CREEPSHOW Season 4
Up to this season, Steve’s personal opinion has been that it’s okay as a tribute (to Stephen King and the eponymous movie), but rather meh as a show. Steve thinks Greg Nicotero’s show is finally hitting its stride.
CREEPSHOW RESURRECTED! (Shudder….)
Many of us loved the old Creepshow movies, but Greg Nicotero did something about it. It’s back, baby!
2018 SF/F ON TV—MY PERSONAL TAKE
This week Steve gives his personal opinion about TV SF/F. What does he watch and why? See if you watch the same things!
Comic Review: Port of Earth #1
Port of Earth brings readers back to their science fiction roots with a terrifying near future, aliens have arrived and they are offering humanity an interesting business proposition.
REVIEW: NOT ANOTHER ZOMBIE BOOK: “HELL IS EMPTY…” by Mark Rounds
After a two-week absence, Steve returns with a book review. Complimentary—and scathing—Steve talks about Mark Rounds’ first book.
HAPPY HELLOWEEN! SCARY MOVIE REVIEWS, says Count Floyd!
Helly Happoween! This week Steve dissects two horrible Halloween-ish movies, then gives several thumbs-up to a real Halloween classic!
TV or NOT TV, IS THAT THE QUESTION? TV Reviews!
Steve watches lots of TV for YOU! He’s trying to save you from bad shows and point you to good shows. That’s how selfless he is. Why else would he put in the hours in front of a lighted box?
TWO AVERAGE FILMS: “THE BOY” (2016) and “THE FOREST” (2016)—AND MORE EBOOKS!
Ebooks and more ebooks! Cheap and plentiful; Steve finds them for you! Oh, and Steve reviews two so-so “horror flicks” that should have been better. But that’s what the film industry seems to be offering this week!
The Walking Dead v The Walking Dead
Which is better, Robert Kirkman’s classic comic book series The Walking Dead from Image Comics or Robert Kirkman’s hit television series The Walking Dead on AMC?
MAGAZINE REVIEW: F&SF FOR JAN/FEB 2016
The January/February issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF) is under review by Steve, who likes it a lot, even though a couple of the stories kind of depressed him. You will probably like it too!
Apocalypse Ex-Machina
Buddie steps in for Kirkman and finally reveals (copyrights attached) what caused the zompocalypse!
Comic Review: Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young and Charlie Adlard
Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young, Charlie Adlard is the type of classic bound science fiction comic that many members of fandom will enjoy just as much as the storied history it mocks.
Review: So…I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse and All I Got Was this Podcast
So…I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse and All I Got Was this Podcast is a pleasant little surprise for anyone looking for some Walking Dead filler over the reruns of summer.
MOVIE REVIEW(s): DIVERGENT and an oldie
Steve dissects two movies: a new one and an oldie. But are they goodies?
Apocalyptic Fiction
The apocalypse is not about the disaster. It’s not about the zombies or giant lizards or robots or radiation. It is about how we survive it.
Recap: “Night Zero,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 1
There’s nothing classical about The Strain’s take on bloodsuckers….
Making the Grade with the Walking Dead
How does fandom verify the accuracy of scientific particulars when dealing with fantastical subjects like apocalypse and reanimated dead? We go back to school and enroll in a course called “Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC’s The Walking Dead.”
Playing Fables: The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us, Telltale Games’ second adaptation of a hit comic book series, landed last week. Their previous work, an expansion on the Walking Dead mythos, won innumerable awards last years and was hailed […]
When We Went To the End of the World (Again)
What a difference a punctuation mark–and nearly 40 years–makes.
Lawyers in SPACE!
Is it just me or do you not see many lawyers in SF? I mean not everyone can be a smuggler or a starship captain. Someone has to cut the red tape. In fact the […]
Walk like a Zombie
Zombies are strange characters. Their current popularity is a bit of a mystery to me. I guess I’m one of the few who doesn’t “get” the attraction of the re-animated corpse. As an artist they […]
Haunted by Demons
Da Vinci’s Demons has been the unexpected highlight of the last three months. The life of one Leonardo da Vinci given a mysterious new age spin which turns an already fascinating historical concept into compelling […]
Is This the Greatest Era for Horror TV?
While researching my article on this spring’s horror TV debuts, I was struck by the volume of new programs. Six new horror shows joining a field already somewhat dense with genre series felt unusual. I […]
The Rise of the Zombies
With zombie rom-com Warm Bodies opening to strong reviews and good box-office last week zombies have moved out of the horror ghetto into the PG13 friendly mainstream. This is a remarkable development, but what is […]
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