Stuart Gordon is one of my top three horror directors of all time (John Carpenter and Sam Raimi being the other two). His birthday was August 11th, and to celebrate I'm going to recommend three of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft adaptations that he directed. *Note: These trailers contain some foul language, plenty of blood, and one (Dagon) features brief nudity. Re-Animator (1985) https://youtu.be/6NOcRIHiRtc Based on the H.P. Lovecraft story Herbert West--Reanimator, Jeffrey Combs plays Dr. Herbert West, a man who has created a serum that reanimates the dead. As y[...]
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0 I don’t read a lot of middle grade books. I like them, it’s just usually I’m craving something really dark and spooky and most middle grade novels don’t delve into the dark depths that I like. There are exceptions, naturally, and you can always look up long lists of middle grade horror books on Goodreads. When I was searching I found that this book already belonged to a ton of cool shelves on Goodreads, like Top 100 Middle School Must-reads, which I find pretty impressive. Last May I discovered a middle grade book called The House on Creep Street by the[...]
I've been sitting on my couch for the last half an hour, staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out what on earth I'm supposed to blog about after this hellish week. In case you're literally living under a rock, both Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police in both Louisiana and Minnesota. According to Huffington Post, police killed at least 136 black people in 2016, according to a project by the Guardian that tracks police killings in America. Philando Castile became the latest addition to the list Wednesday night after an officer sho[...]
Based on the true story behind how I started writing ghost stories [with headings brought to you by Florence + the Machine as performed by the Capital Children's Choir]. Regrets Collect Like Old Friends Picture it: Williamsville, NY, 1991. I was in fifth grade at a small Catholic school with the same dozen-and-a-half classmates I'd been with since kindergarten. We were more like indifferent siblings than anything but we were a decent group. Quiet. Silly at times. Competitive to a fault. And then, there was our teacher. Let's call her: S[...]
I grew up on Reist Street in Williamsville, NY. The neighbors across from us were dead. Probably why I do not love basements. Think about it: In my house, when I went Down To The Basement, I'd be on the same level as Them. The Across The Street Neighbors. It was not a very wide road. It wasn't until first grade that I discovered the power of a ghost story. My class was climbing the library shelves when the Librarian corralled us in to read us a godawful chapbook called 'Happy Little Pumpkin Goes Trick-or-Treating or S[...]
For those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram you may have missed all of my crazy posts last week. Kathy Palm and I were roomies at RT Vegas!!! Yes, I understand that RT stands for Romantic Times and that we are a horror blog. But I have a confession…I am a closet romance reader. Alright, this isn’t necessarily true. What I do enjoy is romance with a side of horror, which it turns out—I write. Kathy has lovingly deemed this genre “romantic horror”. So many amazing authors joined in talks about pushing boundaries in YA and c[...]
As Halfoween approaches, I'm thinking about the menu for my Halfoween Party and what I might do besides calling it "Potluck". I was looking up recipes, testing some things out... And then the horror house that is my body thought it would be great to give me an allergic reaction to-- --NO. Can't. I'm not ready for this. It's too hurtful to even type. Betrayed by my own flesh. If my hunch is correct--this is how my world ends. Mourn with me, dear Reader:
I am a big comics fan--I've been hosting a comic podcast called Secret Identity for ten years now with a buddy of mine. Being a lifelong horror fan as well, I'm always on the lookout for a decent horror comic, and it's rare that I am genuinely surprised by one. Which is what makes marvel's new Carnage series such a pleasant surprise. I love Spider-Man, and have read many a spider-related title over the years. For those that don't know, Carnage is the fusion of an alien symbiote and a serial killer named Cletus Kasady. He's one of Spider-Man's most dangerous and[...]
March's theme is horror houses and I finally get to talk about my all time favorite board game. The one, the only Mansions of Madness. The set-up is you play as one of the investigators from the Arkham Horror universe or as the Keeper, who controls the eldritch forces trying to stop you. You'll explore mysterious locations from mad scientist labs to mysterious, foreboding... um, mansions as you rush to solve mysteries of cosmic proportions. As the player, you move from room to room, exploring, finding items, falling into traps, and uncovering clue[...]
New stuff! Shenanigans! Weird things! Welcome to the fourth instalment of Curious Things Found on the Internet. We're taking it eclectic this week, and curating a mishmash of different things from various areas, and different parts of the world. Cat funerals! Tiny coffins! The hotel from Stephen King's The Shining! Hell yes. Let's have some fun, and get those inspirational juices flowing. Curious Things Found on the Internet - Part IV Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins "The “fairy coffins” discovered on Arthur’s Seat, a hill above Edinb[...]