There are lots of "Stephen King" movies. Some are good, some are not-so-good. But one of the more overlooked and underrated ones is "Riding the Bullet" (not to be confused with "Silver Bullet"). I didn't catch it when it first came out but over the last few years, it's turned into one of my Halloween go-to's. It's got some creepy moments, a good story, and really manages to capture the feel of this time of year. If you've never seen it, give it a chance. I don't think you'll be sorry.
Back in the early 70's, one of the local TV stations showed a monster movie double-feature every Saturday night at midnight called "Creature Feature". For some reason, about the time I turned 8, my parents started letting me stay up by myself and watch these. In hindsight, I can't believe they let me do that but I'm sure glad they did. It goes without saying that the movies scared me to death but it was worth every terrified minute. I had GREAT parents.
Of course I loved all the Universal monsters - Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, Dracula, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Creature From the Black Lagoon. Here are a few of the others that made the biggest impressions on me at the time. They're still some of my favorite movies.
The more things change, the more they stay the same... sometimes.
Since it's been so long, here are a few of my new ("new" to me, anyway) favorites in no particular order.
TV - New Girl. Probably the only show that currently makes me laugh out loud. The group of guys remind me so much of my friends and I when we were young and stupid. FYI - we're all still friends, just old and not-quite-so-stupid. I have an unexplainable love for the Prince episode.
Books - Watership Down. My all-time favorite book. I re-read it every year.
Lord of the Rings/Silmarillion. My other all-time favorite. I re-read them every two or three years. Still affects me in ways I can't quite explain.
Best of Richard Matheson. Not a bad story to be found. I can't recommend it highly enough!
The Plague Dogs. Makes you think of dogs in a whole new way. Even better than I remembered.
Music - The Gaslight Anthem, Puddle's Pity Party, Postmodern Jukebox, Prince
Comics - Not reading nearly as many new ones as I used to.
I really liked the first four or five TPBs of World's Finest by Waid/Mora.
I get the Brubaker/Phillips books as they come out.
Just finished Friday by Brubaker, Martin, Vicente. I'm probably not really the target audience but I enjoyed it.
Thought the Hulk/Thor: Banner of War from a couple years ago was a lot of fun.
... and I'm back.
Lots of reasons, none of which really matter at this point. I'm going to try and stop by here fairly regularly and see how it goes for a while. If I'm enjoying it, good. If not, I'll see you in 2032.
