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Cinematographer Blake Horn Breaks Down the Haunting Look of ‘Mind Body Spirit’
Since launching in 2022, Welcome Villain Films has released the horror titles Malum, Beaten to Death, and Hunt Her Kill Her. Their latest film is Mind Body Spirit. The flick breaks new ground for the ...
Lori Roy on Southern Gothic and Exploring Florida’s Dark Side in ‘Lake County’ [Written in Blood]
Welcome back to Written in Blood, an interview series featuring novelists and screenwriters in the horror genre. The state of Florida is often stereotyped: A land of gators and lanais, orange groves a...
Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins: The Meanest Man in America
Born on March 13th 1933 in Florence County, South Carolina, Donald Henry Gaskins Jr had a number of nicknames. His nicknames include: The “Meanest Man in America”, “The Redneck Ch...
Three Terrifying Real-Life Examples of Changelings
In folklore, primarily European, changelings are referred to as “…a mischievous or troublesome faerie child which has been left in the place of a human child, with the real human child sto...
Found Footage Films: A Brief and Twisted History
It’s July 17th, 1999 – 11:50 PM. It’s an oppressive summer night across the United States. The seasonal heat lays thick in the air, and somehow the July night has stuck to the fles...
Madeline Deering Talks ‘Bathtub Shark Attack,’ Bringing Back Shot on Video Horror, and Movie Gimmicks
With her trusty stuffed shark Brutus by her side, Madeline Deering makes shot on video exploitation fare for the 21st Century. Her first film, Spirit Animal, is a fun environmentalist slasher. Her lat...
Why ‘Project: Metalbeast’ is Top-Notch Schlock (And Should be Remembered)
Most people reading this have probably never heard of Project: Metalbeast. That’s not a criticism of the horror community. There are so many forgotten gems. And plenty of people who have seen t...
The Phantom of Fisher Hall: Where is Ronald Tammen?
It’s been over 70 years since college sophomore Ronald Tammen Jr disappeared on a literal dark and stormy night in 1953. Tammen, by all accounts, was an average and popular student. He was an R....
The Case of the Vanishing Doctor: Nantucket’s Most Bizarre Missing Person’s Case
The strange case of Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne has all the makings of an Agatha Christie whodunit: A brilliant doctor seemingly on the brink of madness, a secluded home on Nantucket, and a disappearance th...