Sometimes you get in the mood for some good old-fashioned 1970s horror weirdness, and as you’ve probably surmised, I recently got into one of those exact moods. Earlier in the evening I had done a rewatch of the underrated 1978 haunted house flick The Evil (which we reviewed ages ago), and after it was over, … More Movies: The Pyx (1973)
I’m a big fan of Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy’s first two films (2020’s Caveat and 2024’s Oddity, which I reviewed here and here), so you knew it would only be a matter of time before I (finally) got around to seeing his latest work, the 2026 supernatural folk horror movie Hokum. Just as in his … More Movies: Hokum (2026)
Way back in the neon-colored mists of 1986, I was nothing but a fourteen-year-old weirdo navigating her unsteady way through eighth and ninth grades. Amid all the hairspray and hormonal meltdowns, though, a few choice horror movies managed to rise above the angsty fray, and I’ll talk about them momentarily. But first, as usual, aside … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1986
I’ve talked about a couple of excellent films by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos before (such as my discussion of The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and my discussion of Poor Things), so when I first saw the trailer for his 2025 movie Bugonia ages ago, I was definitely interested; Lanthimos’s movies are always weird as … More Movies: Bugonia (2025)
Pennsylvania-based author Alex Grass recently contacted me and generously offered to send me an honest-to-goodness print version of his latest work for review, a short story anthology of weird fiction titled Infernal Tramps. This appears to be Alex’s fifth book, and was published very recently, in mid-July of 2026. Comprised of tales of varying lengths … More Books: Infernal Tramps by Alex Grass
I regret that I’ve gotten pretty behind in catching all the new and hyped horror films that have been coming out in 2026, but I’m slowly trying to make up for lost time. In that line, a friend had recommended the movie Undertone to me back when it was still in theaters in March, and … More Movies: Undertone (2026)
John Carpenter should need no introduction to anyone reading this, but the movie we’re talking about today just might. Made for TV just before the filming of Halloween began in 1978, and broadcast on NBC a couple of weeks after Halloween hit theaters, Someone’s Watching Me! (also known as High Rise) was for a long … More Movies: Someone’s Watching Me! (1978)
A few weeks back on a livestream, one of our listeners recommended a movie called Shock Treatment, which I initially thought referred to the 1981 film of the same name that was a loose “sequel” to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But nope, they said; this one was from 1964 and had Roddy McDowall in … More Movies: Shock Treatment (1964)
Regular readers of this blog will likely remember the name of British author Alan Golbourn, as I’ve reviewed three of his previous books (after he was kind enough to send them to me): The 666 Murders, The Cult From Beyond, and The Last Breath Before Death. Recently, Alan contacted me again and offered an ARC … More Books: From Under the Stairs by Alan Golbourn
So during a livestream a week or two ago, someone made a comment that they had found our channel through one of my giallo movie reviews, and that maybe it was time for me to do another one. Realizing that it had indeed been entirely too long since my last foray into the genre (the … More Movies: Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)
The Scare Salon 