Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Video Visions6 Comments on Welcome to the Videodrome! There was no way of knowing how much that top loading Fisher VCR with wired remote control would change all of our lives. We were a family of movie addicts. We had a theater called The Kent two blocks away that showed double features and had a balcony where all sorts of shenanigans ensued, especially … Continue Reading! “Welcome to the Videodrome!”
Decades before the Dos Equis commercials, Vincent Price was “the most interesting man in the world.” Or at least, in my world. I think I was six or seven when I first saw him on TV. Was it his guest appearance as a sinister archaeologist on an after-school rerun of The Brady Bunch? Or maybe … Continue Reading! “Interview: Victoria Price”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Horror Drive-InLeave a comment on The Time the Good Guys Won The Time the Good Guys Won One of the mainstays of fandom is the convention. Pros and fans gathering together, interacting, buying and selling stuff, getting shitfaced. Sometimes deals are made. Indelible relationships are born. A good time is generally had by all. One year at a large convention held in the Mid-Atlantic area, something … Continue Reading! “The Time the Good Guys Won”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews1 Comment on Review: ‘Deadsville’ by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster Deadsville by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster Downtown Books Publishing (September 2015) 200 pages; $22.49 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by Josh Black 1 TOWN. 2 AUTHORS. 13 TALES OF HORROR. That’s the short and sweet pitch for Deadsville, the first anthology from authors T.D. Trask and Dale Elster. The fictional upstate New York town of Rock Creek is host … Continue Reading! “Review: ‘Deadsville’ by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: 'Disappearance at Devil's Rock' by Paul Tremblay Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay William Morrow (June 21, 2016) 336 pages; $17.76 hardcover; $12.99 e-book Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Quiet horror is the hardest kind to get right; but when it is done right, it’s a showcase of the best the genre has to offer. Stripped of gimmicks and gore, quiet horror takes people you’ve come to … Continue Reading! “Review: 'Disappearance at Devil's Rock' by Paul Tremblay”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: 'The Conveyance' by Brian W. Matthews The Conveyance by Brian W. Matthews JournalStone (June 17, 2016) 260 pages; $16.39 paperback; $4.95 e-book Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington The first third of The Conveyance was about ordinary people leading mostly ordinary lives. Before you know it, Brian W. Mathews lulls the reader into a comfort zone brought on by his easy-going writing style. Mathews has … Continue Reading! “Review: 'The Conveyance' by Brian W. Matthews”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Breaking NewsLeave a comment on The Shining Is Selling Out Very Quickly! The Shining: The Deluxe Special Edition Includes “Before the Play,” Stephen King’s long lost 40 PAGE PROLOGUE to the novel, has been restored to its proper place at the beginning of the story! Selling Out Very Quickly! Hi Folks! BIG NEWS! Our special edition of The Shining by Stephen King is selling VERY QUICKLY! The … Continue Reading! “The Shining Is Selling Out Very Quickly!”
Paper (n): material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on Cut (v): make (a movie) into a coherent whole by removing parts or placing them in a different order. The Top Werewolf Films You (Probably) Haven’t Seen But Should: Stephen Graham Jones Talks … Continue Reading! “The Top Werewolf Films You (Probably) Haven’t Seen But Should: Stephen Graham Jones Talks ‘Mongrels’”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews1 Comment on Review: 'Ritualistic Human Sacrifice' by C.V. Hunt Ritualistic Human Sacrifice by C.V. Hunt Grindhouse Press (October 2015) 200 pages; $12.95 paperback; ebook $3.99 Reviewed by Anton Cancre So, there’s this guy. Nick Graves. Nick is a bit of a jerk. He hates his wife, but when her surprise pregnancy derails his plan to divorce her, he decides to move them both far from friends, family … Continue Reading! “Review: 'Ritualistic Human Sacrifice' by C.V. Hunt”
What Makes a Great Teacher 1. With a title like What I Learned From Stephen King, I suppose at some point you and I are going to need to sit down and discuss the subject of teachers. I also suppose now would be as good a time as any. Stephen King once said, “Good teachers … Continue Reading! “What I Learned From Stephen King: What Makes a Great Teacher”
“Powerful…I love it…Richard Chizmar writes clean, no-nonsense prose…sets his tales in no-nonsense, middle class neighborhoods I can relate to…and writes terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie.” — Stephen King “Chizmar’s stories are hard-hitting, spooky, suspenseful, poignant, harrowing, heartbreaking and most of all very well-written. Excellent work!” — Robert McCammon A … Continue Reading! “A Long December by Richard Chizmar: Brand New Signed Limited Edition Hardcover From Subterranean Press!”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: 'Christmas Horror Volume 1' edited by Chris Morey Christmas Horror Volume 1 edited by Chris Morey Dark Regions Press (November 2015) 134 pages; $15.00 paperback/$5.00 e-book Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington ‘Tis the season…for horror? You betcha. Why should Halloween have all the fun? Editor Chris Morey and the team at Dark Regions Press put together an Indiegogo campaign earlier this year and the result is Christmas … Continue Reading! “Review: 'Christmas Horror Volume 1' edited by Chris Morey”
The Long Walk of Life BEFORE THE WALK I was having brunch with a friend of mine on a recent Sunday, a horror film actress in fact, who asked: Do you really think there’s anything spiritual about Stephen King’s books? The question was served cold with a heaping side of skepticism, and it took me … Continue Reading! “What I Learned from Stephen King: 'The Long Walk' of Life”
The Hero in The Dead Zone When we think of the great many characters conjured by the imagination of Stephen King, we most likely think of Carrie White, Annie Wilkes, Jack Torrance or Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Few authors in history have known how to construct such a vast array of multidimensional villains and villainesses. As … Continue Reading! “What I Learned from Stephen King: The Hero in 'The Dead Zone'”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: 'Expiration Date' edited by Nancy Kilpatrick Expiration Date edited by Nancy Kilpatrick EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing (April 2015) 288 pages; paperback $11.93; ebook $5.99 Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington Nancy Kilpatrick is a writer and editor. She has published 18 novels, 1 non-fiction book, over 200 short stories, 5 collections of stories, and has edited 12 anthologies. Her latest … Continue Reading! “Review: 'Expiration Date' edited by Nancy Kilpatrick”
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