REEL DARK in the Spotlight
Andrew Have you ever been afraid of the movies? Not afraid AT the movies--any good horror film should give you chills--but scared that the movies themselves could somehow darken your world?…
Trouble Where Arthouse Meets Megaplex
Recent articles have lauded the movie The Witch for flying from the festival circuit to grace the mainstream’s megaplexes with its arthouse horror presence. I’m a snob about snobbery: while…
Christmas Dystopia: The Real Season of Fear
‘Tis the season to be afraid. No, I’m not confusing the Holiday Season—fuck it, I mean the Christmas Season—with Halloween. I mean the real season of horror, the one when…
150 Years of Monstrosity (Coming for You Now)
Bram Stoker's Dracula. Richard Marsh's The Beetle. Arthur Conan Doyle's The Parasite. Marie Corelli's Ziska. Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan. Ishiro Honda's Matango. William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in…
How to Figure Out THE PROBLEM
You know something isn’t right. A nagging feeling, an itch, a funny smell, a sour stickiness on your tongue, a lurking in the corner of your eye, a high-pitched whine…