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Tales from Development Hell: John Carpenter’s Creature from the Black Lagoon
By Ryan Fleming. A famous Hollywood celebrity poses with his co-star Julie Adams. Image courtesy the FDA (who Adams autographed it for...
Oct 79 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Live 2 Tell
By Ryan Fleming. All Eyez on Me, Tupac Shakur's last album released while he was alive and shortly after he first wrote Live 2 Tell....
Sep 239 min read


Tales From Development Hell: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
By Ryan Fleming. Release poster, image courtesy wikipedia. The notion of Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg collaborating on a film...
Aug 159 min read


Operation: Aliens
By Ryan Fleming and Charles E.P. Murphy In our world, this show does not exist - but in another world, you can find DVD boxsets right...
Aug 810 min read


Review: All the White Spaces
By Ryan Fleming. Cover courtesy Amazon. “Is Alternate History a genre or a setting” is an oft-debated topic in the genre (or the...
Jul 2513 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Jurassic Park IV
By Ryan Fleming. The infamous dino-humanoid concept art by Carlos Huante that made it online after the news of the script broke. Picture...
Jul 19 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian
By Ryan Fleming. The 'ghost with the most', image courtesy Amazon Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was released in 2024 to box office success...
Jun 179 min read


Why I Wrote... Reid in Braid
By Ryan Fleming. The writing of Reid in Braid was ultimately inspired by seeing the 2003 German film Good Bye, Lenin! for the first...
Jun 37 min read


Review: The Years of Rice and Salt
By Ryan Fleming. Cover for the audiobook; picture courtesy Amazon. An odd habit from some in recent years is the complaint about the...
May 2012 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Night Creatures
By Ryan Fleming. Vincent Price stumbles through the end of the world (taken from Last Man on Earth). Since the birth of film censorship,...
Apr 259 min read


Tales from Development Hell: Ridley Scott's Dune
By Ryan Fleming Ridley Scott doing a Q&A in 2015, picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. There have been many attempts to adapt Frank...
Mar 2510 min read


Tales from Development Hell: Atuk
By Ryan Fleming. The original 1963 cover for the book; image courtesy Wikipedia, under fair use Hollywood is a very superstitious...
Feb 189 min read


Book Nook: For Want of a Nail
Review by Ryan Fleming. There's no doubt. The title tells you what the book's about. Picture courtesy Amazon. Amongst the many...
Apr 10, 202413 min read


An Alternate History of Horror XXI: Jump Scare
By Ryan Fleming. Nosferatu, 1922. One of the earliest classics of the genre. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. It seems appropriate for...
Feb 9, 202414 min read


Tales from Development Hell: I Am Legend
By Ryan Fleming Will Smith (left) in I Am Legend. Picture courtesy Wired. I’m afraid I have some sad news. This is the last article in...
Feb 2, 20249 min read


An Alternate History of Horror XX: Blood, Brains, and Broadband.
By Ryan Fleming. Villa Diodati, the birthplace of both Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampyre. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. As...
Jan 26, 202413 min read


Tales From Development Hell: The Hook
By Ryan Fleming. A publicity poster for On The Waterfront. It could equally have been used for The Hook. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jan 12, 202410 min read


An Alternate History of Horror XIX: Inspired By Actual Events
By Ryan Fleming. Going viral - The Blair Witch Project. It could only have been made in the early Internet period. Picture courtesy...
Jan 5, 202414 min read


The Van Helsing Mysteries: Season 2
By Ryan Fleming Cross. Holy Water. Garlic. Stakes. Cheese Sandwiches. Just another day at the office for Van Helsing. Picture courtesy...
Dec 29, 202312 min read


Tales from Development Hell: The Dark Tower
By Ryan Fleming Idris Elba looking out of place. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. As film development drags into the dreaded...
Dec 22, 20239 min read
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