I’d been seeing the 2023 film Brooklyn 45 showing up on a lot of “best horror of the year” lists, so when I saw it pop up on Shudder I thought I’d give it a spin. It’s not only set in the 1940s, which intrigued me, but it’s also centered around a séance. Anyone who … More Movies: Brooklyn 45 (2023)
I’m Jenny, and I love horror movies. It doesn’t even really matter to me what era or subgenre they come from (though of course, I have my preferences); just give me some ghost-choked castles, some unspeakable monsters, some taboo-breaking imagery, and/or gallons of dripping gore, and I’m a happy Crystal Lake camper. As a matter … More A History of Horror Movies
Gerald Brom, who is professionally known just by his last name, is an insanely talented artist and writer who I was peripherally aware of just by virtue of seeing his beautiful book covers here and there while browsing around in bookstores. He started as a commercial illustrator and later went on to do artwork for … More Books: Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
Fans of recent horror will likely know the name Joe Begos, who wrote and directed a couple of well-regarded flicks in the last few years, including 2019’s awesome action horror VFW, and the acid-trippy Bliss, released the same year. If you’re into the look and feel of those films—super saturated neon lighting, characters who drink … More Movies: Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
Well, Christmas is fast approaching, and it occurred to me that I hadn’t discussed much Christmas horror this year, whether in book or movie form (other than Await Further Instructions, which I covered here), so I thought it was about time to rectify that situation. In my Kindle Unlimited recommendations, I kept noticing a very … More Books: Everything is Temporary by Jon Cohn
Part of the fun of having a Kindle Unlimited subscription is playing what I like to call Kindle Roulette, where I just browse through the dozens of recommendations on offer and choose a book completely at random, sometimes solely from the title or a cool-looking cover design. On occasion, this method has kinda bitten me … More Books: The Neighbor by London Clarke
Today’s movie is another listener recommendation, though this time I already had the film on my “to watch eventually” list, as I often saw it popping up on Shudder and thought it sounded interesting. It’s also fortuitous that I chose to review it in December because even though I didn’t know it going in, this … More Movies: Await Further Instructions (2018)
I’m actually kind of embarrassed to admit that I had never even heard of this movie (or the book on which it’s based) until someone recommended it to me a while back, telling me it was right up my alley. Said alley, or rather one of many alleys, concerns Victorian murder mysteries with real historical … More Movies: The Limehouse Golem (2016)
The 2008 Canadian film Pontypool is one I kept seeing pop up on various internet lists of underrated horror movies, and even though the premise always sounded intriguing to me, for some reason I never got around to watching the thing until just recently, when I noticed that Shudder had added it to their lineup. … More Movies: Pontypool (2008)
In the run-up to Halloween of 2023, Amazon released a series of six stand-alone short stories/novellas under the name Creature Feature Collection, by six popular horror authors, including Grady Hendrix, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, Chandler Baker, and the subject of this review, Joe Hill. All six of the stories are available to read … More Books: The Pram by Joe Hill
The Scare Salon 