BearManor Media News — neon nightmares

Book Review of author Brad Sykes new release...NEON NIGHTMARES: L.A. Thrillers Of The 1980's  by Tony Northrup There has been no other decade in the history of modern times that has been referenced to, admired, inspiring, and seems to be loved more than the 1980's. If you look at television shows, music, or fashion today, many of them have been patterned after the 80's. This includes films as well.  As a child who grew up in the decade of greed (often referred to as), it actually was a glorious time! The 1980's was a decade that was truly diverse. Films...

NEON NIGHTMARES Q+A WITH AUTHOR BRAD SYKES1. Your latest endeavor is a new book entitled NEON NIGHTMARES: L.A. THRILLERS OF THE 1980s. What can you tell us about the inspiration behind it?Brad Sykes: In 2017, around the time I was finishing up writing my first book, TERROR IN THE DESERT: DARK CINEMA OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, I started watching a lot of urban thrillers made in the 1980s– many of which were set in Los Angeles - as kind of a counterbalance to all the rural desert films I’d been devouring. I was having a lot of fun watching these...