Day 6 of #31daysofhorror reviews Today’s review is brought to you by the letter: The Story: A family is terrorized by their eight year old’s imaginary friend. What I liked: This has the makings of something great. There’s an idea here just original enough that it holds your attention. There are so many elements of…
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Day 5 of #31daysofhorror reviews We all know this story right? A child’s doll becomes possessed by unimaginable evil and is obsessed with becoming a “real boy”. It’s a bloody take on Pinocchio and the “Boy who cried wolf” that spawned a horror movie icon – Chucky – and a slasher film franchise. Chunky was…
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Who has watched Dream House?
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Originally published and edited from my All Things MJ Cross Blogger on 3/1/2016. It’s critically acclaimed, and according to Stephen King, it scared the shit outta him. So as a horror movie fan, I had to go see what the fuss was all about. A devoutly Puritan family has been ousted from the safety of…
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Originally published and edit from my blogger February 22, 2016 Mix a babysitter-urban legend nightmare and an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and you got this made-for tv thriller. Based upon a young-adult lit novel written by novelist Richard Peck, the film revolves around the life of Gail Osborne (Kathleen Beller) as…
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For my first review of #31daysofhorror, I decided to go with something I had just finished reading. The Story: Hidden by fog, a mad man mows down, maims, and kills several people as they waited in a crowded parking lot. Dubbed the Mr. Mercedes, the case goes unsolved for a year. Now the killer is…
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We’re living out the greatest virus outbreak horror story in real time, and we’re all protagonists. Stay safe out there everyone. So how does one keep in the Halloween spirit while on quarantine? By delving into all things horror for the month of October. This act of bravery will remind us that while this may…
Read moreBook Review originally published October 17, 2014 How this got published is beyond me. How Mr. Patterson allowed his name to share any space with this circus is boggling. I picked it up and forced myself to finish, because the concept was unique. Sadly it read too much like a script and was far too…
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This is my second big leap of faith into taking my dream of being a working horror fiction writer seriously. I see a budding interest for writers like me and for stories that capture the experiences of people who’ve seen the things I’ve seen. I was born on Halloween in Boston, Mass, but M.J. Cross…
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