Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 15
October 15, 2024
The 500: 445–447
445 ~ Writing Fiction Re-submission, 10/11/24 I haven’t done a writing update since late August. I thought it had been a while, but I didn’t think it had been that long. I got a rejection on the flash story. Sent it back out. I’ve been having a hard time getting a handle on anything new […]
October 13, 2024
The 500: 442–444
442 ~ Movie The Frighteners (1996)Directed by Peter Jackson; Written by Fran Walsh & Peter JacksonStarring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs Frank Bannister isn’t a fraudulent medium, but he is a fraudulent ghost hunter. That’s unfortunate because the ghost of a serial killer is continuing his murder spree from beyond […]
October 11, 2024
The 500: 439–441
439 ~ Movie The Canal (2014)Directed and Written by Ivan KavanaghStarring: Rupert Evans, Hannah Hoekstra, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Kelly Byrne David, a film archivist, learns that the house where he lives with his wife and son was the scene of a brutal murder 100 years ago. When his wife (who has been cheating on him) goes […]
October 8, 2024
The 500: 436–438
436 ~ Movie Fright Night (2011)Directed by Craig Gillespie; Written by Marti Noxon & Tom HollandStarring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Imogen Poots, David Tennant, Toni Collette Charley Brewster’s neighbor, Jerry, is a vampire. Watched for HorrorX524, prompt: Remake. And a traded-out because I felt like rewatching Fright Night after seeing the original. Honestly, when I […]
October 6, 2024
The 500: 433–435
433 ~ Movie The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)Directed and Written by Bomani J. StoryStarring: Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad Coleman Vicaria chooses a very unique way to combat the deaths that occur around her. This was my pick for “1 film starring a Black woman” for Hooptober. Honestly, this is one […]
October 4, 2024
The 500: 430–432
430 ~ Short Story “A Terribly Strange Bed” by Wilkie Collins The novel I’m reading made mention of Wilkie Collins’ strange bed, so I had to find out what that was all about. The story is one of Collins’ earlier works, first published in 1852 by Household Words magazine, edited by Charles Dickens. Our protagonist, […]
October 1, 2024
The 500: 427–429
427 ~ Movie Scream (1996)Directed by Wes Craven; Written by Kevin WilliamsonStarring: Neve Campbell, Rose McGowan, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich A groups of teens are picked off by a slasher who knows his horror films. Hooptober required one Wes Craven movie. I wanted to incorporate some rewatches into my list and, since I’d […]
September 29, 2024
The 500: 424–426
424 ~ Movie The Day of the Beast (1995)Directed by Álex de la Iglesia; Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la IglesiaStarring: Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura, Terele Pávez In an effort to sign away his soul to the Devil and learn where the Antichrist will be born, a priest enlists the […]
September 25, 2024
The 500: 421–423
421 ~ Movie Leviathan (1989)Directed by George P. Cosmatos; Written by David Peoples & Jeb StuartStarring: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Ernie Hudson A deep sea mining rig discovers a sunken Russian ship that harbors a deadly secret. This is my second (of 4) Italian-produced movies for Hooptober. Leviathan is so much less than […]
September 23, 2024
The 500: 418–420
418 ~ Movie The Ninth (2019)Directed by Nikolay Khomeriki; Written by Sergei Bodrov, Marina Denisevich, Marina Dyachenko, and others (Seriously, there are a dozen people mentioned in the Writing Credits on IMDB.)Starring: Evgeniy Tsyganov, Daisy Head, Dmitriy Lysenkov, Yuri Kolokolnikov When a serial killer strikes in Saint Petersberg, Officer Rostov’s clues lead him to a […]
