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.
1932’s Vampyr is one of those movies that I always felt like I needed to get around to seeing, as it was one that often came up on lists of most influential horror films, as well as lists of influential horror films that were still underseen and underrated. While I’ll admit that it’s much less … More Movies: Vampyr (1932)
As anyone who’s been around here for any length of time knows, I love Dario Argento. Just recently, in fact, I chose 1977’s Suspiria as one of my favorite horror films, not only of 1977, but of all time. I’m also a massive fan of Argento’s early giallo movies, like The Bird with the Crystal … More Movies: Dark Glasses (2022)
I figured that since I already discussed seasons one and two of Masters of Horror, and also discussed the made-for-network-TV, unofficial third season (which was called Fear Itself, but was otherwise the same format), I might as well complete the set, as it were, and talk about the even less well-known and even more short-lived … More Revisiting Masters of Science Fiction (2007 Series)
First on the lineup, the 2013 Columbian/American co-production The Damned (aka Gallows Hill), directed by Victor García. I just kind of picked this one on a whim because I was tired of scrolling through the offerings, and though sometimes when that happens, I stumble across a hidden gem, unfortunately this was not one of those times. It’s not … More Double Feature: The Damned (2013) and The Pact (2012)
Author C.V. Hunt is the owner of Grindhouse Press, and from what I could determine is known primarily for her bizarro fiction, including the wonderfully-titled novellas Cockblock, How to Kill Yourself, and Baby Hater (which is about an infertile woman who becomes a baby-punching vigilante, and thus has shot right up to the top of … More Books: Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt
The 2020 novel Gilchrist by Christian Galacar is another horror novel I stumbled across while browsing the Kindle Unlimited free selections; the title and cover art intrigued me, so I thought I’d give it a whirl. Galacar, according to his bio, holds a degree in finance and worked in that field for several years before … More Books: Gilchrist by Christian Galacar
I only turned five years old in September of 1977, so I wasn’t really aware until later of all of the horror awesomeness that was unleashed in that watershed year. It was the year of amazingly cheesy, nature-run-amok movies (Day of the Animals, Empire of the Ants, Kingdom of the Spiders, Orca: The Killer Whale, … More My Favorite Horror Movies from Every Year Since I Was Born: 1977
While I’m a big fan of Clive Barker’s fiction and have read most of his stuff, I find that most film adaptations of his work fall far short of of the fantastical grotesqueries presented in his prose. 1992’s Candyman and 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train were rare exceptions to that, as was 1987’s excellent Hellraiser, … More Movies: Hellraiser (2022)
Richard Thomas’s short story collection Spontaneous Human Combustion was published in February of 2022, but I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy from Turner Publishing several months prior to its release. Richard Thomas was another author I wasn’t all that familiar with, although since he’s had about 150 stories published in various horror … More Books: Spontaneous Human Combustion by Richard Thomas
Since I mentioned on a recent video that I’d been trying to watch some of the newer films that have recently been added on Shudder, I was happy to get a recommendation along those lines from a listener, who told me I should watch the 2022 film Speak No Evil, which premiered earlier this year … More Movies: Speak No Evil (2022)
