All About the Wendigo: The Legend, the Stories, the Art, the Sightings
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I made a documentary about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (Now available to watch.) The three books consisted of over 80 stories of folklore and urban legends. It was impossible to appropriately address each and every story in a single documentary. This website, in part, is a chance...
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Hospitals and Horror: The Health Care System Demonstrated in Horror Movies
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Medical quackery, mad doctors, and unorthodox lab experiments are the stuff science fiction nightmares and hospital horror movies are made of. The medical horror trope is rich with enough sub-genres to petrify patients for decades. With an endless supply of entries, this article gives a routine examination to notable healthcare...
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The Best Plus Size Gothic Dresses: The Styles and Where to Buy
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Finding the right dress can be difficult, and when your style lends itself to the dark and macabre, well that can make things even harder. Gothic clothing is often associated with the macabre or creepy side of life, sure, but there are so many different styles within this subculture that...
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The Surrealist Horrors of Jan Svankmajer, Master of Puppets
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As a card-carrying surrealist with an introverted philosophy, Jan Svankmajer is one of the most influential and obscure multimedia animators of Central Europe. The Czech director’s techniques in puppetry and stop-motion animation tap into the souls of everyday objects, characterized with deadpan tones. The unforgettable grainy absurdity and spiritual references...
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The Loathsome Lambton Worm of England: All About the Myth
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Dig deep enough in the annals of English folklore and you’re bound to come across the story of the loathsome Lambton Worm. With tons of history behind it, the tale of this cryptid is one that has been repeated for centuries. It lies somewhere between Bigfoot and Grendel in terms...
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The Fine Art of Low-Budget Horror Movies
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What is common between Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson? Both are critically and commercially acclaimed directors who have held the reins of very large franchises, the Spider-Man franchise in the case of Raimi and the Tolkien franchise in the case of Jackson. Both directors have been extremely successful and are...
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