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Mario Bava was fourty-eight
So here I was, watching the Joe Bob Briggs' episode featuring Black Sunday, or Mask of the Devil, or La Maschera del demonio, or the ten other name...
Read moreWhat's your favorite scary movie?
If I had to name mine, I couldn’t pick just one. I’ve got a holy grail list. These are the ones I return to again and again: 1. Pumpkinhead 2. Hall...
Do Other People (A Short Film)
In 2020 I was diagnosed bipolar 1 after suffering a psychotic breakdown. Before that event and subsequent diagnosis I always thought I was just a "...
Read moreGive Thanks
One … two … three One … two … three. The corn is all crimson, all sticky and served Not in the kitchen, no. Mama and Papa don’t know. One - tw...
Read more100 Workouts and Turning 36 Years Old and random thoughts
I turned 36 yesterday. I also finished my 100th workout. Leg day, again. It’s a pattern, I guess. Sometimes it feels like I’m always starting over...
Read moreThis Is Love (A Short Film by Tim Kail)
Greetings, one and all. It's officially Christmas so I'm sharing my latest short film with you. Dances With Films called it: A very true to life r...
Read moreIt’s Like Watching The Video Store Get Bought Out In Real Time
So Netflix is swallowing another giant, and everybody online is talking about stock prices and streaming bundles and whatever. I keep thinking abou...
Read morePro-Wrestling Is Sex, Sex Is Pro-Wrestling
I've had an idea for an episode of my pro-wrestling podcast, The Work Of Wrestling, for...basically...a decade. And yet I haven't even approached b...
Read moreDon't Be A Bystander
2008, downtown Dallas, Texas. I had the privilege of meeting and listening to speaker, Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor. He passed away in 2022...
Read moreDid you make it through the night okay
A long time ago my husband had a great idea (most all of his ideas are good ideas) for a story. He told me there isn’t really a word in the Mvskoke...
Read moreFilmmaking and EJR Productions:Final Girls
When I was a kid I was obsessed with stories, I read every single goosebumps book and Alex Mac and animorphs story to ever be printed. Then I would...
Read moreModern Social Media & The Monstrosity of A.I. A Blog About The Toxic Parasitic Algorithm & Why You Should Make The Switch.
October 6th, 2010, a new social media platform hit the web. Hello, Instagram! A place where you could only post photos that you took INSTANTL...
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