The Horrors of Fame: Exploring Horror Musicals Phantom of the Paradise and Shock Treatment
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Whether adapted from stage or produced strictly for the big screen, musicals have been popular entertainment across many generations. Choreography and music interwoven into the narrative delight the imaginations of young and old alike. Musical movies boast lavish sets and...
Is Squid Game Scary? A Modern Conception of Capitalist Horror
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There’s little to say about Squid Game that hasn’t already been discussed, right? Right? Wrong. Squid Game is obviously the hottest property in television right now. Netflix’s biggest debut programme, worth (almost) a billion dollars for the platform, a shining...
Blood in the Words: The Forgotten Art of Horror Poetry
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When was the last time that you read some horror poetry? Unless you’re a wide-eyed college student or someone a little too excited about Halloween, it’s probably been a while. Poetry in general isn’t exactly vogue these days, and that’s...
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and “WTF is Going On” Horror
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Give me all the Queer horror you can shovel into my TBR pile. It doesn’t have to be the sole focus of the story, even just a wee mention of a queer coupling or small inclusion of queer culture and...
Origins and Meaning of The Red Spot from the Scary Stories Books
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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...
Uncomfortable Liminal Spaces and the Horror Films that Influence Them
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You’ve been in a liminal space before. Do you remember that empty playground that you sat at while you waited for your parents to pick you up? What about that time you and your friends snuck into that old, abandoned...