We Cover "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" on Our Latest "Decades of Horror: The Classic Era" Podcast

My co-hosts Chad Hunt, Erin Miskell, and Jeff Mohr and I take a fun, fact-filled look at the classic silent German film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on the lucky thirteenth episode of our Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast! Please join us!

http://decadesofhorror.com/category/classicera/

"BiFan Daily" Interviews My Son and I About Covering the Korean Film Fest Together

The daily publication for South Korea's Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) interviewed my son Cohen and I about covering the fest together as a father-and-son film reviewing team. Cohen and I write about BiFan together for Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope magazine, and he has written solo essays about the fest before for propellermag.com. I also do solo BiFan coverage for Gruesome Magazine and have done podcast reports about it for Horror News Radio.

I'm extremely proud of my son and am thrilled to have the chance to write with him whenever we can!

You can read the interview by scrolling down to page 13 at http://www.bifan.kr/newsletter/edaily/BIFAN2017_WEB_Daily_170720.pdf.

Film Festival Season is Underway and I'm On the Case!

Although I am no fan of the summer humidity and monsoon season here in South Korea, I do love this time of year because of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), Asia's largest genre film fest. I have been attending BiFan since 2008 as a moviegoer and 2011 as a journalist, and the fest is my favorite of the ones that I have attended. Here's my Gruesome Magazine article about the 10 BiFan films to which I'm most looking forward:

http://gruesomemagazine.com/2017/07/12/21st-bucheon-international-fantastic-film-festival-top-10-anticipated-films/

I plan on writing an overview article about BiFan for Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope magazine, along with individual reviews for http://gruesomemagazine.com/, https://diaboliquemagazine.com/, and http://www.screamhorrormag.com/.

I'm also covering the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal for VideoScope in an overview article that will barely scratch the surface of all of the amazing films being screened there.

Another great-looking festival is Florida's Popcorn Frights, which I will cover in VideoScope, too.

Somehow, with all this film watching and writing taking place, I will also squeeze in time to co-host my Decades of Horror: The Classic Era and Uphill Both Ways podcasts. Please give us a listen if you haven't already done so!

Thanks, as always, for reading and listening to my work! I truly appreciate it.

Magazines, Mummies, Movies, and More!

Here's what's new lately in my writing and podcasting ventures. I hope you find lots of things to your liking! 

The debut issue of Gruesome Magazine's quarterly print magazine is now available at gruesomemagazine.com in both digital and hard-copy formats. Be a part of history and grab this collector's edition while you can! My article is the first of two installments in which I interview Mexican auteur Isaac Ezban, whose first two films, The Incident and The Similars, are amazing science fiction/horror hybrids that will twist your mind into knots. My Uphill Both Ways podcast co-host Mike Imboden checks in with a very cool article about the making of Found Footage 3D, and there are several other great features in this issue as well.

Meanwhile, my fellow Grue-Crew members and I are hard at work on putting our second issue together. Here' a sneak peek at the cover:

Speaking of Uphill Both Ways, Mike and I are having a blast recording each episode, and we hope it shows when listeners tune in. You can check out all of our episodes so far at http://www.whenitwascool.com/up-hill-both-ways-podcast/. We want to thank Karl and Tonya Stern of the super-fun retro pop culture website When It Was Cool for exclusively hosting the podcast for us. Take a look at the site for all kinds of interesting articles (some written by yours truly) and podcasts, from professional wrestling to comic books, music to movies, toys to television, incredible recipes, and tons more.

The latest episode of my other podcast, Decades of Horror: The Classic Era, just dropped while I was updating my blog! My co-hosts and I cover the 1932 version of The Mummy with Boris Karloff. You can check it out here, and get caught up with our 10 previous episodes here.

I should have two, if not three, articles in the new issue of Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope magazine (videoscopemag.com) when it hits mailboxes and bookstores next month. I'll update about that once the issue is available.

Please check out another pop culture nostalgia site for which I write, That's Not Current (thatsnotcurrent.com). I also have recent film reviews for two of the United Kingdom's finest horror magazines and websites. You can read my review of the vampire movie Aaron's Blood at Scream (screamhorrormag.com) and, my review of the Italian superhero film They Call me Jeeg (and more) at Diabolique (diaboliquemagazine.com).

Thanks, as always, for reading and listening! I truly appreciate it!

Gruesome Magazine #1 Digital Version Is Available Now!

As the staff behind Gruesome Magazine irons out the final details regarding the hard-copy print version of our debut issue, we are proud to announce that you can order the digital version immediately! Check out the article linked here for more information and some sample pages. You will also find a code to get 50% off your purchase, making a single issue of the digital version only USD $1.99!

http://gruesomemagazine.com/2017/05/26/gruesome-media-llc-releases-gruesome-magazine-spring-2017-edition/

Catching Up, and What to Look Forward to This Week

Hello, all! The past couple of weeks have been as busy as ever for me. I just submitted overview articles about South Korea's Jeonju International Film Festival and Oregon's inaugural The Overlook Film Festival to Phantom of the Movies' VideoScope magazine; watch for both to appear in the summer issue, due out in July.

The debut issue of the print version of Gruesome Magazine is at the printers; I will post ordering information soon!

I will submit a review of Dell Comics' The Outer Limits comic book issue 5 to When It Was Cool tonight, so keep an eye out for that in the next few days.

This morning, my Decades of Horror: The Classic Era co-hosts and I recorded an episode about the Vincent Price horror film The Last Man on Earth; I'll update when it goes live.

This week I have a couple of current films to review for the Gruesome Magazine website; podcast preparation for Decades of Horror: The Classic Era, for an episode about the film Village of the Damned that I will host; and more.

Thanks, as always, for reading and listening!

We Cover Tod Browning's "Freaks" on the Latest "Decades of Horror: The Classic Era" Podcast

The title says it all! Here's the link so you can get right to listening:

http://decadesofhorror.com/freaks-1932-episode-8-decades-horror-classic-era/

Thanks, and enjoy!