In mythology, Erebus is the very embodiment of primordial darkness. This U.K. site which bears his name has a stated mission of returning horror to its glorious and primal roots. I love their manifesto. So when I read this I was more than a little humbled: http://erebushorror.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/king-of-horror/
Just heard from a U.K. television viewer that my torso was used on the program “World’s Greatest Body Shockers” on the E4 channel. Apparently a Google search for pics of Christian Bale’s torso from The Machinist returns this one of my own creepy ribcage as the first result and a researcher at the channel snagged [...]
I generally believe a person's private beliefs are just that; private beliefs. On the other hand, if a person ends up on CNN for stalking 10 million strangers while simultaneously professing strong beliefs in a loving God...
He’s been sitting at the bus stop just down from my apartment building in Hollywood for a couple of weeks now. Everything he owns is piled up in carts beside him. He keeps his head down and wears shades. He’ll ask you for spare change once, but if you say no he won’t bother you [...]
Trevor Juenger’s script for the art-house horror film Coyote made me slow down. Actors read a lot of scripts and we read them quickly. We are selfish pigs (as are all humans by nature) so we scan scripts until we get to our prospective character’s lines, only then do we slow down and savor every word. God [...]
Was Simon Leach a murderous bastard? Or was he just having fun? Children Of Sorrow a film by Jourdan McClure 2012 Father Simon is waiting.
I made a mistake this year. A mistake I’ll never repeat. I tried to be normal. On-screen, I mean. There was this role – a hero lead with an attractive family. I know, I know. But when they offered it to me, I took it. What possessed me? Old demons, I guess. All my life I’ve wondered [...]
Yesterday I was whispering in Robert Loggia’s ear. I told him he was going to hell. It’s a movie (duh.) A bio-pic of the life of the Apostle Peter from Pure Flix, a production company that does films geared towards the Christian-believer film market. Pure Flix has a good track record and they are good [...]
I wrote this essay after my paternal grandmother died. Her birthday is coming around again and she is, as ever, strong on my mind. The poem below hung on her wall all of the years I knew her. It didn’t mean much to me then. It does now. Mama Lewis Grizzard once wrote a song about [...]