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FILM CRITICISM / JOURNALISM


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​I was a film critic and contributing writer to the online horror source HORROR FREAK NEWS
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(formerly BEST HORROR MOVIES.COM) for over 4 years!
Check out the hundreds of reviews & feature articles I had the pleasure of penning (and on some of the bad flicks, the displeasure!) 

​In 2017, I also began to write for the good folks at Tom Holland's Terror Time!

5 STAR REVIEWS
2.5 STAR REVIEWS
4.5 STAR REVIEWS
2 STAR REVIEWS
4 STAR REVIEWS
1.5 STAR REVIEWS
3.5 STAR REVIEWS
1 STAR REVIEWS
3 STAR REVIEWS
0.5 STAR REVIEWS

GENERAL FEATURE ARTICLES
TOP 15 HORROR FILMS OF 2017
PENNYWISE INTERVIEW! (BILL SKARSGARD OF "IT")

MAKING "IT" A FILM TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME
"IT" INTERVIEW ONE OF THREE: CO-WRITER GARY DAUBERMAN
FLOATING THROUGH "THE IT EXPERIENCE"
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INTRODUCING JANNICA OLIN
A PERSONAL FAREWELL TO GEORGE A. ROMERO
HFN VISITS THE SET OF ANNABELLE: CREATION
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THE TOP 13 MODERN HORROR ICONS: A DEFINITIVE RANKING
2016 TOP 15 BEST HORROR FEATURE FILMS
REMINISCE, REJOICE & RECAP: ASH VS. EVIL DEAD SEASON ONE
HFN CHATS WITH LIGHTS OUT VILLAINESS "DIANA"
SO FAR!  THE 25 BEST HORROR FILMS OF THE CENTURY
SNUBBED! 10 OSCAR-WORTHY HORROR PERFORMANCES
DAY OF THE DEAD'S 30th ANNIVERSARY: A LOVE LETTER
THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF 2015
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ASH VS. EVIL DEAD INTERVIEW
EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM POLTERGEIST
OUIJA DVD RELEASE PARTY *
​12 MOST EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATING DEATHS ON THE WALKING DEAD *


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NEWS ITEMS
NEW SERIES "COLLECTION COMPLETE" TO PREMIERE AT SCREAMFEST!
HFN EXCLUSIVE CLIP FROM "THE BASEMENT"
GUILLERMO DEL TORO TO PRODUCE "TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID" DIRECTOR ISSA LOPEZ'S NEXT PROJECT
IS "BUFFY" COMING BACK TO TV?

ROB ZOMBIE BEGINS SHOOTING "3 FROM HELL" -- THE SEQUEL TO "THE DEVIL'S REJECTS"
SXSW PREMIERE OF SPIELBERG'S "READY PLAYER ONE" MARRED BY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

"CORBIN NASH" VAMPIRE HUNTER SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE APRIL 20TH
ARTSPLOITATION DELIVERS THE HORROR: SOUTH AMERICAN-STYLE!
"UNFRIENDED" SEQUEL OFFICIALLY TITLE "UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB"
SPIELBERG'S "READY PLAYER ONE" TO PREMIERE AT SXSW
NICOLAS CAGE THRILLER "MANDY" GETS SUMMER 2018 THEATRICAL RELEASE
"SLITHER" BUDDIES JAMES GUNN & ELIZABETH BANKS REUNITE ON UNTITLED HORROR PROJECT
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FESTIVAL DARLING "DIE! SITTER! DIE! RUPERT" ON-LINE RELEASE JULY 31ST!
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HORROR SHORTS "DEAD HEARTS" & "NIGHT OF THE SLASHER" NOW ON-LINE
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2 of my physically published essays in these 2 fine tomes!  In Hidden Horror, check out my thoughts on Shock Waves.  And in My Favorite Horror Movie, see what I think of Romero's Day of the Dead.
​Click each photo to order a copy for yourself!  
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FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE
SCREAMFEST
2018 SCREAMFEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP
2017 SCREAMFEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP
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2016 SCREAMFEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP
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2015 SCREAMFEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP *
​2015 SCREAMFEST OPENING NIGHT COVERAGE *
2014 SCREAMFEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP *
2014 SCREAMFEST OPENING NIGHT COVERAGE *

​​FILMQUEST
2018 FILMQUEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP
2017 FILMQUEST ​WINNERS & WRAP-UP

2016 FILMQUEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP
2015 FILMQUEST WINNERS & WRAP-UP *
2015 FILMQUEST OPENING NIGHT COVERAGE 
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COMPETITIONS
ULTIMATE HORROR LADIES OF THE '80S
ULTIMATE HORROR HUNKS OF THE '80S
© 2009-2023 michael klug. all rights reserved.
  • home
  • screenwriter
    • comedy >
      • a. family portrait
      • he must smell my dog
      • rope-a-dope
      • Say Uncle!
      • tonight I shall lease your soul
    • drama >
      • one last build in Centralia
      • mariposa county
    • monster movies >
      • silver spoon
      • spider eaters
      • trip
      • You Can Never Go Home
    • psychological thriller >
      • clare, this is julia
      • harsh critic
      • my brother the serial killer
      • pactola
    • sci-fi >
      • lindsay's locker
      • structure
      • valet
    • supernatural horror >
      • bear
      • the costume people
      • don't go into the baby's room
      • ESP
      • furnish
      • unrequited love is for the birds
      • you came back
    • Zombie Horror >
      • a great yard
      • A Stench in the Nostrils of God
      • boys
      • christian demons
      • the french toast nine
      • george, frank and liza
      • me & simon baker
      • mom died
      • rest area
      • sid's apple
    • accolades
  • actor
    • sleeping ugly
    • résumé
  • filmmaker
    • chair
    • french toast
    • Immolation
    • ready to go
  • film critic
    • 5 star reviews
    • 4 / 4.5 star reviews
    • 3 / 3.5 star reviews
    • 2 / 2.5 star reviews
    • 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 star reviews
    • classic movie reviews
    • Tom Holland's Terror Time
    • marketing mentions
    • '80s horror ladies
    • '80s horror hunks
  • novelist
    • cheap therapy
    • island hunters
    • scratcher
    • What the House Saw
  • prose
    • the house up the street
    • blogs
    • klassics
    • writings
  • movie nerd
    • zombies >
      • concerns about the living dead
      • the nurse controversy
    • movie love
    • talking shop
    • stew of sin
    • fanatical
  • bio