by The Lineup | Aug 30, 2016 | media, monsters, movies, paranormal |
By Aliza Polkes My first scary movie was The Sixth Sense. I remember it as a momentous occasion; horror movies were strictly off-limits as a child, and the trailers I saw in theaters as well as the spooky VHS boxes lining the walls of video stores had always intrigued...
by Eric Olsen | Aug 24, 2016 | media, monsters, movies, television, zombies |
Stranger Things, the retro scfi/mystery series on Netflix, is the hit of the 2016 summer season, generating buzz and discussion galore, reinvigorating the career of Winona Ryder, and bringing writer/directors the Duffer Brothers to prominence. Among other things the...
by Eric Olsen | Aug 22, 2016 | culture, magick and occult, media, monsters, movies, paranormal, religion and belief, witches |
Robert Eggers’ “New England folktale” The Witch is the most highly regarded horror film in years. It is so highly regarded that some critics who dismiss horror as mere shock and exploitation place The Witch outside the genre due to its...
by Blogcritics | Jul 18, 2016 | art, books, comics, conventions and events, culture, extraterrestrials, media, monsters, movies, paranormal, television |
By Shawn Bourdo and Gordon S. Miller San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Thursday Shawn Bourdo The first day of Comic-Con is such a roller coaster. It’s usually the sweetest day of the whole Con. You are still full of energy, you’ve forgotten how the Convention smells and the...
by The Lineup | Jul 18, 2016 | culture, monsters, religion and belief, vampires |
By Gary Sweeney In 19th century New England, an outbreak of consumption triggered a widespread vampire terror that centered most personally on young Mercy Brown. Consumption (also known as tuberculosis) was a leading cause of death in the 1800s; by all accounts, it...
by The Lineup | Jul 8, 2016 | media, monsters, movies, paranormal |
By DeAnna Janes The horror genre oozes with substance. So whittling down the field to the 10 best horror directors—five classic, five modern—proved more challenging than sawing off one’s foot. But we did it. So here you go: 10 sultans of sinister who elevate blood and...
