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Michael Myers: A Look Back At The Boogeyman Who Stabbed His Way Into Our Hearts Before the 1960’s, horror films tended to be gothic and romantic in nature. Monsters were mythical creatures who lived in faraway castles and dazzled us with dread within the comfort of our own homes knowing that we were safe from their wrath. It wasn’t until …

Greetings and salutations once again counts and countesses of the night, it’s time for another terrifying top ten list straight from me to you my little darlings. This week I’ll be giving you the top ten most terrifying things you should know about Pennywise from Stephen King’s IT, which as we are all aware is hitting theaters this fall. So …

Historical events directly impact what filmmakers create and monsters notoriously tend to reflect the perils of the times. Blending fact with fiction, film draws inspiration from folklore, various cultures and universal humanistic themes, to world events in order to create stories that allow audiences to escape reality for fun as well as fear. Common influences in horror films tend to …

Greetings ghouls and ghoulettes, we’ve come to that time of the week where I step into the dark to show you the path to horror film glory. This week I’m going to give you my top ten reasons for why the 1977 classic film Suspiria, is a film that an adoring fan of the horror genre will eat right up. …

It’s a sad truth that the world’s true innovators are often forgotten by history. When you think of the telescope does the name Hans Lippershey jump to mind? That’s too bad, because he invented it. Does the name Tim Berners-Lee ring a bell? Well you’re using his invention right now— a little thing called the World Wide Web. In 1903 …

Since the release of the terrifying horror film “The Conjuring” I have been hearing about creepy dolls nonstop. While the doll in that movie makes you feel uncomfortable, nothing is scarier than the Key West native doll named “Robert“.  (If you take an interest in film’s scariest dolls then you’ll definitely want to check out this article) Artist Robert Eugene …

I’m a huge consumer of horror movies and weird factoids, which is a very dangerous combination. While researching my novel Voodoo Child, Book One: Zombie Uprising I discovered some offbeat zombie trivia that even I didn’t know. So sit back and enjoy a few delightfully macabre bits of living dead data. THREE BILLION PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE THE ZOMBIE PARASITE How’s …

Recently my niece uncovered covert actions within her own household. Apparently my seven-year-old nephew had devised and executed a complex plan to watch The Walking Dead– a show that was deemed strictly off limits. Yet he’d managed to set an alarm for three in the morning, sneak out of bed, navigate Comcast’s Video On Demand feature and watch half an …

A few months ago, I hypothesized that 2016 was the best year for horror. And while 2017 is shaping up to be one for the record books, the key to finding the best year for horror is to look to the past. We have to go way back — to 1985. You read it here first, folks – 1985 is …

Released in the UK on Friday the 13th of February, in the first year of the dawning decade, Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut (named, like the band itself, after Mario Bava’s 1963 horror film) was the distorted “shot heard ‘round the world” of occult/doom rock. Not only did these working class boys from Birmingham, England deliver a haunting, gloomy album cover …

I recently found myself attending, in the span of a week, concert performances by two classic hard rock/heavy metal bands, arguably two of the most successful and influential exemplars of the form, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. Both of these veteran groups were on what is likely the final major tour of each act’s lengthy career (the outing officially announced as …

After extensive research, watching decades worth of horror movies and TV shows, reading novels and comic books, I have come to a profound conclusion in my search for the best year for horror. That year is 2016. No, I am not referring to the horrors happening out in the real world (okay, I actually am, but we’ll get to that …

As Halloween approaches, here’s a rundown of the 13 most frightening vampires, monsters and madmen to appear in horror films and TV shows – and which might well be knocking on your door on the night of October 31st! Diana in Lights Out This year’s horror hit, based on an acclaimed short film with millions of views on YouTube, features …

These are the movies that you qualify with disclaimers like “This isn’t for everyone” or “Not your typical _____ movie.” They are controversial, they are disturbing, they tend to push the boundaries, not only of cinema but also of good taste. They might shock you, they might upset you, they might even offend you. These are the movies that demand …

Extreme Cinema is not entirely a new classification (hence the fairly in-adequate wiki listing) but one that was attached to a genre of horror that challenges the limits of what we have been exposed to over the years. With television, cable, and pay TV taking things “much further” in recent years, that gray line has become awful thin. Certainly fans …