Mick Garris
Autor de Hocus Pocus [1993 film]
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: American filmmaker and screenwriter Mick Garris during the 2007 WGA strike. By Damon D'Amato from I live in North Hollywood, Calfornia - http://www.flickr.com/photos/10629464@N08/2071180862/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3187705
Obras de Mick Garris
Fuzzbucket [1986 TV movie] — Director — 5 copias
The Judge 3 copias
Forever Gramma 2 copias
Stand, The 2 copias
Masters Of Horror: Season 2 2 copias
Dream On Me 2 copias
Joy 1 copia
Flesh And Fantasy 1 copia
Baby Shower 1 copia
Starfucker 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Smoke and Mirrors: Screenplays, Teleplays, Stage Plays, Comic Scripts & Treatments (2014) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
Killer Crimes 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1951-12-04
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Ocupaciones
- director
producer
screenwriter
writer
music journalist
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 50
- También por
- 26
- Miembros
- 1,387
- Popularidad
- #18,534
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 9
- ISBNs
- 42
- Idiomas
- 4
Garris' famed involvement with Stephen King in film might naturally lead you to believe that he would emulate King in print. This is not the case. As Garris himself points out, he's been writing stories since age 12, before he discovered King, and has thus had plenty of time and space to develop his voice. The big thing about that voice (and the storytelling in general) that struck while reading THESE EVIL THINGS WE DO is that it feels uniquely Californian, the same way King's early work feels uniquely New England. It's not just the dialogue and the descriptions of landmarks and scenery that make it feel that way; it's the characters themselves, the way they relate to the world around them, and often the situations in which they find themselves: a plastic surgeon's slab, a famous spouse's bedroom, the desert, a private webcam, the streets of LA...
All of the above is not to say that you need to be Californian to relate to these stories (no more than you need to be from Maine to enjoy King or from Texas to get Joe Lansdale). Garris' characters, no matter the evil they do, are relatable on multiple levels.
Of the five stories contained within THESE EVIL THINGS WE DO, my favorite turned out to be "Tyler's Third Act," a tale about an entertainer who decides to make some, er, self-sacrifices to revive his washed-up career. Unfortunately, what you put out into the world, you can lose ownership of once the fans descend. Without spoilers: Tyler allows one fan to get too close.
Overall, I enjoyed this collection. Recommended for any horror fan, but particularly for fans of body horror given two of the five tales from this volume specifically revolve around it.… (más)