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Hellbilly Hollow Has Plenty of Scares, but Gets Lost in Its Own Maze

Tickles the disfigured clown in Hellbilly Hollow

I’ve spent nearly 20 years working in haunted attractions, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the magic of a good haunt happens when the lights go out. During the day, those terrifying monsters are usually nothing more… Continue Reading →

Small-Town Horrors Haunt The Weird Kidz

Don’t call it a South Park-meets-Stranger Things spinoff, but filmmaker Zach Passero’s feature debut highlights an animated creature-feature storyline with a dash of nostalgia that could make both popular programs green with envy. The Weird Kidz, which releases nationwide on… Continue Reading →

October 26, 2026

V/H/S/Mixtape Hits All the Wrong Notes

My introduction to GWAR happened many years ago at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. Back then, the band seemed to be a regular fixture at the convention, and their performances were something you really had to experience to believe. I… Continue Reading →

October 13, 2026

The Haunting of Pennhurst Brings Back Memories and Uncovers Horrors

Pennhurst Asylum as seen in The Haunting of Pennhurst

I’ve been working in the haunted attractions industry for almost two decades now, and Pennhurst is a name I’ve heard plenty of times over the years. It’s always been spoken of as one of the top haunts in the country,… Continue Reading →

October 4, 2026

The Rocky Horror Doc Takes a Strange Journey

For anyone who’s ever done the “Time Warp” again (and again and again) throughout the years, you might have a decent understanding of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but a new documentary takes fans of the film (and its previous… Continue Reading →

June 3, 2026

The Haunted Forest Gets Lost in Its Own Woods

Back in the mid-2010s, when I worked at Monster Mountain Haunted Attraction, I had what I still think is a genuinely solid horror-movie idea. Picture an outdoor haunted house tucked deep into the woods, fog machines humming, actors screaming on… Continue Reading →

February 10, 2026

Afraid? is a Slasher That’s Lost in the Woods

I have always believed the purest horror is the kind that strands you in the woods with bad choices, worse friends and a killer who solves problems like a MacBook powered by evil. For me, Friday the 13th is the… Continue Reading →

December 12, 2025

Derry Welcomes IT’s Comparison to Stephen King’s Hometown

These days, it’s become incredibly difficult to separate the wheat (pop-culture gold) from the chaff (its divisive creator) because they’re eternally connected. Say what you will about his many hit-or-miss adaptations, Stephen King probably feels bulletproof, cranking out book after… Continue Reading →

November 4, 2025

Stitch Head: Stitching Together Heart, Humor and Halloween

Every October, movie studios dust off their broomsticks and serve up something spooky, but not too spooky for the kids. It’s a long-standing Halloween tradition, stretching back to the likes of Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown and, more recently, the surprisingly charming Spirit… Continue Reading →

October 27, 2025

V/H/S/Halloween: A Candy-Coated Nightmare

I have a deep love for anthology horror films. They remind me of digging into a trick-or-treat bag at the end of Halloween night: You dump it all out on the floor, not knowing what you are going to find…. Continue Reading →

October 24, 2025

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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