For 31 Days of Spoooktacular, I wanted to do the occasional spotlight on the monsters that have formed the deep and gristly backbone of pop culture. Through a society's monsters, you can tell a lot about that society. What scares us, helps to define us. It is no coincidence that, in the wake of World … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Even a Man Who Is Pure in Heart
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31 Days of Spoooktacular: Portrait of a Slasher Movie
The slasher movie is, by far, one of the subgenres of horror that most sticks to a formula. And here is the formula: Pre-Credits Kill+Character Introduction+Cat Scare*+Minor Character Killed Off+Pointless Drama/Comedic Scene+Secondary Character Killed+Hero(ine) and Killer Meet-Up+Hero(ine) Triumphs+One Last Scare=Slasher Movie This is, for the most part, how every slasher movie plays out. You have … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Portrait of a Slasher Movie
31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Anticipation
Halloween, a long time ago, stopped being about Halloween. I don't go out and Trick 'r' Treat. I don't wear costumes. I don't have kids and take them Trick 'r' Treating. Generally, I hang out and watch a movie. But all the days and weeks leading up have become a celebration of their own. I … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Anticipation
I Want to Live in a Haunted House
For the first time, I think I can truly understand why people say that their house is haunted. I don't believe in ghosts. I don't believe in the supernatural. I don't believe in anything that can't be proven with the logical, brute force of Science. But.... Late last night, I was in bed reading when … Continue reading I Want to Live in a Haunted House
It’s on the Air
You can't sense it, but I can. I step outside and I can smell it, hovering on the fringes, hanging back from the senses; that lingering odor of decay in a basement that promises something hidden under the floor. You don't notice it. But it's coming. It's in the way the shadows are cast now; … Continue reading It’s on the Air
Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 2)
I finished watching Antichrist and, as promised, here's the second and last part of my review. After I finished watching it, I needed a hug. It's an emotionally draining movie; filled with disturbing images and grotesque elements. It depicted vile things and at the end, I wasn't entirely sure what I had seen. I don't … Continue reading Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 2)
Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 1)
It is very rare that a movie scares me anymore. I'm not bragging. It just means I've seen too many scary movies. I know how it's going to end. I know which characters are going to die at which points. I know where the monster will appear and what its name is. It's all about … Continue reading Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 1)
Movie Review: Prometheus
When I was younger, I was absolutely obsessed with the Aliens movies. Well, correction: I was obsessed with Alien and Aliens. The other two movies were of such questionable quality that I'd rather pretend that they never happened. It was one of the first bits of horror I watched growing up and it had a … Continue reading Movie Review: Prometheus
The North End Excursion (Part II)
There are places in this world where the skin of our world has been worn thin. Here, breaches can happen and travelers from our world can cross over to the other....just as they can also cross over into our world. These are places where the very fabric of reality has been frayed and where the … Continue reading The North End Excursion (Part II)
The North End Excursion (Part 1)
I was reading the Necronomicon, a collection a short stories by the Mad American H.P. Lovecraft, when I noticed something interesting in one of his stories, specifically "Pickman's Model". While most of his tales revolve around fantastical locations or rural areas or fictional towns, this particular story takes place in Boston's North End. There is … Continue reading The North End Excursion (Part 1)