Here are links to my monthly column, “Monsters and Matinees,” in Classic Movie Hub.
How movies with dad spawned a classic horror movie fan
Like big-bug movies? Try these she-bug movies
A century later, Chaney’s Hunchback still amazes
Pat Boone shares memories of ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’
Beyond Lugosi: 9 classic film actors who played Dracula
Ghostly Terrors, Big Bugs and Universal Friends are great intros to classic horror
A tribute to Carl Kolchak, monster hunter
Exploring the cinematic roads to ‘The Lost World’
Taking a look at eye creature movies
Let’s cast our votes for horror films on the National Film Registry
Soylent Green came too close to predicting life in 2022
The cinematic miracle of Nosferatu
Monsters meet in Universal’s shared cinematic universe
Creature feature fans owe a debt to ‘The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms’
All in a dysfunctional family with ‘Frankenstein’s Daughter’
The A-Men of a B-movie trilogy
From villain to wronged man: the diverse film roles of Vincent Price
A lifetime of being terrorized by ‘Grizzly’
With beauty and brains, Mara Corday battled the beasts
Monster and Matinees: Georges Méliès and the Creation of the First Horror Film
Honoring Ray Harryhausen: A Titan of Cinema
Modern sci-fi owes a debt to ‘Day of the Triffids’
Nature strikes back in eco-horror films
All bug-eyed over big-bug movies
‘Giant from the Unknown’ towers over Richard E. Cuhna’s 6-day wonders
How Abbott and Costello brought the meet-cute to horror
Make your own horror film festival at home
The vampire through the artistry of Mario Bava
David J. Skal talks ‘Fright Favorites’
The Handsome Face of Horror in ‘I Married a Monster from Outer Space’
You’re Invited to the ‘House on Haunted Hill’
The ‘It’ Factor of Classic Horror Films
Anthologies serve quick bites of horror
Universal’s true original monster and other she wolves
A British village is pulled into space and everyone drinks tea
Still buzzing about ‘The Fly’ trilogy
Tiny terrors bring big thrills
‘Tarantula’: Or Why I’m Afraid to Look Out My Bedroom Window
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Here are links to my some of my movie-related stories that were originally published in The Buffalo News.
A look at ‘Sharknado Week’ 2017′
An appreciation of Robert Osborne
TCM host Ben Mankiewicz reveres movies the way they were meant to be seen
Review: Kirk and Anne : Letters of love, laughter and a lifetime in Hollywood
My 5 surprises at the 2017 TCM Film Festival
Hey TCM: Buffalo is the answer to your prayers
Keeping it reel with classic movies
5 reasons why “Sharknado” is awesome
Seth Gilliam talks ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘Teen Wolf’
Steve Guttenberg’s new role as Buffalo ambassador
Riviera Theatre to throw 90th birthday party after finding 1926 opening night silent film
Watching Forever 