Ben Young is a horror writer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio and the novel of his I chose from my Kindle Unlimited suggestions was called Home. It was published in March of 2024, and as far as I could determine, is his second book (the first was called Stuck and came out in September of … More Books: Home by Ben Young
During one of 13 O’Clock’s fun, infamous, drunken Friday night Sidetracks livestreams, a listener in the chat recommended a new horror film that had recently dropped on Shudder: the 2024 Irish supernatural murder mystery Oddity. There was a lot of buzz about this film when it debuted at South by Southwest in March; it even … More Movies: Oddity (2024)
So I kept seeing this wonderfully cheesy, 80s-soap-opera-looking horror movie popping up every time I scrolled through Amazon Prime. I could tell it was made for TV just by the presence of a big-haired Susan Lucci on the movie poster and the lovably cheapjack design of the thing, so you knew I had to get … More Movies: Invitation To Hell (1984)
If you guys will remember, back in September of 2022 I talked about a book called Faces in a Window, the second novel by Pennsylvania-based author Oliver C. Seneca. The writer himself was kind enough to send me a copy to review, and I quite enjoyed the story, though I had a few minor issues … More Books: Shaded Grove by Oliver C. Seneca
Returning to my newer international horror movie kick for this review, I decided to take a look at a film that had piqued my interest when I saw it pop up on Shudder a little while back. I hadn’t pulled the trigger on it immediately, but it so happened that a few days later, a … More Movies: The Devil’s Bath (2024)
Writer and filmmaker James M. Watjen is based in Indiana, and cites as his influences the works of Stephen King, George Romero, and William Lustig. James actually reached out to me a while back and offered me an ebook of his 2024 novella The Vermin Sleep, published by Nightmare Press, so naturally I agreed to … More Books: The Vermin Sleep by James M. Watjen
Yeah, yeah, I know I’d been on a “new international films” kick with my past few reviews, but for this one, I decided to get back to a genre I’ve been sadly neglecting for quite a while: good old 1970s giallo goodness. Shudder has a decent selection of some more obscure titles, so I chose … More Movies: My Dear Killer (aka Mio Caro Assassino) (1972)
As I mentioned in my post about Thriller episodes, I’ve decided to switch to a one-episode-at-a-time format for both my Thriller series and this Night Gallery series, rather than the six-episode chunks I was tackling before. It’s just a lot less daunting and time-consuming overall. Hope y’all don’t mind. So when we last left Night … More Revisiting Night Gallery: Season 2, Episode 13 – “The Messiah on Mott Street/The Painted Mirror”
Yet another film I had seen a lot of buzz about before noticing it pop up on Shudder recently was the 2023 creature feature Infested. It’s a French film, initially released under the title Vermines, and is the full-length directorial debut of Sébastien Vaniček. The movie got overwhelmingly positive reviews and was financially successful during … More Movies: Infested (aka Vermines) (2023)
I figured it had been a minute since I’d gone delving into Shudder’s newer international fare, so I took a quick look around the internet for some recommendations on the best films currently available on the platform. And pretty universally at the top of many horror sites’ lists was the 2024 South Korean supernatural folk … More Movies: Exhuma (2024)
The Scare Salon 