Nine Cat-Themed Horror Films Worth a Purr
Andrew
Every now and then I succumb to cuteness. Samara, however, has requested that I base a character on her, one that slaughters all the “insects,” whatever that means. 9. Cat…
Horror as Banishment
An annoying question that intellectuals ignorant about the horror genre often think they’re terribly clever for asking: what is horror, anyway? An annoying corollary: why would anyone read or write…
Repulsion at the End of the World (a Polanski Masterpiece Turns 50)
Look on the Internet Movie Database, and you’ll see a tagline for Roman Polanski’s 1965 film Repulsion that almost preempts interpretation: “A classic chiller of the ‘Psycho’ school!” Marketing-wise, the…
Take a Sure Thing: R.J. Sullivan’s Dark Wit Is Not a Whim
Darkness with a Chance of Whimsy showcases author R.J. Sullivan’s development over ten years with ten short stories, providing a brief introduction for each tale that explains its history. It…
Shadow Out of the Sky: Not Afraid to be Scary
Brick Marlin’s Shadow Out of the Sky—a horror novel with enough ingredients from science fiction, fairy tales, and other sources to feed a troop of hungry new readers as well…