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• Saint Maud is One of Those Movies That Requires Some Thou...

  

  Saint Maud is one of those movies that requires some thought. (And I’ve been giving it plenty.) It follows a brief time in the life of Maud, a hospice nurse... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prolonged Re-entry

  

  It’s a trope as old as holiday decorations themselves.  We all know the house (or plural) where the Christmas decorations remain until it’s warm and light enoug... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• H. P. Luca

  

  Disney has a lot of cash lying around, which means they can buy things.  One of those acquisitions, some years ago, was Pixar.  In my mind Pixar is now Disney,... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out of Hades

  

  They went together naturally, like chocolate and peanut butter.  Just about seven months ago Jim Steinman died.  Then yesterday, Meat Loaf. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Getting Used

  

  Unknowing is a blessing in disguise sometimes.  There is so much to learn and, regrettably, little time outside work to do it.  Books are my life.  I work in... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Noise

  

  There’s a real danger, it seems, to having an open mind. We live in a world defined and classified by materialists. They hold sway not only over science and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightmares with Poe

  

  A review of Nightmares with the Bible recently appeared in which the reviewer said he didn’t get the Poe references. Indeed, the anonymous reviewer said the sam... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Are Ghosts Monsters?

  

  It’s a question as old as my interest in horror.  As a child I kept ghosts distinct from monsters.  Ghosts may be scary, yes, but they’re people who’ve died. ... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In the Name of

  

  I recently heard someone who’s obsessed with honorifics opine that we should never mention Martin Luther King Jr. without his full titles. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Higher Learning?

  

  I was reading, as one does, about a mental institution.  In the last century they were often called, rather insensitively, “lunatic asylums. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rusticated Fears

  

  I don’t recommend sick days.  This one was weird with all the symptoms of illness but really having them just be the side-effects of a shingles vaccine. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Homegrown Haunts

  

  The thing about the unknown is that it’s, well, unknown. Like many people I’m interested in getting at the truth behind ghost claims, so American Hauntings:... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Phobia Therapy

  

  I don’t like being scared.  That’s why I watch horror.  You see, many people deal with fear by running away from it.  Embracing artificial fears, however,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wicker Redux

  

  The Wicker Man (1973) is a cult classic. If it had had proper distribution and promotion it might’ve become a more mainstream hit when it was released. Instead... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Day of the Lord

  

  The kindly folks at Horror Homeroom recently asked me if I’d review the new movie, The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord. Since I’ve been occasionally writing... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Mystique of Research

  

  One thing that many people may not understand about research is that those trained in it are basically learning how to find stuff out. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Come In

  

  It feels good.  To be invited, that is.  Like many people I know how rare it can be.  When teaching at Nashotah House, invitations were scarce.  It’s a small... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Anticipating Holidays

  

  There’s that mundanity that sets in after the twelve days of Christmas are over that reminds us we’re back into regular time.  Many people no longer believe in... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghost Chasing

  

  I’ve known about Quirk Books from their very first publication. That’s a rarity, I suppose, since many publishers have been around far longer than I have. I ten... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Nature of Epiphany

  

  Last year on January 6 we had an epiphany.  Many of us thought, I suspect, that since the angry mob wanted to kill Republicans and Democrats both that their... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY