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Dec. 27, 2023

The Host and the Parasite (Which is Art?)

By C. Rommial Butler   ======   Rod Serling on The Twilight Zone. The Cryptkeeper on Tales from the Crypt. Indy’s own Sammy Terry from Nightmare Theater. These are just a few examples of the horror host. The horror host is a conv…
Dec. 20, 2023

DEAD CROSS – The Cult of Mike Patton

“I can dress up the dead man But I can’t bring him back to life Bring it out, bring it out.” FAITH NO MORE – MOUTH TO MOUTH   ======   If I had to pinpoint certain moments of adolescence that really served as…
Dec. 9, 2023

The Thing and the Highwayman

Energy Never Ends   By C. Rommial Butler   ======   My oldest daughter and I checked out the fortieth anniversary theater showing of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, The Thing.   The Thing holds up af…
Dec. 5, 2023

Night Sweats

By Andy Emantsal   Thank you for joining us here at Horror To Culture!!! In this installment, I will be telling the tale of a horrifying nightmare that haunted me for 3 years of my childhood. At the height of my affliction I was having this s…
Dec. 3, 2023

What Lurks in the Shadow Mountains?

“Throw the phone out the window If you want the neighbors woke You’ll have to shout out loud And set the bed alight and slow If you want the neighbors woke You’ll have to shout even louder.”   -St. Vincent –…
Nov. 22, 2023

Neon Lit Video Store - Circa 1985

There’s been a renaissance as of late, a romance if you will, not only with the collection of VHS tapes of fan favorite movies and hard to find titles, but also keeping the legacy alive in regards to the rise and fall of VHS as a popular forma…
Nov. 16, 2023

Large Marge Sent Me

By Andy Emantsal   Thanks for stopping. Eheh. Some night huh? On this very night, ten years ago, on this same stretch of road, in a dense fog just like this, I saw the worst accident I ever seen. There was this sound, like a garbage truck, dr…
Nov. 11, 2023

Interview W/ The Red Plague

On this edition of the HORROR TO CULTURE interview series, we delve into the psychedelic dark-fantasy artwork of Vojta (who also goes by V), regarding the nature of Artificial Intelligence, our technological future, and what really happened at Roswe…
Oct. 31, 2023

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord – A Review

“Head of a jackal and tail of a snake Slithers and slinks through the desert, awake Gorges on moonbeams and bathes in the quantum foam Unchallenged in the infinite unknown.”   KGLW – Set – The Silver Cord (2023) &n…
Oct. 30, 2023

Interview W/ Crooked Smile Claywork

Hey there kids! You like it spooky? You like it kooky? Please take a moment for this Halloween treat as we talk with Michael Adams of the awesomely creepy CROOKED SMILE CLAYWORK! Michael is a mixed media artist out of Massachusetts, who specializes …