Horror, like a lot of pop culture, comes in waves with different splashes. First there were the German silent films that promoted an Expressionist chiaroscuro of dread, then came the Universal monster films of the 1930s, which combined German-style cinematography with American-born notions of perversity […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVThere are many Sherlockians out there right now. Frankly, it’s a Sherlockian world, and the tremendously popular BBC series isn’t showing any signs of letting up. I remember once speaking to an English professor that I respected about how certain writers come in and out […]
Book Reviews Books & ComicsMy friend Zach and I sat down to watch director Carl Lindbergh’s BUNNYMAN MASSACRE –sequel to the divisive film BUNNYMAN–some nights ago. Although I have not had the opportunity to see and, therefore, hold no opinion on the latter, I certainly feel like I’ve had […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVThe good folks behind one of the best-regarded horror film festivals in the U.S. are at it again in August. Read the press release below. 07-07-2014—The movie festival that even modern technology could not kill, Hudson Horror Show, is back from the grave and hungry for […]
NewsFrom the darkness has curiosity ever reached out and struck you? Has it caused you to wonder about your favorite genre writers and what’s on their bookshelves? It’s reached out and struck me. Do they have some classic pulp detective novels? What about graphic novel […]
Authors Books & ComicsLAS VEGAS – June 23, 2014 – Evil Dead the Musical has been celebrating its two-year milestone at Planet Hollywood’s V Theater with special performances, discounts on tickets, and the announcement of the show’s upcoming live CD. The show is turning its interactive energy into […]
NewsZombie films, from their very inception, have been the receptacle of the shadow of the western culture. The first zombie film, White Zombie, shows a zombie woman who plays into the original idea of the voudou zombie. In the vodoun tradition, this is a person […]
Featured ArticleIt was almost halfway through Todd Sheets’ newest release, House of Forbidden Secrets, when I really started to enjoy watching it. First, the bad: The movie opens with one of the main characters, Hanna (Michaela Paxton Tarbell), losing power in her flashlight while gory, dead […]
Movie Reviews Movies & TVLos Angeles – June 10, 2014 – Rob Zombie’s first concert film, The Zombie Horror Picture Show, released May 19 by Zodiac Swan/T-Boy/UMe, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Music DVD chart and has retained the chart’s top spot for its second week of release. […]
NewsFollowing the success of his recent features, SICK, a festival favorite and Black Eve, currently available on DVD, award-winning director Ryan M. Andrews is set to direct his originally scripted Save Yourself this summer. Scream Queen Jessica Cameron will be starring in as well as […]
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