By Steve Newton Stephen King is not only one of my fave alltime writers--right up there with Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, and Joe R. Lansdale--he's also a fun guy to follow on Twitter. And lately he's been cleverly putting the boots to Republican frontrunner Donald Trump--who King currently refers to as He Who Must Not Be … Continue reading Stephen King compares Donald Trump to his demagogue villain from The Dead Zone
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Joe R. Lansdale’s Hap Collins and Leonard Pine headed to TV
Just heard some great news in a tweet from one of my fave authors, hardboiled Texas mystery/suspense ace Joe R. Lansdale. He's the guy who wrote the story that became one of my fave all-time horror flicks, Bubba Ho-Tep. Turns out two of my fave characters of his--Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, from the Hap and Leonard … Continue reading Joe R. Lansdale’s Hap Collins and Leonard Pine headed to TV
Horror review: Bubba Ho-Tep
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, MARCH 25, 2004 Bubba Ho-Tep is a horror-comedy about two elderly men at a rundown retirement home--one supposedly Elvis Presley, the other claiming to be John F. Kennedy--who battle a mummy that sucks souls from victims' arseholes. Who would have thought that such a far-out B-movie premise could result in this sharply … Continue reading Horror review: Bubba Ho-Tep