Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: nfp
Scary Movies: Frankenstein (1931)
One of our movies during our annual horror movie festival last year, and a true classic. After Universal’s huge success with Dracula earlier in 1931, the film company searched for an immediate follow up, and settled on Mary’s Shelley’s 1818 morality tale of a… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Frankenstein (1931)”
Scary Movies: Creature from the Black Lagoon
We watched this movie during our Halloween film series last year. The kids liked it a lot, and I found it entertaining if cheesy. I believe I’ve read that the special effects in this movie were innovative, as it was the first time movie… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Creature from the Black Lagoon”
Scary Movies: Phantom of the Opera
This was our family movie last Saturday. It was scary enough my son had to leave the room at one point! This was the version done by Hammer in 1962, and according to Wikipedia had an unusually large budget for a Hammer film, including… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Phantom of the Opera”
Scary Movies: The Wolf Man
My daughter really likes this one for some reason, so we’ve seen it the past two Halloweens in a row. I, however, found it to be the most disappointing movie included in Universal’s two-volume classic monster collection. Compared to the likes of Dracula and… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Wolf Man”
Scary Movies: King Kong
Now here’s a true classic, whose imagery has embedded itself in our culture, and which has been re-made multiple times. Surely I don’t need to describe the plot, right? A giant gorilla, discovered by the obsessive Carl Denham on mysterious Skull Island, whom he… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: King Kong”
My Favorite Peanuts Strip
Still experimenting/enjoying the new scanner. Here’s my favorite Peanuts strip of all time, a Sunday strip from August 1960:
What I’m Reading: A Family of Value
A Family of Value is a practical, hands-on book by John Rosemond on how to raise respectful, resourceful, and responsible children. John Rosemond is a child psychologist who believes that most of the child psychology of the past several decades has been counter-productive, and that… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: A Family of Value”
Scary Movies: The Thing
John Carpenter remade the Thing From Another Planet (1951) in 1982. I wonder if this was the first example of the sub-genre of action-horror? Certainly, Aliens (1986), Predator (1987), Pitch Black (2000), and the 1999 remake of The Mummy, fall into this genre. But I can’t… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Thing”
