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Eddie Vedder and Graveyard Shorts are Alive at the 2025 Nashville Film Festival!

Eddie Vedder and the Graveyard Shift horror shorts have one thing in common at the 2025 Nashville Film Festival: They’re both alive and kicking! And if you’re an attendee at this year’s big event, you might get the opportunity to… Continue Reading →

Something’s Bugging Me About Alien: Earth

Nothing good seems to ever happen for Weyland-Yutani deep-space research vessels searching for specimens… sound familiar? It should. It was the basis of Ridley Scott’s blockbuster feature film from 1979, as it is for this streaming series of 2025. Well,… Continue Reading →

August 15, 2025

Monster Island Makes Me Miss the Gill-Man

When someone brings up the Universal Monsters, I always like to ask: Who do you think of first? Is it the suave bloodsucker, Dracula, cape dramatically billowing as he monologues about the night? Or maybe Frankenstein’s Monster, misunderstood and stitched… Continue Reading →

August 7, 2025

Watched The Last of Us for the Emotional Bonding, Stayed for… Two Episodes

Like many viewers, I eagerly awaited Season 2 of The Last of Us. The first season hit hard — not just with its gritty visuals and post-apocalyptic horror, but with the deeply emotional story of Joel and Ellie. As a… Continue Reading →

May 13, 2025

Through a Father’s Eyes: Season 2 of The Last of Us Walks a Fragile Road

There are nights, after my daughter’s gone to bed and the house has gone quiet, when I sit in front of my Warhammer models and I catch myself thinking about Joel from The Last of Us. Not just the badass… Continue Reading →

April 21, 2025

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force is a Mythic Spectacle

Since childhood, I’ve been fascinated by mythical creatures — dragons soaring through stormy skies, giants shaking the earth with every step and demons lurking in the shadows, whispering forgotten lore. There’s something deeply enthralling about these beings, whether they symbolize… Continue Reading →

February 10, 2025

Robert Eggers Breathes New Life into Nosferatu

My first brush with horror came one quiet afternoon when King Kong aired on cable TV. We had just gotten the cable box, and as I explored the channels, the sight of the massive ape rampaging through the jungle and… Continue Reading →

December 23, 2024

Lost Monster Files Reinvestigates Past Paranormal Phoenomena

What’s old is new again. For every TV show that offers a promising, new high-concept series that doesn’t exactly meet studio expectations and is quickly canceled, a handful of remakes will replace it in the overall broadcast programming spectrum that… Continue Reading →

November 9, 2024

Nashville Film Festival: They All Came Out to Montreux

The 55th Nashville Film Festival is taking place from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, showcasing more than 150 films from around the world. The festival aims to celebrate the evolution of cinema and art by featuring works from filmmakers, screenwriters… Continue Reading →

September 18, 2024

Music and Monsters: Previewing the 2024 Nashville Film Festival!

If you’ve ever attended the Nashville Film Festival before, you already know that this is a week-long celebration of film, music and culture. And if you don’t know much about the big event, you might not know about all of… Continue Reading →

September 15, 2024

Geek Culture, Zombies... and Other Monsters

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Watched The Last of Us for the Emotional Bonding, Stayed for… Two Episodes

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force is a Mythic Spectacle

Robert Eggers Breathes New Life into Nosferatu

Lost Monster Files Reinvestigates Past Paranormal Phoenomena