Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: horror
Scary Movies: Freaks
Yay, it’s October, and that means it’s time for the annual Bruner Halloween movie festival! Our first movie this year was one I’ve wanted to see for a long time, Freaks, from 1932. Freaks is famous, indeed notorious, for using actual circus sideshow exhibits… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Freaks”
What I’m Reading: Roundup
On Free Comic Book Day back in May, I picked up some of the sale books at my local comic shop. Let’s go over a couple of those: The Building Starting in 1978 with his A Contract With God, Will Eisner, already a legendary… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Roundup”
Scary Movies: Alien Resurrection
Okay, last horror movie from my family’s annual October horror moviethon. At my son’s strong request, we watched the fourth movie in the Alien franchise, Alien Resurrection. Previously on this site, the first Alien movie was the only horror movie I’ve reviewed to receive… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Alien Resurrection”
Scary Movies: Day of the Dead
Still wrapping up the horror movie reviews from October… Now we come to the third in director/writer/producer George Romero’s zombie trilogy, Day of the Dead. The first two (Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, which I reviewed here) are among my… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Day of the Dead”
Scary Movies: The Haunting
Ach! Behind by three scary movies! Okay, last time I promised I would review a bad one and a good one, and I did the bad one. This time, we’ll do a good one, The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise in 1963. This was… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Haunting”
Scary Movies: House of Wax
As usual in October, I’m running a little behind on my horror movie reviews! Okay, we’ve seen a good one and a bad one in the past couple weeks. Let’s start with the bad one! The House of Wax stars Vincent Price as Dr.… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: House of Wax”
Scary Movies: The Raven
It’s October, and that means it’s time for the annual Bruner horror movie festival! Our first movie this year is The Raven, the second Roger Corman-directed Edgar Allan Poe movie we’ve watched (last year I reviewed Tales of Terror). The Raven is a horror-comedy,… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Raven”
Scary Movies: A Quiet Place
I’m not sure why, but for some reason my kids really wanted to see A Quiet Place, a horror movie that’s recently been in theaters. Maybe other kids at school were talking about it, I don’t know. After researching the movie a little bit, my… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: A Quiet Place”
