Some of y’all might remember that a while back, I reviewed a 2022 novel titled The 666 Murders by a British author named Alan Golbourn, which I enjoyed quite a bit, with some caveats. So recently, when Golbourn contacted me again and offered me a review copy of his latest novel The Cult From Beyond, … More Books: The Cult From Beyond by Alan Golbourn
I feel as though choosing books at random like I do ends up netting me a higher-than-average percentage of novels by British authors, and I’m not entirely sure why that is. Maybe British writers are just better at coming up with titles and concepts that intrigue me, or at least are more capable of targeting … More Books: Sallow Bend by Alan Baxter
English writer A.J. Wills worked as a journalist for more than a decade before becoming a full-time novelist in 2021; his was a name I’d heard before, leading me to believe I’d actually read something of his, but I guess I was mistaken because none of the titles of his novels rang a bell. But … More Books: The Warning by A.J. Wills
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
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)
Amy Cross was a name I hadn’t encountered before in the realm of horror fiction, but doing some research into her work demonstrated that I probably should have heard of her before now, because she’s written a metric shit-ton of books, mainly in paranormal horror and fantasy. She’s a British writer who looks to have … More Books: The Ghost in Room 119 by Amy Cross
I’m a graphic designer myself and have been for more than two decades, so perhaps it’s a little self-serving of me to say that book covers are really, REALLY important, but just because I’m biased doesn’t mean the statement isn’t absolutely true. For example, the cover design of Patrick Delaney’s 2020 novel The House That … More Books: The House That Fell from the Sky by Patrick Delaney
2022’s Skinamarink was easily one of my top five most anticipated films this year (the other four, in case you’re curious, are Knock at the Cabin, Infinity Pool, Renfield, and The Voyage of the Demeter), and the first one that I finally got to lay my eyeballs on, due to Shudder adding it just a … More Movies: Skinamarink (2022)
Back when I still had an AMC Stubs membership (which I had to cancel because I couldn’t really afford it anymore and I moved way farther away from the movie theater anyway so could never go), I must have seen the trailer for The Black Phone every single time I went to the movies. It … More Movies: The Black Phone (2021)
The Scare Salon 