Jenny Ashford is a horror, true crime, and paranormal writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. Her most recent books are a three-volume true crime compilation collectively known as The Faceless Villain: A Collection of the Eeriest Unsolved Murders of the Twentieth Century. Volume One was published in 2017, Volume Two in 2018, and Volume Three in 2019. Her other books include four paranormal nonfiction books: The Unseen Hand: A New Exploration of Poltergeist Phenomena, The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist (with Tom Ross), House of Fire and Whispers: Investigating the Seattle Demon House, and The Rochdale Poltergeist (both with Steve Mera); as well as three horror novels, Red Menace, Bellwether, and The Five Poisons; two short story collections, Hopeful Monsters and The Associated Villainies; and a graphic novel, The Tenebrist. A second edition of The Associated Villainies was published in 2019, featuring four new stories, an enhanced print layout, and an audio book version. A second edition of The Five Poisons was published in 2020. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including The Nightmare Collective, History Is Dead, 2012AD, ChimeraWorld #3, and ChimeraWorld #4. Her horror blog, Goddess of Hellfire, contains writing news, short stories and articles, and her reviews and opinions on horror films and books. She also co-hosts a podcast with Tom Ross called 13 O'Clock, on which they discuss true crime, unexplained mysteries, paranormal weirdness, horror movies and books, food, and other fun, creepy topics. They recently collaborated on a 13 O'Clock cookbook. Jenny's graphic design work can be seen on everything from books and business cards to posters and packaging. She runs an online store called Gravecake selling products with her designs, and also has a board-and-card game concern called Giallo Games, which produces games based around the beloved Italian horror/crime genre, among many other themes.
Before I embark on the long trek into season two of Thriller with Boris Karloff, I’m going to take that promised side journey into Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, the pilot episode of which I discussed here. You see, just this past weekend while I was out and about, I happened upon a complete box set … More Revisiting Night Gallery: Season One
As you fellow horror nerds probably know, every now and then, you’re really in the mood for some pure, unadulterated, and vibrantly fragrant 1970s cheese. Being in one of those moods myself this week, I decided to toddle on over to Shudder and check out a 70s flick that I had been curious to see … More Movies: The Manitou (1978)
At long last, I’m returning to my exhaustive breakdowns of each episode of the American Thriller series from the early 1960s, hosted by Boris Karloff. This time around, I’m only covering five episodes (instead of the usual six), because there were only five left in season one, so without further ado… Episode 33: “The Terror … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 1, Episodes 33-37
A while back, I gave a glowing review to the excellent 2020 novella The Rotting Within by Matt Kurtz (seriously, read it), and much to my pleasant surprise, the author himself recently contacted me and offered me a copy of his latest work, a “creature feature” novella titled Shock Waves, which was just published by … More Books: Shock Waves by Matt Kurtz
I feel as though I’ve covered a great deal of American, British, Italian, Asian, and French horror on this site, but one country’s offerings that I’ve mostly neglected thus far is Spain, a nation that also had something of a horror boom in the 1970s, which was in fact largely kicked off by the classic … More Movies: Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
As with most things that happen in regards to my book and movie review posts and videos, the way I ended up reading and discussing these two particular books was completely random. Both books popped up in my Kindle Unlimited recommendations, and both caught my eye for various reasons. I had never read anything by … More Books: The Funhouse by Matt Shaw & 100% Match by Patrick C. Harrison III
I’ve finally breached a new decade on my seemingly endless journey to choose my five favorite horror movies from every year since I was born (way the hell back in 1972, in case you’re new here). 1980, of course, would mark the beginning of the “slasher decade,” though of course there were loads of other … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1980
British director Danny Boyle first came to worldwide attention in 1996, with his breakout hit Trainspotting, a charmingly scuzzy black comedy about drug addicts, and a film that is largely credited with revitalizing the somewhat stagnant British film industry at the time, which had been mostly focused on social realism dramas and prestige period pieces. … More Movies: Shallow Grave (1994)
Anyone who’s been around here for any length of time knows that I’m a big fan of Grady Hendrix; I’ve read and reviewed a handful of his books, including The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and Horrorstör, and even though I didn’t review it for this series because it’s … More Books: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
As I’ve probably mentioned before, I don’t really have any kind of scientific basis for choosing books or movies to watch and review for this blog; I essentially just browse around through the horrors on offer on all of my various streaming services (or on my Kindle, in the case of books), and pick whatever … More Movies: Isolation (2005)
The Scare Salon 