Stephen King considers himself a novelist, but he loves a good short story. There’s something to be said for a shorter, more intense experience. It can be invigorating, sometimes even shocking, like a waltz with a stranger you will never see again, or a kiss in the dark, or a beautiful curio for sale laid […]
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“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” In 1985, John Hughes set a template for high school archetypes in his classic film The Breakfast Club. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal became part of our collective consciousness while expanding ideas of adolescent identity. But […]
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Bloody Disgusting’s podcast network, Bloody FM, is happy to announce another addition to the network – Murder Made Fiction. Each episode, hosts Joe Lipsett and Jenn Adams explore a real life killer and the movies inspired by their horrific crimes. From Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and Jack the Ripper to the horrific tragedies at Jonestown […]
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“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” In 1980, outlaw horror author Jack Ketchum published one of the most gruesome and disturbing horror novels of all time. Off Season follows a group of friends vacationing at a picturesque cottage in Maine targeted by a clan of feral cannibals living deep in the woods. Offspring picks up […]
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Kill Krites. After kicking off August with discussions of Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (listen) and Julia Ducournau’s confronting Raw follow-up Titane (listen), we’re dialing things back a bit with a comfort watch of Stephen Herek‘s 1986 cult classic (and franchise originator) Critters! Critters sees an fuzzy alien race known as the Krites flee a prison […]
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Like most of his Constant Readers, Stephen King certainly has his own share of fears. Trying his hand in any literary form is not one of them, however, a notion he once again proves in his 2015 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Spanning 20 tales, a number of them include his knack at poetry… […]
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Metal Baby August has been a wild ride so far. Between art house discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre (listen) and Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (listen), we squeezed in a look at screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen). Now we’re ready for more contemporary foreign content with Julia Ducournau‘s sophomore feature, Titane (2021). In the film, after […]
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“Things get messy when you make a deal with the devil.” Babysitters occupy a unique place in society. Somewhere between child and adult, they step into the family system for a brief moment in time to hold the line of parental responsibility. Of course people of all ages and identities can and do babysit, but […]
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Constant Listeners, yes, we originally planned to drop our Bazaar of Bad Dreams coverage this week. However, given Stephen King’s renewed interest in Hearts in Suspension, we opted to unlock our coverage of the collection from The Stephen King Archives. For those not in the know, The Stephen King Archives is our Patreon exclusive imprint […]
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The Blair Witch Project has been back in the news big time, and this time, no one is questioning whether it’s real or not. You may have heard that the production company Lionsgate announced that they’re teaming up with Blumhouse to reimagine (read: reboot) some of their horror classics, starting with The Blair Witch Project, […]
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Shelby Novak of the Scare You To Sleep podcast sat down with Rodney Barnes, a Hollywood mainstay with an impressive and eclectic resume: from The Boondocks to HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers, and so much in between. They discuss Barnes’ newest project the thrilling podcast series RUN, FOOL! A weekly compendium of grisly […]
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Wirgin Worries. After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974). In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton […]
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Alien: Romulus is out and conquering the box office. For months now, the Halloweenies have been anticipating this moment, covering every entry in the Alien franchise — from Ridley Scott’s 1979 original to his 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant. As promised, the gang has seen Fede Álvarez’s new film, and they’ve returned with their review. Spanning […]
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“You will not leave this house alone.” Paintings are known to inspire a variety of responses. We perceive art through the lenses of our own experiences and particular images are bound to evoke a smattering of complex issues – for better or worse. While an externalized representation of an upsetting event will often lead to […]
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Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus hits theaters this weekend. If you’ve been following along to the Halloweenies all year, you’re no doubt a scholar of the franchise and ready to roll with Romulus. But, if you haven’t been following along, you’re in for a little hardcore history on the series — a deep dive into the […]
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