Del Stone Jr.

DEL STONE JR. is a science fiction and horror writer. His work has appeared in Amazing Stories; Penguin-Putnam’s “Live Without a Net”; Bantam’s “Full Spectrum”; “The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII”; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine; the Pocket Books anthology “More Phobias”; numerous Barnes & Noble anthologies; the HWA anthology “Psychos”; and other anthologies such as “Blood Muse,” and “Sex Macabre.” Stone’s comic book debut was in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser from Marvel/Epic. He has also appeared in books published by Dark Horse, Image, and Penthouse Comix. Stone’s novel, “Dead Heat,” won the International Horror Guild’s award for best first novel and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. He has had stories in anthologies that have won the World Fantasy and Stoker awards. He is an advocate for efforts to mitigate climate change and advance the cause of science. He is particular not fond of crooked politicians, especially lying, self-aggrandizing presidents.

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Mladen and Del review 'Passenger'

“Passenger” starring Lou Llobell as not-always-making-the-best-choice Maddie Brecker, Jacob Scipio as not-always-making-the-best-choice Tyle

Is "Passenger" scary? Is it "The Ring" scary? "It Follows"? "The Grudge"? Does Mladen say rude things about me in his review? Do I repay the favor in my snarky, inimitable way? Follow the link below to have all these important questions answered for you.

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Del and Mladen review 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu'

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” Starring Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian, Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward, and the voice of Martin S

Some of the reviews for "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" are so-so; some of them are terrible.

Is the movie as bad as some of the reviewers would have you think?

My friend Mladen and I aren't professional movie reviewers, but we love movies and we love talking about them.

Here's what we thought of this latest installment in the Lucasfilm/Disney franchise. No bullshit.

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Something weird is happening in Choctawhatchee Bay

Something weird is happening in Choctawhatchee Bay. It’s changing, in ways we may not like. I base this hypothesis, first, on the anecdotal

Something very strange is happening in Choctawhatchee Bay, and it could point to a larger problem that will affect us all.

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Mladen and Del review 'Hokum'

“Hokum” Starring Adam Scott as tortured asswipe Ohm Bauman, Peter Coonan as bumbling bad guy Mal, Florence Ordesh as wispy but likeable Fion

Mladen's and my latest foray into the movie theater brought us the excellent "Hokum," a SCARY movie that doesn't rely on jump scares and gore.

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Look what AI did to my photo

I scanned in this photo the other day. It was taken in January of 1956 and it shows me at age 1½ months being fed by my mom. I decided to tr

I asked three different AIs to colorize this old black-and-white photo. Only Grok colorized the photo without altering the content. Look at what the other two did:

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Del reviews 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy'

“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” Starring Jack Reynor as Charlie Cannon, Laia Costa as Larissa Cannon, May Calamawy as Detective Dalia Zaki, Natalie

Mladen was MIA but that didn't stop me from seeing "Lee Cronin's The Mummy." Here's what I thought.

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Mladen and Del review 'Kill Command'

“Kill Command” Starring Vanessa Kirby as singularity Mills, Thure Lindhart as somewhat unlikeable Bukes, David Ajala as whoa-I-didn’t-expect

Mladen leads off this week's review of a movie available on Prime, since all the movies showing theaterically were either ones we'd already seen or they sucked.

"Kill Command" is a science fiction-action movie, the same genre as "Aliens," "Robocop" and "Predator." It came out in 2016 and appeared in a search of "hidden science fiction gems on Prime."

I need to speak with the Google brass about the accuracy - or inaccuracy - of their algorithm.

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Del reviews 'Undertone'

“Undertone” Starring Nina Kiri as Evy, Michèle Duquet as Mama, and Adam DiMarco as Justin. Written and directed by Ian Tuason. 1 hour, 34 mi

Light and sound operate like a fourth character in the sly, subversive "Undertone."

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Mladen and Del review 'Project Hail Mary'

“Project Hail Mary” Starring Ryan Gosling as an insufficiently curious xenobiologist Ryland Grace; James Oritz as (eventually) the voice of

Mladen and I caught an afternoon showing of "Project Hail Mary" yesterday. Is it any good? That depends on whom you ask. Here is what Mladen and I thought.

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Del and Mladen review 'Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die'

“Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die” Starring Sam Rockwell as Future Man, Haley Lu Richardson as Ingrid, Juno Temple as Susan, Mark Peña as Mark,

Is he a man from the future as he claims, or just some off-the-street, attention-seeking lunatic? Either way, he’s burst into a Los Angeles diner seeking volunteers to help him defeat an AI hellbent on making zombies of us all. This is our review of "Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die."

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Mladen and Del review 'Iron Lung'

“Iron Lung” starring Mark Fischbach as Simon, Caroline Kaplan as Ava, Elsie Lovelock as SM-8 Research Lead, Elle LaMont as SM-8 Research Ass

Mladen and I could not be farther apart on a movie.

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Del and Mladen review 'We Bury the Dead'

“We Bury the Dead” Starring Daisy Ridley as Ava, Brenton Thwaites as Clay, and Mark Coles Smith as Riley. Directed by Zak Hilditch. 1 hour,

Here's a stylish zombie thriller from Down Under you need to see!

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This is an aerial view of a tornado that struck my neighborhood on Dec. 10, 1967. My house is circled in red. You can see the path of destruction running diagonally across the photo. One person was killed and several others injured. Millions in damage was done.

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In 1997 I visited friends in Germany. As we were strolling the sidewalk in Berlin we came upon a street festival, and what to my wondering eyes did appear? A KISS FM stage, with DJs huckstering to the crowd. For those of you, my digital friends, who aren't local, KISS FM was the call sign of our local FM rock station here in Fort Walton Beach. Even the broadcast frequency was very similar.

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https://delstonejr.com/2025/12/mladen-and-del-review-troll-2/

"Trolls 2" is a sequel to 2022's "Troll," not to be confused with "Troll Hunter," "Troll" from the 1980s or "Troll 2" from 1990.

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Del and Mladen review 'Sisu: Road to Revenge'

“Sisu: Road to Revenge” Starring Jorma Tommila as Astami Korpi (Sisu), Stephen Lang as Igor Dragonov and Richard Brake as the evil KGB offic

WARNING: "Sisu: Road to Revenge" is both groan-inducing and laugh-producing. The Finnish Rambo has a dark sense of humor.

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Mladen and Del review 'Predator: Badlands'

“Predator: Badlands” Starring Elle Fanning as Thia/Thessa, Dimitrius Schuster-Kolomatangi as Dek (the Predator), Rohinal Nayaran as Bud, and

We watched "Predator: Badlands" in separate theaters but we both had the same reaction ... which could be a good thing, or maybe not!