Why Your Next Trip Should be to “Lovecraft Country”
A look inside Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel which has been transformed into an upcoming HBO series. Explore high strangeness, immersive escapades, and atrocities of history.
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Why It’s A Perfect Time for Unsolved Mysteries
The Netflix reboot of a creepy classic does not ask you to help solve a mystery. But let’s give it a shot!
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Black Lives Matter in Horror
In horror, how can Black Lives Matter if the ‘Black Dude Dies First’? Horror genre has much to answer for and is starting to change for the better.
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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Scream’
In 1996, Scream entered the failing horror scene with an established horror director but completely new everything else. It paid off then–how does it hold up now?
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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Urban Legend’
Unlike its peers, ‘Urban Legend’ isn’t trying too hard. One might say it isn’t trying at all. The only ‘challenging’ aspect is keeping track of its internal urban myth bingo.
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90s Teen Slashers: ‘Final Destination’
A great movie to emphasize ‘fuck death!’ Originally a draft X-Files script, Final Destination was supposed to be an ‘anti-slasher’ movie. It’s an anti-something, all right. It gets crazy, it gets dumb. Let’s die-ve into Death’s Die-sign!
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90s Teen Slashers: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
I Know What You Did Last Summer is ‘prime’ teen slasher horror. Our cast is quintessentially 90s. The villain cloaked in an improbable, vaguely menacing costume. The script has the depth of a puddle. It is not a good product. But it is entertainingly mock-able.
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How a Horror Nerd Copes in Crisis
Horror is something I truly love. It gives me an escape. It makes me think. It gives me catharsis. It gives me a creative buzz. But currently, it’s tremendously psychologically difficult to engage with.
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Why The Lodge Offers Cold Comfort
The Lodge has offerings that any horror fan can appreciate—creepy dolls, 80s home-videos, cults, clips from The Thing, etc. But it is a bleak jaunt to the cinema.
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Why Dread is My Favorite Horror RPG
Dread is a modest love letter to great gaming and great horror. An innocent Jenga® tower is all you need to play. But players soon find that 54 stacked little wooden blocks can breed terror.
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