Goethe’s “Erlkonig” And The Mythology of The Erlking
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All over the world, legends abound regarding spirits, monsters, and other supernatural beings with mysterious and horrifying connections with children. In ancient Greece, Lamia was a night-haunting monster that would find and eat children. The well-known story of Baba Yaga,...
Horror’s Most Disturbing Novel, Cows by Matthew Stokoe: Extreme or Allegory?
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Please be aware that this article contains triggering subject matter. While key plot points have been omitted, severely disturbing material is alluded to. Horror and controversy have courted each other for a long time. They form a symbiotic relationship that...
We All Scream for Ice Cream Man: Devouring the Cult Horror Movie
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Urban legends of ice cream men with evil intentions have existed for decades. Sometimes he’s selling recreation on the side to the big kids. Other times he might be entertaining lonely housewives. One can only imagine how the tinny music...
Goya’s Black Paintings – The Haunting Art of a 19th Century Master
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While talking about horror as a genre in culture, it is sometimes easy and convenient to overlook its abundance in art. In truth, the world of horror borrows heavily from it, and no example of this is more appropriate than...
Danse Macabre: Ballet and Dance in Horror Cinema
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The impact of the danse macabre cannot be understated. The artistic movement, whose name literally translates to "dance of death," is generally thought to have begun in the 15th century. After the height of the Black Death had passed, humanity...
The Twilight Zone’s The Little People is an Existential Nightmare
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Rod Serling believed that the role of a writer was to "menace the public’s conscience"... often demonstrating with social commentaries hidden in the dreamscapes of his scripts. Serling particularly liked to pick at religion and faith, examining the different perspectives...