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July 28, 2025

Catacomb of Torment - The Return of EC Comics

Over at Horror To Culture we’ve frequently shared our love for the classic EC titles from the 1950’s (not the least of which being an entire episode devoted to horror comic books and magazines that can be found here: https://www.horrorto…
July 27, 2025

FF: First Steps - A Review

“If you look at my characters, you will find me. No matter what kind of character you create or assume, a little of yourself must remain there.” -Jack Kirby (1917 – 1994)   Just returned from a Sunday matinee showing, which…
July 17, 2025

Double Feature W/ Scott Schirmer #2

CREEPSHOW (1982) George Romero directs an anthology from Stephen King in this homage to colorful horror comics of the 1950s. All five tales are pretty good. In Father’s Day, a deceased patriarch comes back to life to torment his heirs.…
July 13, 2025

Marshmallow - An Interview w/ Daniel DelPurgatorio

Daniel DelPurgatorio is the filmmaker behind the new sleeper hit indie horror release entitled Marshmallow, and today we had the good fortune to sit down for a short discussion in regards to the release, his influences, and independent filmmaking. …
July 11, 2025

It's a Bird! - Superman Review

I’d like to preface today’s review with the fact that, so I’m told, the very first movie I ever saw in a theater was Superman sometime in early 1979. The classic film, directed by Richard Donner and starring the legendary Christoph…
July 3, 2025

The Burning Question

I am no fan of witch hunts, as I make clear in this Horror to Culture article. But I am also not a fan of the opportunistic way in which those with an ideological ax to grind will cherry-pick and misrepresent information or revise history. Like ma…
June 29, 2025

King Loke's Kreepshow - The Undertaker – Ode to the Dead Man

If you’re my age (35) or older, then you know Mark Calaway, better known by his wrestling persona, The Undertaker, and less well-known by his other persona, The American Badass (still technically called The Undertaker). The type of professiona…
June 29, 2025

Savage Dragon - An Interview w/ Erik Larsen

The legendary Erik Larsen is a man that requires no introduction (but I’m going to give him one anyway). From his phenomenal work on The Amazing Spider-Man, to a notable run on Doom Patrol, to co-founding Image Comics in 1992, to his long runn…

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July 28, 2025

Catacomb of Torment - The Return of EC Comics

Over at Horror To Culture we’ve frequently shared our love for the classic EC titles from the 1950’s (not the least of which being an entire episode devoted to horror comic books and magazines that can be found here: https://www.horrorto…

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July 27, 2025

FF: First Steps - A Review

“If you look at my characters, you will find me. No matter what kind of character you create or assume, a little of yourself must remain there.” -Jack Kirby (1917 – 1994)   Just returned from a Sunday matinee showing, which…

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July 17, 2025

Double Feature W/ Scott Schirmer #2

CREEPSHOW (1982) George Romero directs an anthology from Stephen King in this homage to colorful horror comics of the 1950s. All five tales are pretty good. In Father’s Day, a deceased patriarch comes back to life to torment his heirs.…

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