At the end of November of 2022, an author named Alan Golbourn contacted me and offered to send me a couple of his novels for review, and of course I accepted, because free books are one of my very favorite things. I regret that it’s taken me this long to get around to reading one … More Books: The 666 Murders by Alan Golbourn
Not too long ago, when I did a post and video about Disney’s 1980s “Dark Phase” and talked particularly about the 1980 film The Watcher in the Woods, I happened to mention that the movie in this specific cycle and era that actually got the most discussion for being straight-up nightmare fuel for 80s kids … More More Dark Disney: Revisiting Return To Oz (1985)
New Hampshire-based author John Durgin is a very new face on the horror scene, having co-founded Livid Comics only two years ago, in 2020, and publishing a Christmas horror comic series called Jol around the same time. According to his bio, he was a huge fan of Stephen King and had long dreamed of becoming … More Books: The Cursed Among Us by John Durgin
The pond looked dark, even now, even in broad daylight. Muriel remembered it had always looked dark. She had always been afraid of it. She waded through layers of dead leaves in her worn black flats, keeping her eyes fixed on the still water. The grass around the pond had grown long and wild; Muriel … More Fiction: William’s Pond
In my recent review of 2022’s Dark Glasses, I talked a little bit about my love of the early work of Dario Argento and the decline in the quality of his movies that began around the 1990s and continues, pretty much unabated, to this day. It’s a shame, of course, but it happens to most … More Movies: Mother of Tears (2007)
The 1922 Swedish-Danish co-production Häxan, known in English as The Witches or Witchcraft Through the Ages, is structured in four parts, and was actually conceived as a documentary. Writer/director Benjamin Christensen had done a two-year study of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum, and sought to bring his knowledge to new audiences. For that reason, the first part of the film (comprising … More Silent Movie Watchalong: Häxan
As I mentioned in my last book review about Literally Dead, I’m a sucker for a good Halloween horror anthology, whether it’s in book or film form. The one I’m talking about today, This Is Halloween by James A. Moore, is a bit different, in that it’s ten (mostly) Halloween-themed tales by a single author, … More Books: This Is Halloween by James A. Moore
I’m probably not alone when I say that in my opinion, Roger Corman’s Poe Cycle of movies was absolutely the director’s finest work. I had seen almost all of them at one time or another (my favorite is Masque of the Red Death, in case you were interested), but for whatever reason, this one sort … More Movies: The Haunted Palace (1963)
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)
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
The Scare Salon 