6 days agoMisunderstood Monsters | Punching Through the Face of Change with ‘Psycho Goreman’By Matt Konopka Previous ⬅ Misunderstood Monsters | Rebel ‘Gremlins’ in the Machine 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 exteriors. From…Resolutions6 min readResolutions6 min read
Jan 13Angels to SomeBy T.J. Tranchell We’ve long ago established horror’s appeal to “outsiders.” Ever since Todd Browning’s Freaks, we’ve been chanting “one of us, one of us” any time a “normie” becomes a fan. …Fandom6 min readFandom6 min read
Jan 6Like Music to My Fears: An Appreciation of Horror ComposersBy Jerry Smith I haven’t put my feet into the ocean in decades. The fear of the unknown is something I have always been terrified of, but to say that my long-standing reluctance to even get remotely close to the water has to do with anything other than 1975’s Jaws…Music5 min readMusic5 min read
Dec 20, 2022Misunderstood Monsters | Rebel ‘Gremlins’ in the MachineBy Matt Konopka Previous ⬅ Misunderstood Monsters | The Burning Need to Be Heard in ‘The Incredible Melting Man’ 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…Rebellion7 min readRebellion7 min read
Dec 16, 2022Garbage Day or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2’By Brian Keiper Taking out the garbage is the worst. Any chore that involves putting my hands, and worse, my nostrils, in the presence of decaying waste is something I try to avoid at all costs. Just the thought of bits of organic and inorganic matter inexplicably liquifying into that…Holidays6 min readHolidays6 min read
Dec 9, 2022SpectreWatch | ‘The Greasy Strangler’ and Our Fear of ConformityBy Justin Drabek Previous ⬅ SpectreWatch | ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ and Our Lust for Power SpectreWatch is where writer Justin Drabek discusses SpectreVision’s horror filmography, the impact it has had on him, and the cultural relevance of the company’s commitment to making outsider art for the screen. …Conformity5 min readConformity5 min read
Dec 2, 2022Piercing Through Peretti’s DarknessBy T.J. Tranchell My wife and I are Christians. We’ve also moved around our fair share during 13 years of marriage. Inevitably, the “what do you do?” question comes up and I always say I’m a writer. At first, I deflected the follow-up “what do you write?” but now I…Religion7 min readReligion7 min read
Nov 25, 2022Misunderstood Monsters | The Burning Need to Be Heard in ‘The Incredible Melting Man’By Matt Konopka Previous ⬅ Misunderstood Monsters | ‘Trick ‘r Treat’s Sam and Our Eternal Halloween Spirit 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…Ignorance7 min readIgnorance7 min read
Nov 18, 2022The Art of Repression in Ti West’s ‘Pearl’By Sydney Bollinger Previous ⬅ Purity, Pleasure, and Liberation in Ti West’s ‘X’ Warning The following contains spoilers. If X was about the tension between purity and pleasure, then Ti West’s Pearl, a character study starring Mia Goth as the titular character, is about repression: repression of sexuality, repression of…Repression7 min readRepression7 min read
Nov 11, 2022SpectreWatch | ‘Belladonna of Sadness’ and Our Lust for PowerBy Justin Drabek Previous ⬅ SpectreWatch | ‘The Boy’ and Our Fear of Isolation SpectreWatch is where writer Justin Drabek discusses SpectreVision’s horror filmography, the impact it has had on him, and the cultural relevance of the company’s commitment to making outsider art for the screen. Each film carries a…Witchcraft5 min readWitchcraft5 min read
