Blithe Spirits
I recently watched Blithe Spirit (2020) and was struck by how much of the Ghost Story genre is actually in this comedy. The film version Read More
Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
Let’s Haunt a House: Young Ghostbreakers
A Long Tradition “Let’s Haunt a House” by Manly Wade Wellman is an interesting middle stop in a line that runs to this day. Boys’ Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More
The Day of the Animals: Nature Horror of the 1970s
I’d love to tell you that Arthur Machen’s horror classic, The Terror (1917) was responsible for all those “Killer” movies of the 1970s. I’d love Read More
Link: Mike Shayne’s Weirdest Case
Spoiler Alert: this piece will reveal the solution to both a story and a TV episode discussed. Tough guy private eyes are not known for Read More
The Comic Books of Patricia Highsmith
Before Patricia Highsmith became a bestselling Mystery writer, penning such classics as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, she worked in comics. Read More
Creating Monsters II: The Birds
What Daphne du Maurier does in “The Birds” was not new. H. G. Wells was her mentor, I believe, for he wrote several stories about Read More
Rear Windows: Hollywood and Cornell Woolrich
In 2007, the movie Disturbia, starring Shia Lebeouf, came and went and the older crowd just shrugged and said, “Rear Window”. Replace the word “murderer” Read More