Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Back from the Beach!
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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Glad you had a nice break and you returned alive.
ReplyDeleteExtra happy you didn't have a review of Blood Beach as I scrolled down past the classic film image. : )
Hi Sci-Fi Fanatic:
ReplyDeleteGood to be back and rested after a few days in the sun.
Joel had a great time at the beach (and on his first ferry ride; and on his first visit to an aquarium...).
I spared you the Blood Beach review, but interested parties can check out my book Horror Films of the 1980s, where I did review that not-so-great horror movie!
All my best,
JKM
It is a cheese classic. I definitely wouldn't mind Blood Beach.
ReplyDeleteOn a more important note. Those moments with Joel. Very special. Very very nice. Nice to hear. Good you were there to enjoy them.