Corporate team-building exercises always sound like a great idea in the conference room. “Let’s strengthen relationships, improve communication and build trust.” After sitting through enough PowerPoint presentations filled with stock photos of people high-fiving, you start to believe it might… Continue Reading →
If the mere mention of Mortal Kombat doesn’t immediately bring back fond flashbacks to the days of coin-op arcades, Mortal Monday of 1993 or the Immortal’s “Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) Song,” well… you’re not me. As someone who lived through… Continue Reading →
History books are generally written by the victors of war, so why should the stories of true-life legends be any different? Throughout the years, Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory was known to be beautiful, smart and wealthy, but after her husband’s… Continue Reading →
Folk tales of vampires were whispered throughout Central Europe for hundreds of years before Bram Stoker put pen to paper for his ground-breaking horror novel, Dracula. With all of those stories come different versions of the blood-sucking monsters that audiences… Continue Reading →
Dracula has never stayed dead for too long. Every few years, someone, or perhaps more accurately, some studio, resurrects him, reshapes him and sends him back into the world carrying old emotions and newly repackaged evil. Sometimes he is an… Continue Reading →
My love for campy horror runs deep. I mean, the kind of movies that know exactly what they are and never try to pretend otherwise. They are loud, messy, ridiculous and completely unconcerned with being taken seriously. These films are… Continue Reading →
For years I’ve read about Fantastic Fest like it was a secret clubhouse where horror, sci-fi, fantasy and general cinematic mayhem gathered under one Austin roof. This year, for the festival’s 20th anniversary, I finally get to step inside… sort… Continue Reading →
Whenever I’m feeling under the weather or a bit down emotionally, I find comfort in watching ghost-hunting shows. I love learning about the background and history of haunted places before the actual hunt begins, which adds an intriguing layer of… Continue Reading →
Dracula Through the Ages: From Lugosi to Caleb Landry Jones
Dracula has never stayed dead for too long. Every few years, someone, or perhaps more accurately, some studio, resurrects him, reshapes him and sends him back into the world carrying old emotions and newly repackaged evil. Sometimes he is an… Continue Reading →