocination. Detection. There’s something compelling about that clear, crystalline logic that leads to solid conclusions. I was floored by Don Foster’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Changes

  

  It’s one of those polarizing movies. Well, maybe middling-polarizing. For certain kinds of people. I didn’t see The Changeling when it came out, but I watched i... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Squeaky Clean?

  

  A New York Times story, apart from the expected misunderstanding of actual Evangelicals, made me sad. The article points out that, especially since 2016,... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• They Come in Batches

  

  There’s horror and there’s comedy horror. And then there’s just plain silly. Gremlins 2: The New Batch falls into that last category but with the strange... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As We Know It

  

  The end of the world, as we know it, is really more recent than we think.  Yes, Christians of a certain stripe have been looking for the second coming since... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mirror Gothic

  

  I have a soft spot for gothic novels. I get the sense that Rebecca James set out to write the most gothic novel ever in The Woman in the Mirror. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Gather Round

  

  The church has been keeping secrets. That’s the basic premise behind a fair raft of horror films. Apart from giving those of us watching religion and horror... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Showing Gratitude

  

  Stealing is something that we all, except some capitalists, know is wrong. I think quite a lot about the land that was stolen to make America possible and I kno... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hellish Fears

  

  Aporripsophobia, the fear of rejection, and the fear of punishment (mastigophobia, or as I prefer, “spankophobia”) are closely related. They define me. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Which Witch Where?

  

  I like to think of myself as a kind critic. I’ve been on the pointy end enough to know how it feels when those who don’t like my work are unkind. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Balance

  

  Spring came early this year.  I’m not talking about Punxsutawney Phil, but rather the fact that a leap year shifts the vernal equinox a day forward.  According... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bigger Picture

  

  One of the quirks of my thought process is that I tend to look for the bigger picture.  I’ve always done this and I suspect it drives some people batty when the... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monster v. Alien

  

  “Horror” is a faulty genre category. Nobody quite knows where its boundaries lie. Take Predator, for instance. I recently watched it for the first time... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Forewarning

  

  The Devil’s Advocates series, as you learn from pitching and writing one, promotes alternative views on horror films. Adrian Schober’s treatment of The Omen... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY