During my recent hiatus from the site, I have been adjusting some of my plans in regards to the blog.  A few things have been delayed, others will continue forward with only minor disruption, and a couple of brand new ideas have sprung to mind. I was hoping to launch my " Radio TCoT " project this October, but I will have to delay that until the end of May.  Until then, I'll use the time to learn and tinker with my sound editing software so that when I DO launch the podcast, I can present you with a decent product. With the new computer, I can once again resume work on " Project Terror Wear "- which is what I've named the ongoing development of hoodie and t-shirt designs for the site.  I have a couple of designs already created, and am working on getting them actually produced for sale.  I'll be posting sneek peaks of these designs over time, and will keep you all updated on this project. The first new "episode" of " What Movie We...

It has been a long 2 1/2 months since my last blog post here.  For that, I am sincerely sorry. July 15, which saw my last blog post, also saw us get flooded.  A valve on the hot water tank broke, and the water spread throughout the basement.  The damage amounted to the following items: The bathroom lino had to be replaced; The sink cabinet had to be replaced; The kitchen lino had to be replaced; The kitchen cabinets had to be replaced; The carpet outside the bathroom had to be replaced; The carpet by the laundry room had to be replaced; The living room carpet had to be replaced; The carpet in the two bedrooms had to be replaced; and A good chunk of the wall in my bedroom had to be replaced. That wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been plagued by computer problems as well.  Those included: Hard drives not being detected; Read disk errors with the hard drive; Blue screens of death; Computer freezing up; Sound card problems (including one insta...

What do you think of when you hear that someone is a blogger... especially a HORROR blogger? Do you envision a gloomy room lit by light filtering through the blinds as dust motes dance lazily in the dry breeze of an old fan?  Do images of a room consisting of shelves of horror DVD's, books, and collectibles come to mind?  How about a slightly disheveled shape hunched over in utter darkness tap tap tapping at a keyboard- their face lit by the cold blue glow of a computer monitor... empty pizza boxes and Twinkie wrappers scattered around their feet? Or do you imagine an average sort of person that you'd meet on the street, and think, " Hey, he's just like me ,"?  Well, that's the thing about horror bloggers- they can be ANYONE. ANYONE... even your Grandma could be one. Some people get a funny look on their face when I say that I write a blog about horror books and movies... a sort of, " You don't look like a gothic, Crow wannabe ," look....

Most readers are probably (hopefully) already familiar with one of the regular features of this blog- "What Movie Wednesday."  Right?  Right. Well, since the response to that feature has been good, it's about time that I add another regular feature- "Grave Questions".  In this feature, I'll be asking various horror related people questions... and they answer.  Or at least I hope they answer- as not doing so would make the articles really short. What sort of horror related people will I interview?  Well, I hope to talk to people who produce and direct horror films, people that star in horror films, people that write horror stories, host horror websites, host horror related podcasts, etc. I plan on doing this feature once a month if possible, so stay tuned for more! Some people will have noticed that the title banner at the top of the site has changed.  It's the first of some of the organization changes I'm going to be implementing over the c...

There comes a point in a writer's life (even if their writing consists mostly of babbling about horror movies), when they ponder whether or not their writing has an impact on anything or anyone. Well, Google helped me resolve that own sort of issue in my life. In addition to this blog, I submit my reviews to another great site- Horror-Movies.ca .  My username on that site is "TerrorCorner"... just like my Twitter name .  Well, I decided to Google, "TerrorCorner," and noticed something that helped to make me feel better about whether or not this blog is having an impact on things. Because apparently, it has. I have been finding that many of my reviews are appearing on sites OTHER than Horror-Movies.ca .  Even though most of those copies link back to Horror-Movies.ca , rather than my blog, there's a sense of satisfaction that comes from seeing my words spreading across the internet. Some of the sites I've found so far with my reviews...

Over the course of the past year or so, I have been asked by a few people a couple of simple questions: How do you determine what rating to give a movie, etc? and What makes you think that you're right about your rating? I'd like to take this time to answer these two questions. First, a quick and concise description of how I determine a movie's rating:   The Good : This a book, movie, or game that manages to fully engage my attention and suspension of disbelief. In a book or movie of this calibre, I tend to come to care about the characters and what happens to them. The story is unique, interesting, and well paced- with a style that actually manages to flip my emotional switches as it goes along. A book or movie that, when finished, make me want to sit down and experience it again. The Bad : This is a book, movie, or game that is hit and miss when it comes to engaging my attention and making me slip into the world described within. In a book or movie...

Today marks the beginning of a new year... in fact, it marks the beginning of the last year according to the Mayan Calendar.  I'll have to remember to stock up on beer for it. Anyways, as those of you that actually keep track of this blog probably noticed, I stopped posting just after Halloween.  My life had just gone through a bit of a change around that time in that I had just gotten a job that had working alternating shifts that pretty much screwed up my sleep patterns.  If I wasn't working, I was pretty much sleeping.  I simply didn't have the time- or the energy to post my reviews here... nor was I able to do the Twitter commentary for my friends at "Film Reviews From the Basement" during their radio broadcasts.  Hell, I haven't watched a horror movie since Halloween. It really sucked. Well, 2012 has been marked by another change in my life- I got laid off.  On one hand, it bites since I no longer have a steady pay cheque, and some of the thin...