Vince Churchill's Blog, page 13

I grew up at the local drive-in. Wonderful memories. The...

I grew up at the local drive-in. Wonderful memories. The drive-in of my hometown doesn’t exist anymore. I haven’t visited the double screener in my current city. It’s just not the same. In the old days, there were movies you could only see at the drive-in. Now most drive-ins are forced to show the save blockbusters as the multi-plexes.

Back in the day, it was all about those “drive-in” movies. Many of the horror flicks I enjoyed back in the 70’s turned out to be classics like TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE or LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT,  or THE HILLS HAVE EYES but many others were just great fun, and made an impression that lasted a lifetime.

Anyone remember COUNT YORGA, or ASYLUM, or CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, or FROGS, or DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT, or Sssssssssss, or SQUIRM or THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, or TALES FROM THE CRYPT? I not only remember them, but still enjoy them today.

Those really were the days.

In 1980 I turned 18, so the horror & action films of the...

In 1980 I turned 18, so the horror & action films of the 70’s really had an atomic bomb impact on my creativity. DAWN OF THE DEAD was the film that imprinted the awesome combination of action and horror. More permanent than a tattoo, DAWN is the underlying heartbeat of most everything I write. Not HALLOWEEN. Not TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Not JAWS or THE EXORCIST or THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT or even THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. I might be a novelist at heart but film and television has steered my imagination from the jump.