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12 Crimes of Christmas: Part 1

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2021

Part 1 in our 12 Crimes of Christmas Series! Featuring: Santa’s gruesome origin story, a fake kidnapping, a real kidnapping, and Ted Bundy himself!

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Why It ’s A Classic: Psycho

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

‘Psycho’ captures a portrait of America at a particular point in time, but also speaks to universal themes in American fiction.

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  • Movies

Why Doctor Sleep should Take Its Medicine

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on November 12, 2019November 20, 2019

The Overlook could be a great horror monster that returns with familiar schtick and inventive ways to terrify you. That is not what ‘Doctor Sleep’ chooses to do.

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  • Reviews

Why Dragula is a Ghoulish Gorgeous Gem

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on November 11, 2019November 20, 2019

Many queer folks grow up identifying with the weird and the villainous… For many, being queer is all about being put in a box and saying “Nah, fuck that box.”

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  • Movies

Why ‘The Lighthouse’ Darkly Shines

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 21, 2019November 20, 2019

Two men to tend a lighthouse. One is a haggard seadog, another is wet behind the ears. One may be a murderer when they arrive. One may be a murderer at the end.

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  • Movies

Why Thrillers Should Consider the Source

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 19, 2019November 20, 2019

‘The Stepfather’ had plenty of material to work off of for this character. He’s clearly based on a real person: John List, one of the most notorious family annihilators in history.

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  • Histories and Legends

Why Lighthouses are So Darn Creepy

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 14, 2019May 12, 2021

Lighthouses are often said to be haunted. They certainly capture the darker side of one’s imagination—what would life be like in such isolated places? What kind of people would choose to live there?

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  • Podcasts

Why ‘Spooked’ will Expand Fears in Your Ears

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 12, 2019February 5, 2021

Many of the stories are not simply recounting creepy happenings. The stories are about things that matter. They are often truly about real, raw emotions. Regret, grief, guilt.

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  • Books

Why this Icelandic Ghost Story gives Chills

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 11, 2019November 20, 2019

‘I Remember You’ (Icelandic: ‘Ég man þig’) by Yrsa Sigurdarsdottir is heartily recommended if you want to white knuckle your way through 300-odd pages of terror.

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  • Movies

Why ‘The Strangers’ is Familiar

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 8, 2019November 20, 2019

Unlike accidentally summoning Hell Raiser or dream battling Freddy Krueger, home invasion murders have been played out horrifically in real life throughout history.

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