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.
The film Presence debuted at Sundance early in 2024 and got a theatrical release in January of 2025 from Neon. I had heard of it only peripherally, but a listener recommended it to me recently; it wasn’t playing at the theater anymore but was available to rent for ten bucks on Amazon Prime, so I … More Movies: Presence (2024)
Lovecraft adaptations tend to be all over the place, quality-wise, with the gold standard arguably being Stuart Gordon’s 1985 Re-Animator and its follow-up, 1986’s From Beyond. So when the writer of both those films, Dennis Paoli, contributed a screenplay for the 2023 film Suitable Flesh—a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1937 short story, “The Thing … More Movies: Suitable Flesh (2023)
Paul Tremblay is a name that should be familiar to most horror fans; he was responsible for the beloved 2015 novel A Head Full of Ghosts, which won a Bram Stoker Award that year, and his 2018 book The Cabin at the End of the World was adapted into the 2023 film Knock at the … More Books: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
I remember seeing the trailer for 2024’s Blink Twice ages ago while I was at the theater for another horror film. At the time, I thought it looked decent but didn’t feel any burning urge to watch it. I suppose this is mostly because, as far as horror movies go, I tend to like more … More Movies: Blink Twice (2024)
It’s time to dive back into Boris Karloff’s Thriller. This time, we’ll discuss season two, episode eight, “Letter to a Lover.” This installment was directed by Herschel Daugherty and based on a stage play by Sheridan Gibney. I don’t know anything about the original play but the episode itself seems to suffer from a somewhat … More Revisiting Thriller with Boris Karloff: Season 2, Episode 8 – “Letter to a Lover”
Over the years, I’d often see the 1988 film Pin turning up on a lot of “underrated horror movies” lists, and even though I could have sworn I saw it at some point, watching it for this review confirmed that I actually had not. Honestly, I’m sorry I waited so long; I really should have … More Movies: Pin (1988)
Just a couple weeks back, I chose Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy’s second feature film, the supernatural murder mystery Oddity, as one of my top five horror movies of 2024. In that review, I mentioned that since I loved Oddity so much, I was curious to see McCarthy’s 2020 debut Caveat (which is currently streaming on … More Movies: Caveat (2020)
Even though 2024 is now over and I’ve already picked my twenty favorite movies of the year just passed, I’m still mopping up some lingering 2024 horror that I missed. And inevitably, I ended up watching one that definitely would have been on the aforementioned favorite movies list if I’d seen it earlier. Oh well. … More Movies: Daddy’s Head (2024)
I normally don’t do this year-end ranking thing, for a couple of reasons. One, I’m too lazy and/or too busy, and two, I usually don’t see enough new horror movies in any given year to justify making a list like this. But 2024 was a shockingly kick-ass year for horror, and I ended up seeing … More My Twenty Favorite Horror Films of 2024
Prequels are a tricky business at the best of times; even a good one runs the risk of succumbing to pointlessness (as large segments of the audience will have already seen what happens after this story, so there won’t be any surprises in store), and lazy fan service (hey, here’s how this beloved character got … More Movies: The First Omen (2024)
The Scare Salon 