‘The History of What Scared Me as a Child, and Prepared Me To Become a Modern Horror Writer’ by Michael H. Hanson

‘The History of What Scared Me as a Child, and Prepared Me To Become a Modern Horror Writer’ by Michael H. Hanson

ByMichael Hanson

I was born near the end of 1961, and here is a not quite comprehensive list of scares and frights, not all artificial, that terrified me, delighted me, occasionally froze my soul, and inevitably vaccinated my psyche to one day become a writer of horror. For those a little bit older than me to those…

BLOOD TEST: Invasive Survival and Hematological Sleuthing in John Carpenter’s THE THING

BLOOD TEST: Invasive Survival and Hematological Sleuthing in John Carpenter’s THE THING

ByMichael Hanson

by Michael H. Hanson Over half way into John Carpenter’s 1982 horror/sci-fi motion-picture masterpiece, THE THING, near the end of the Second Act, comes a now legendary scene that film critics and fans alike have declared ‘supremely suspenseful,’ one that arguably ranks right up there with Private Pyle’s murder-suicide in Stanley Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET,…