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Disclosure Day: Pulling the Spielberg Switcheroo

Growing up a Child of the ’80s, the mere mention of Steven Spielberg immediately meant two things to me: His successful creation of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — it was everywhere in pop culture back then — and his collaboration with… Continue Reading →

Exit 8 Makes You Question Everything You See

My first trip to IKEA felt like stepping into a maze designed by someone with some serious anti-social issues. I figured I’d be in and out in no time. I had a plan. I knew exactly what I needed, and… Continue Reading →

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 →

Mortal Kombat in the 21st Century

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 →

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 →

Luc Besson’s Dracula is a Killer Love Story

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 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 →

Night Patrol Opens the 2026 Horror Conversation

Going into 2026, I’ve found myself genuinely optimistic about the state of horror in a way I haven’t felt in a while. Not the cautious “maybe this year won’t be a disaster” optimism, but the kind that comes from looking… Continue Reading →

2025: The Year of Horror

The film industry has been up-and-down, as a whole, in 2025. While the domestic box office actually crossed $8 billion for only the third time since the global spread of COVID-19, its overall totals were incredibly top heavy, featuring more… Continue Reading →

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