FEATURED ARTICLES
June 26, 2024
Inheritors of the Fire
“The danger in bringing the light to a dark place, is that you might find out what lives in the darkness”.
-OUT OF DARKNESS (2022)
The nature of horror is ancient. It resides in the flickering shadows of our earliest ancestral …
June 23, 2024
Apocalypse Cow
Kyle, a young man of little means with a serious addiction, walked up to the food truck hiding a gun in his jacket pocket. He knew this dude made a lot of money because people lined up around the block to get a burger around lunch and in the evening…
June 1, 2024
Barker's Brilliance and the Future of Literature
By C. Rommial Butler
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Stephen King helped catapult Clive Barker into worldwide fame with this line:
“I have seen the future of horror… and his name is Clive Barker.”
He was right.
Where King helped make …
May 11, 2024
Doctor Gramma
By C. Rommial Butler
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When mirror regards mirror which is the reflection?
This question popped into my mind when I stumbled onto the doctor’s experiment.
But I cannot go into that without some background.
I’ve …
April 24, 2024
Pulling at Threads...
“Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches, the other seven thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who’s ahead, who’s stronger.”
-Ca…
April 23, 2024
Ape-Mania: A Discussion W/ Hunter Goatley
“YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP. DAMN YOU. GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!”
-Captain George Taylor
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MAD: Hunter, it’s great to speak with you again today and thanks for agreeing to this short discussion! There’…
April 13, 2024
The Crow and the Winter Soldier
By C. Rommial Butler
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Here’s a tough thing for us to admit:
We are not responsible for every bad thing that happens to us.
Here’s another tough thing for us to admit:
We are responsible for the way we deal wit…
April 10, 2024
MAD GOD - A Review
If you’re a massive horror aficionado such as myself, you likely have a huge stockpile of films waiting in your watch list, across multiple streaming platforms. With so many movies to view, and so little time, it’s often difficult to gau…
April 5, 2024
FESTIVAL OF THE LIVING DEAD - A Review
When I first saw the news that a “spiritual sequel” to George A. Romero’s classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was about to be released, it immediately jumped to the front of my “to do list”. Romero’s original DEAD tr…
April 3, 2024
Magnetic Hypnosis and Ethereal Forms
It’s always a pleasant surprise when you stumble upon a hidden gem which manages to break through all the buzzing static of mainstream horror and presents an original story. Even better if that film delivers unique supernatural themes, merged …