Well, it's that time of the month again, and this particular month is very special to me. The second Wednesday of every month means another 'Nick's Pix' screening at the beautiful Lake Theater in downtown Oak Park, where Classic Cinemas basically lets me take over the giant Theater 2, get up onstage, and show whatever movie I want. I've been doing these screenings for more than two years now, and they have become one of my favorite things I get to do. I love introducing the m

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this one! On Saturday, October 10th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., I will be at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago for A Frightful October Afternoon, a very special event celebrating the release of my new book, 40 Years, 40 Horror Films, from Eckhartz Press. There will be a meet and greet, an interactive discussion and Q&A, and I’ll be selling and signing copies of the book afterward. We’ll take pictures, hang out, talk

Witches have been around almost as long as movies have been around, and long before movies existed they had already occupied one of the strangest, darkest and most complicated places in human history. Depending on where you were, when you were born and what somebody believed, a witch could be a healer, a wise woman, a seer, a spiritual figure, a dangerous outsider, a servant of the Devil, a misunderstood woman, a political scapegoat, a feminist symbol or somebody who simply s

To say I am unbelievably excited about what is happening at The Midway Drive-In on Saturday, September 19th is an understatement. This is going to be one hell of a night. We’re talking about an honest-to-God dusk-to-dawn horror movie marathon at one of my favorite places in the world, featuring four of the greatest, funniest, scariest, craziest, and most entertaining horror movies of the 1980s. There will be horror vendors, vintage trailers, old concession ads, merchandise, m

Sleeping can be scary. It really can. We think of sleep as the safest part of the day: you climb into bed, turn out the lights, close your eyes and basically surrender control of your body and your brain for six, seven or eight hours. At least that's what you're supposed to do. And that's exactly what makes it such fertile ground for horror. You are unconscious, vulnerable, unable to see what's happening around you, unable to control what your mind is showing you and, dependi

Sometimes I like to shine a spotlight on actors and actresses who have been around forever, have done consistently terrific work, and yet somehow don't get talked about nearly enough. They're the people who show up in a movie and you immediately think, "Oh, great! She's in this!" They may not always get top billing, they may not always get awards, and they may not be the person whose face is plastered across the poster, but they make everything they're in better. Lin Shaye is