“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde

Movie: The Conjuring (2013)

Movie: The Conjuring (2013) The Conjuring opens in the apartment of two young nurses who are telling Ed and Lorraine Warren their story. Tearfully, they explain how they'd invited the spirit of a lonely little girl to inhabit a doll. "You did what? It was a big mistake acknowledging this doll," scolds Ed Warren. Lorraine Warren explains there was never any little girl ghost named Annabelle, but rather a diabolical non-human entity. "Demonic spirits don&…

Right Through You

Right Through You Wait a minute man You mispronounced my name You didn't wait for all the information Before you turned me away Wait a minute sir You kind of hurt my feelings You see me as a sweet back-loaded puppet And you've got meal ticket taste ...  You took me for a joke You took me for a child You took a long hard look at my ass And then played golf for a while Your shake is like a fish You pat me on the head You took me out to wine dine sixty nine…

Before I Wake (Movie Summary and Review)

Before I Wake (Movie Summary and Review) One note before we get into it. There is a scene at the beginning that serves as a sort of preamble. In my opinion, that's a hit-or-miss way to start a story like this, and in this case I wish they'd resisted. - md Some boogie men turn out to be deranged murderers and madmen, others are legit non-human entities, but the boogie man in Before I Wake is a different kind altogether. The Canker Man occupies our real world in a physical way, a…

Letters to Strangers and Friends

Letters to Strangers and Friends Dear Mom, Happy Monday, and Happy October. Isn't October always so weird? I'm sorry I missed your call yesterday afternoon, and I'm so glad we got to talk this morning, if just for a quick minute. I hadn't been able to get to sleep Saturday night, and so Joe let me sleep until past three o'clock. That's why I missed your call. I was sleeping. He came padding in for a cuddle when he heard me stirring, and when he told …

Movie: The Hollow Child (2017)

Movie: The Hollow Child (2017) It's not a great movie by any stretch. Still, between the haunted children, the woods, and some vaguely-explained local lore about what's lurking therein, The Hollow Child will satisfy your desire to "watch something scary" in the spirit of the season, will keep you entertained, but without keeping you awake all night.