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Buddy: Too Many Cooks, Too Much Blood and One Angry Unicorn

I was in my teens when Barney & Friends began airing on PBS, so I was not exactly the show’s target audience. Barney was mostly the butt of jokes among my high school friends. I understood that the show was… Continue Reading →

Lars Shrike Walks the Night: Lost in More Than Space

For as long as I can remember, I’ve found myself wondering about the stories of complete strangers: The man quietly eating lunch by himself at a diner, the woman hurrying through the grocery store with a cart full of things… Continue Reading →

July 20, 2026

The Dead Place Comes Alive When David Howard Thornton Arrives

I was never one of the popular kids in high school. I wasn’t necessarily bullied, either. I just ran with a group that most people would have described as socially awkward. We were the band kids, the gamers, the movie… Continue Reading →

June 1, 2026

The Mortuary Assistant Understands Fear, But Not Storytelling

I honestly believe there are two types of people in this world: The people who think haunted attractions stop being scary once the customers leave and the people who have actually spent time inside one after hours. A few years… Continue Reading →

May 19, 2026

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like

I’ve always had a soft spot for low-budget films. There’s something refreshing about watching a movie where the filmmakers clearly had more passion than money. When you strip away the studio budgets and the CGI polish, what you’re left with… Continue Reading →

March 18, 2026

Belief Is the Real Monster in Bugonia

I have a long, complicated history with group projects. Not the school kind, where some kid named Kyle shows up with nothing but a Capri-Sun and the confidence of a man who did zero work, but the adult kind: meetings,… Continue Reading →

December 17, 2025

Dead Mail Delivers a Mysterious Premise

There’s a tiny part of me, buried somewhere between the kid who grew up checking the mailbox like it was a treasure chest and the adult who still falls for “Maybe this one isn’t junk,” that secretly hopes one day… Continue Reading →

December 15, 2025

Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story That Needs More Bite

I have always had a soft spot for stories that take something familiar and twist it just enough to make it feel new again. Give me a reimagined fairy tale, a sideways sequel, a villain-centric prequel and I am all… Continue Reading →

November 19, 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

Lost Contact: UFOs After Wartime Tells a Tangled Tale

When it comes to the paranormal world, untold truths can often be stranger than fiction. And when UAPs are involved, along with a possible military coverup, you’ve got quite a conspiracy that deserves to be publicized. Small Town Monsters presents… Continue Reading →

October 8, 2025

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Buddy: Too Many Cooks, Too Much Blood and One Angry Unicorn

Lars Shrike Walks the Night: Lost in More Than Space

Dead Lover: What Creative Freedom on a Limited Budget Looks Like

Dead Mail Delivers a Mysterious Premise

Lost Contact: UFOs After Wartime Tells a Tangled Tale