by Finn Burns | Aug 14, 2026 | Nearly Expert Advice
My horror-themed nonfiction book, The Director’s Cut: A Final Girl’s Guide to Killing the Script and Reclaiming the Lead, is now available. If anxiety, perfectionism, or other people’s expectations have been calling the shots for too long, it might be time to rewrite...
by Finn Burns | Jul 24, 2026 | Nearly Expert Advice
What if you’ve been cast as the victim in your own life? I’m excited to share my upcoming nonfiction book, The Director’s Cut: A Final Girl’s Guide to Killing the Script and Reclaiming the Lead. Drawing on horror films, psychology, and personal...
by Andy Lockwood | Oct 16, 2022 | Nearly Expert Advice
A hunger for brains, ceaseless surging, and a surprising amount of heart – that’s what good zombie movies are made of. I am fascinated by the zombie genre – the books, the movies, the video games. It’s the against-all-odds fight for survival that draws me in. But...
by Nicole Castle | Oct 9, 2022 | 31 Days of Halloween, Movies, Nearly Expert Advice
For as long as I can remember, werewolves have held a special place in my heart. The werewolf myth can be iconic, but it can also be used to usurp the status quo and journey into unknown territory. That is what these six films (and one TV series) do—they take us into...
by J.L. Royce | Oct 2, 2022 | 31 Days of Halloween, Movies, Nearly Expert Advice
Science Fiction is widely recognized as looking beyond day-to-day life to consider threats to life, limb, and sanity engendered by our relentless curiosity, scientific and otherwise. From ‘creature features’ of my childhood, invariably the product of...
