6 days agoThe Newkirks: Making the Paranormal Great AgainBy Marcos Codas Meet Greg and Dana Newkirk, the couple who created a community of fun, friendly and respectful weirdos. When I was growing up, there were two mainstays in my life: The X-Files and Sombras en la Noche. The latter was a TV show about Paraguayan myths and legends…Paranormal7 min readParanormal7 min read
May 19Grave Men and Ill ChildrenBy T.J. Tranchell Tom Piccirilli once said that writing horror was a young man’s game. I think about that often as I age and continue to write and enjoy horror fiction. Did he mean that horror lacks the complexity of the crime thrillers he would shift into late in his…Humanity5 min readHumanity5 min read
May 12Where Dreams are Found and Lost: Sacrifice in ‘The Devil’s Candy’By Pat Brennan Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece Some guys come home from work and wash up And go racin’ in the street The older I get, the more I find that lyric circling inside my head. It’s from…Sacrifice8 min readSacrifice8 min read
May 5Misunderstood Monsters | Drowning in Loneliness with the ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’By Matt Konopka Previous ⬅ Misunderstood Monsters | The Barbarianism of Forced Motherhood in ‘Barbarian’ Welcome fellow monster kids to Misunderstood Monsters. This is where I, Matt Konopka, sink my fangs into all sorts of beasts, ghouls, and creatures from above while I search for the humanity behind their frightening…Loneliness6 min readLoneliness6 min read
Apr 28‘I Came By’ and Its Sadly Brilliant Depiction of Migrant Seeker AbuseBy Marcos Codas My wife and I spend a lot of time together, as we both work from home. But we also spend our downtime together. One of our favorite pastimes is watching TV shows and films. She recently suggested we watch a Netflix original called I Came By. It…Immigration6 min readImmigration6 min read
Apr 21Breaking the Rules of SexBy T.J. Tranchell We all know the rules. For the “virginal” Final Girl to survive, she must remain pure. She can’t get laid. John Carpenter once apologized for ending the sexual revolution with the basic establishment of this rule. …Couples5 min readCouples5 min read
Apr 14Night Terrors: ‘Skinamarink’ and the Enduring Fears of ChildhoodBy Brian Keiper Seeing Skinamarink for the first, and likely only, time was an unusual experience. It was a 7pm showing in a relatively crowded theater for such a small film. It unfolded before us all at its intentionally glacial pace, which is not a criticism — it is part…Childhood7 min readChildhood7 min read
Apr 7Decolonizing Dread | The Ravenous Nature of ColonialismBy Jordan Gerdes Previous ⬅ Decolonizing Dread | ‘Bone Tomahawk’ and the Misunderstanding of Cultures As a history teacher, I am tasked with educating students on the entirety of the American experiment. From our start as the fingerholds of colonialism on a new continent to the neocolonial establishment of US…Consumption8 min readConsumption8 min read
Mar 31Misunderstood Monsters | The Barbarianism of Forced Motherhood in ‘Barbarian’By Matt Konopka Previous ⬅ Misunderstood Monsters | How Tiffany in ‘Bride of Chucky’ Reminds Us to Set Ourselves Free Welcome fellow monster kids to Misunderstood Monsters. This is where I, Matt Konopka, sink my fangs into all sorts of beasts, ghouls, and creatures from above while I search for…Motherhood7 min readMotherhood7 min read
Mar 24Open Your Textbooks and Scream!By T.J. Tranchell In 2004 I discovered Carol J. Clover’s Men, Women, and Chainsaws and my life hasn’t been the same since. The combination of Clover’s deep academic dive into horror films and the support of a community college professor broadened my view of what I could do as a…Academia5 min readAcademia5 min read
